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TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/news

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Anecdotal… we drove through rural Ohio a few weeks ago. In several hours of travel we only saw ONE trump sign. The same place in 2016 or 2020 would have been full of them. Regardless of the impact of this, the enthusiasm is dead. There might be “maga guys” on Twitter but they’re largely disengaged in real life.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can confirm the other way around; Saw one sign in all of Iowa. None in Nebraska. It was pleasant aside from all the Jesus/Abortion signage lol

[–] dual_sport_dork 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I rode the MABDR last week which for me involves traveling through a wide swath of rural Pennsylvania. Nearly all of the Trump paraphernalia is gone from people's yards. I used to see hundreds of Trump signs and flags, confederate flags, the works. Now there are only a few dedicated nutters left. They know who they are.

The Stan Clark Military Books store on 30 west of Gettysburg that has a massive "Don't Blame Us, We Voted For Trump/Pence" sign (notably, still including Pence!) right out front of their business. Here it is on Street View. As an extra slap in the face, this is right on the edge of the Gettysburg battlefield and memorial.
The twerp in Biglerville who has his tiny front yard fenced off with chicken wire and used to have a life sized Trump mannequin in his lawn dressed up in propaganda T-shirts all the time. I thought for sure he moved since all was subdued there for a few months last year, but now he's got all kinds of Trump and alt-right flags all over his lawn and porch. His place was looking comparatively tame last year.
The marquee on what I assume is the old bank building in Red Lion which has a marquee on it that reads "If Biden is the answer, how stupid was the question?" Street View link here.. The sides of it read "Frauds of 2020" and "Pause for enlightenment."
The guy on 896 just south of Ninepoints with the giant "Trump Not Bought Or Sold" sign (except by the Russians, of course). He has another massive sign next to it with some anti-Biden thing on it but I can't remember what it says offhand. Alas, his Street View photo was apparently taken in 2019 which was before the signs went up.

The remainder of these dillweeds seem to be... curiously silent compared to previously. It's kind of weird.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

If you sneak into their safe spaces online you can definitely tell they are unmotivated compared to 4-8 years ago.

They liked Trump because he bullied others publicly. They don't want to side with the guy currently getting bullied, goes against their survival instinct.

[–] negativenull 4 points 6 months ago

I was just in South Arkansas for a few days, and only saw one flag, and no bumper stickers for trump

[–] captainlezbian 3 points 6 months ago

I drove there a few hours ago and saw like 4. But that’s definitely less than even last year

[–] Juvyn00b 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

All the people in my development that had them up still have the signs from 2020 going strong... It's still pretty split from talking with neighbors. One person near me is in business selling heavy equipment and they're looking forward to trump because they feel they sell more equipment when republicans are in office. I guess that's a viewpoint.... For sure.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait... But Biden passed a massive infrastructure law. There's a lot of people who could feel like he didn't really do anything to improve their economic outlook, but a guy who sells heavy equipment shouldn't be one of them.

[–] afraid_of_zombies 4 points 6 months ago

Happened to me. We got one of those contracts and I got a pretty respectable raise