Immense personal pain. That's what I said would move some Trump voters. Unfortunately it's come true and it affects all of us. Once people get sick, die, and hurt economically as a result of this virus and also his incompetence and cruelty, you will see the halo dim around him.
For those who think it's impossible just realize Trump is an avatar, a "blunt instrument" according to Bannon, he is their "flawed" cultural warrior according to white Evangelical Christian leaders, their pagan king Cyrus used by God to still do "good works." They went all in. 2/
A rejection of Trump is like them publicly rejecting themselves. It's an admittance that their ideology & philosophy were bankrupt. It's admitting you might be cruel or racist or even...wrong. It's about identity and protecting their tribe from us, the absolutist enemy 3/
Which is why you shouldn't expect many to publicly break with Trump or admit it. It's too painful and shameful. But that doesnt mean they havent privately soured on him. Just look at some suburban women and independents. Some will leave him once they feel the pain of his cruelty.
