Comments on: Silly Season Comes Early http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/07/24/silly-season-comes-early/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:55:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/07/24/silly-season-comes-early/#comment-220713 nypoet22 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 03:22:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26623#comment-220713 @John, there are certainly some hard core drinkers of the Kool aid, but my sense is that the vast majority of Donald's voting base believe they're getting something tangible for their support. they are aware of the volcano of moose poop and choose not to care. JL @John,

there are certainly some hard core drinkers of the Kool aid, but my sense is that the vast majority of Donald's voting base believe they're getting something tangible for their support. they are aware of the volcano of moose poop and choose not to care.

JL

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/07/24/silly-season-comes-early/#comment-220711 John M from Ct. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:52:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26623#comment-220711 You write, and I agree, that "as anyone with half a brain already knows, Trump's name is probably all over those files. In fact, the Department of Justice spent marathon sessions combing through all of the files earlier this year to flag Trump (and other prominent names), and then Trump was informed that his name was indeed all over the files." OK. So my question is, as you report on the MAGA base's outrage that Trump appears to be covering up the Epstein 'client list' and 'files' and all that: Does "anyone with half a brain" include the MAGA base that Trump appears to be alienating for the first time in his career? That is, do or don't the conspiracy theorists who are sure the Epstein affair is all about the Deep State, Hillary, pizza parlors, corrupt pedophilic high-level Democrats, etc. - do THEY know that Trump's name is all over the Epstein files? Do the 89% of Republicans who still approve of Trump's performance (as you report) NOT know this? Do 89% of American Republicans NOT have even "half a brain"? I admit I've never, ever really understood the Trump-supporter mindset. Is this whole thing really about the fact that a large minority of Americans still cannot conceive of their beloved president as being a pedophilic felon, sex offender, and shameless serial liar? You write, and I agree, that "as anyone with half a brain already knows, Trump's name is probably all over those files. In fact, the Department of Justice spent marathon sessions combing through all of the files earlier this year to flag Trump (and other prominent names), and then Trump was informed that his name was indeed all over the files."

OK. So my question is, as you report on the MAGA base's outrage that Trump appears to be covering up the Epstein 'client list' and 'files' and all that: Does "anyone with half a brain" include the MAGA base that Trump appears to be alienating for the first time in his career? That is, do or don't the conspiracy theorists who are sure the Epstein affair is all about the Deep State, Hillary, pizza parlors, corrupt pedophilic high-level Democrats, etc. - do THEY know that Trump's name is all over the Epstein files? Do the 89% of Republicans who still approve of Trump's performance (as you report) NOT know this? Do 89% of American Republicans NOT have even "half a brain"?

I admit I've never, ever really understood the Trump-supporter mindset. Is this whole thing really about the fact that a large minority of Americans still cannot conceive of their beloved president as being a pedophilic felon, sex offender, and shameless serial liar?

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