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by scarface_74 482 days ago
Voters could not have known that Trump would make a concerted effort to do anything unconstitutional. This is nothing like he did his first term or any other Republican has ever done.

He is going after departments that are conservative darlings like the Defense department. I can’t remember any serious person saying we need to cut spending and fire people at the FAA.

If he had thought that voters wanted Project 2025, why would he disavow it during the campaign?

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> Voters could not have known that Trump would make a concerted effort to do anything unconstitutional

Trump literally said that he would be a dictator on day one. I heard tons of interviews with Republicans saying they'd be ok with Trump acting like a dictator.

Republican voters knew Trump would do unconstitutional things, and they liked it.

> Voters could not have known that Trump would make a concerted effort to do anything unconstitutional.

They so very much could have.

These evil fucks can just say what they’re planning before they do it and you still get people going “how could anyone have known?” It’s incredible.