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I don't know about you, but I get this feeling there is a massive coordinated campaign between the monied interests behind the scenes. The Republican party is unpopular, by a lot. Voters are super pissed off about abortion, and it's consistently been a losing issue for the GOP that they can't help but double down on. Donald Trump is a criminal that a not-insignificant portion of the population think should be in prison. SCOTUS is openly corrupt, Kamala pulled in over a billion dollars last quarter, while Trump's small-dollar donations have all but dried up.
Yes, the wealthy typically support the GOP, but like... why this election are they going so hard for Trump? If Kamala appoints a competent AG, there's a very real chance Musk gets hit with election interference charges. Bezos had to know that this was going to lose WaPo subs, because the right doesn't trust WaPo thanks to years of distrust sown by Trump so there was no way this wasn't going to cause a financial hit. Ditto for the LA Times. So just... why? The whole vibe of the thing just feels off.
Edit: also not to mention the praising Hitler thing, the number of his former staff who are endorsing Harris, the number of former and current members of the GOP who are endorsing Harris, the fact that he's been adjudicated as a rapist, his obvious sundowning, his "enemies within" remarks, wanting to send the military after his perceived enemies, his desire to see Israel completely obliterate what's left of Palestine...
Almost makes you think they’re throwing it to the criminal so the rest of them can continue being criminals, doesn’t it?