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The enemy is the Deep State

Published by digby on June 20, 2020

This is unusual:

I get the sense from listening to the interminable interviews with Trump voters standing in line that they think it’s impossible that Trump will lose. They don’t fear Biden, they don’t even acknowledge him.

Their enemy is a much darker force arrayed against Trump — The Deep State which they believe encompasses everything from the local mayor’s office to Apple Computers to China and the Department of Education. They are convinced that Trump has “drained the swamp” however and is on a trajectory to win in a landslide.

This is a cult that’s focused on itself. The Democrats are considered to be evil, but essentially powerless. It’s fun to play with them and “own the libs” but they are not a serious threat.

And when you think about it, you can sort of see why they believe that. They have not shown any capability of stopping him. Sure the Republicans in Congress have been unable to dismantle the hated Obamacare and other signature Democratic achievements, but Fox News and the Grim Reaper have assured them that the judiciary is now totally in their back pocket so they don’t really have to worry about anything. (This week may have shaken that faith a little bit, but they want to believe so they will.)

Their psyches will fracture if Biden wins. But Trump is already working on that, insisting that if he loses it will be because of mail-in voter fraud. They certainly don’t believe Joe Biden can beat Dear Leader. In their eyes, he is divine.

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