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hay rick

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31. People who were upset at Garland's tardy prosecution were paying attention.

Reply to lees1975 (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:26 PM

Dec 21

People who were paying attention knew that they had to make an adult choice between an imperfect party, a dangerous buffoon, and agreeing to accept other people choosing the buffoon for them. Yes, there are people like that but I stand by my assertion that they are an irrelevantly small number.

I think two vastly greater factors were:
1. People who usually pay little attention but absorbed the 30,000 immigrant prisoner transgender surgery TV ads. It gave them a "cultural" reason to stay home. Ignoring this factor does not make it go away.
2. People who pay little attention and bathed in misinformation on TikTok.

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How many Democratic voters stayed home in November because of the failure to prosecute Trump for insurrection? [View all] lees1975 Dec 21 OP

Great question. sop Dec 21 #1

Might have helped if Garland had gone after trump earlier. Garland might have also understood what a chitshow Silent Type Dec 21 #2

Have you read the report of the House committee? lees1975 Dec 21 #6

If they stayed home over that they are fucking idiots bottomofthehill Dec 21 #3

+1000. Paladin Dec 21 #4

But the failure to prosecute and convict him was a demonstration that one thing didn't matter. lees1975 Dec 21 #10

Short answer: not enough to make a noticeable difference. hay rick Dec 21 #5

I don't know about that. lees1975 Dec 21 #9

People who were upset at Garland's tardy prosecution were paying attention. hay rick Dec 21 #31

Right Wiz Imp Dec 21 #11

More likke 89%. 13 million registered voters didn''t vote, and a higher percentage of Democrats than Republicans. lees1975 Dec 21 #14

Not sure where your numbers are coming from, there was a 64% voter turn out bottomofthehill Dec 21 #35

Garland is totally at fault Trump should have been eliminated by 2022, gordianot Dec 21 #7

If he had been convicted - Nigrum Cattus Dec 21 #8

Bush brothers and corrupt SCOTUS never held accountable for their 2000 election theft GoreWon2000 Dec 21 #12

+1 leftstreet Dec 21 #17

i think it was a factor that influenced a lot of people orleans Dec 21 #13

No. MangoMoose Dec 21 #15

"I blame Clooney and Reiner and Pelosi and every other dem who forced Biden out.. 3catwoman3 Dec 21 #21

How many Dem ballots got disappeared? Irish_Dem Dec 21 #16

Damn 3auld6phart Dec 21 #18

Probably a non-zero number. There were a lot of reasons to say "to hell with it." n/t malthaussen Dec 21 #19

Garland. He made them stay home. Just like Hillary made them do it in 2016. Beastly Boy Dec 21 #20

Stop making excuses for people who didn't vote. nycbos Dec 21 #22

Failure to prosecute Dave Id Dec 21 #23

Honestly, there is plenty of blame to go 'round. the_sly_pig Dec 21 #24

I don't believe that many voters stayed home KS Toronado Dec 21 #25

It was MAGA repubs DownriverDem Dec 21 #26

Makes no sense to me. Voters who wanted Trump in prison ... Martin Eden Dec 21 #27

Those people must not have read the cheerleaders' thoughts on the matter Orrex Dec 21 #28

Garland's problem was that he seemed afraid DeeDeeNY Dec 21 #29

Or uniformed and disillusioned by another departure from a clear, simple message. lees1975 Dec 21 #34

I think you mean the Mr. Musk's chief of staff's legal strategy of delay Tweedy Dec 21 #30

Makes no sense but that seems to be the character of american voters these day, no sense. nt yaesu Dec 21 #32

Mostly it was morons who fell for bullshit issues that aren't really issues. CrispyQ Dec 21 #33

Sadly not a factor pattyloutwo Dec 21 #36

Talk about short-sighted... Blue_Tires Dec 21 #37

SC Jack Smith Got a Late Start Investigating Trumpf C0RI0LANUS Dec 22 #38

It certainly contributed to the general cynicism that people feel toward democracy and politics. Intractable Dec 22 #39