President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.
seen several real world responses from his supporters that are extremely upset and feel betrayed
Not sure what you’ve seen. But to be blunt, a few clipped Twitter screenshots or clickbait headlines filtering to Lemmy’s front page don’t paint a good picture. This place is a bubble… Like most of the internet. Twitter is, too, as its algo just shows you want you want to see, not a fair “slice” of activity.
…no, i said real world examples lol. like a town hall meeting where people loudly booed Trump and it was a meeting specifically for his crowd.
edit: this here - i can’t find a good clip that is just the event itself, sorry. searching nowadays is garbage but it is out there. this will give you an idea of what i’m talking about. there are more examples.
Influencers are a good bellwater, they’re the heart of the MAGA movement. They go where their viewers want, which is (for now) attacking the WSJ and defending Trump.
I don’t know of any grassroots uprisings against Trump. Surveys will take weeks to percolate out, but the lack of documented rebellion kinda suggests voters aren’t turning on him in person, either.
check the edit in my comment. i don’t know about a documented uprising or anything but people are vocally expressing disapproval and some are rather upset. trump almost got assassinated by a disillusioned conservative. these people are dangerous and unhinged even against themselves.
There are quite a few dissenters, but also tons of:
Hating on anyone but Trump, with comments like:
As constituents, we can’t ever let this go. The list must be made public. Those who had any part in hurting children must be held accountable. My state has 2 democrat senators, but I can promise you if I lived in a state with republican senators that voted against releasing the list they’d never get my vote again.
Twisting in knots with top comments like:
Any reason why Democrats didn’t push for this when they controlled the House in 2022? EDIT: To clarify for the DMs-- yes, Bondi and Trump misstepped by turning this case into a media circus. The DOJ should rectify this mistake by releasing what they can, but don’t be surprised if it’s not “satisfactory” in the sense of being more boring than one might hope for. If the files contained damning evidence about Donald Trump, it raises the very obvious questions of: Why Trump teased the release of them and why he appointed Bondi/Patel/Bongino. If I was in such a file, I wouldn’t be talking about it at all.
I don’t care if fcking mother Theresa is on that client list, release it and hold every single one of them responsible. Tired of this shit. EDIT: to all the leftists flooding my inbox asking me “what if your orange idol is on the list!?” Then FCK him too! He’s not on the list, but if he is, then he can burn in hell with the rest of whoever is on the list.
And the mega influencers are going to keep skewing this in Trump’s favor, now that they found a way.
ah see, thanks. i need to catch up then. i was hoping to be wrong about the direction of their reactions but you are pointing out my worries coming true. “idk i’m seeing some vicious anger that appears to imply their focus on pedophilia overrides their allegiance to Trump,” i thought. lol. welp. i guess we’ll see but now i’m back to where i was.
The above article quotes and sources major influencers, but if that’s not enough, go to the source:
https://xcancel.com/RealAlexJones
https://rumble.com/search/video?q=Epstein&date=today§ion=date
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ben-shapiro-show/id1047335260
https://tuckercarlson.com/
Not sure what you’ve seen. But to be blunt, a few clipped Twitter screenshots or clickbait headlines filtering to Lemmy’s front page don’t paint a good picture. This place is a bubble… Like most of the internet. Twitter is, too, as its algo just shows you want you want to see, not a fair “slice” of activity.
…no, i said real world examples lol. like a town hall meeting where people loudly booed Trump and it was a meeting specifically for his crowd.
edit: this here - i can’t find a good clip that is just the event itself, sorry. searching nowadays is garbage but it is out there. this will give you an idea of what i’m talking about. there are more examples.
Influencers are a good bellwater, they’re the heart of the MAGA movement. They go where their viewers want, which is (for now) attacking the WSJ and defending Trump.
/r/conservative is still total Trump too: https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/
I don’t know of any grassroots uprisings against Trump. Surveys will take weeks to percolate out, but the lack of documented rebellion kinda suggests voters aren’t turning on him in person, either.
check the edit in my comment. i don’t know about a documented uprising or anything but people are vocally expressing disapproval and some are rather upset. trump almost got assassinated by a disillusioned conservative. these people are dangerous and unhinged even against themselves.
That was a week ago, heh. Now the narrative is flipped.
Look through recent comments here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/1m0qcp0/congress_has_voted_to_deny_the_amendment_to_the/
There are quite a few dissenters, but also tons of:
And the mega influencers are going to keep skewing this in Trump’s favor, now that they found a way.
ah see, thanks. i need to catch up then. i was hoping to be wrong about the direction of their reactions but you are pointing out my worries coming true. “idk i’m seeing some vicious anger that appears to imply their focus on pedophilia overrides their allegiance to Trump,” i thought. lol. welp. i guess we’ll see but now i’m back to where i was.