Re: Trump Thread
Monty: My comments about treatment of Native Americans did NOT claim that it wasn't genocidal in character -- just that it was haphazard. You could argue that haphazard is a fairly common characteristic defining the USA.
Drone: Monty is probably right as to the math of it. Trump's deplorables are not legion but egad are they loyal, reveling in his worst characteristics and loving him FOR those. Since he took office his support has NEVER dipped below 35% or so -- even though virtually all predecessors have dipped lower than that for one stretch of time or another. So while he has never enjoyed the huge and broad approval numbers that most of his predecessors have managed at one time or another, he has never gone really low either. Answer...his core group absolutely revels in his exercise of power. Since that is about a 1/4 of the voters overall, Monty's math as to the likelihood of getting a jury of 12 to vote guilty, as opposed to an 11-1 hung jury is probably pretty accurate.
Might get a guilty vote for shooting me in the face and killing me in broad daylight -- but only because it is a crime of personal violence. On issues of public (mis)behavior (and malfeasance?) I'd guess Monty is spot on.
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