• verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      6 hours ago

      Is there any evidence of this? I mean, he is an unprecedented crook in the office, but he’s also a cult leader.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I mean, the crowds at the Great American State Fair are a pretty good indicator. I’ve seen longer lines at my local Starbucks. The administration had really lofty attendance expectations, and forgot to account for the fact that Russian bots can’t visit the fair. This was aired on Fox News, which means it is the most flattering crowd shot they could find:

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        On January 5, 2021, the day before the Washington, D.C., protest that led to the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, Kirk wrote on Twitter that Turning Point Action and Students for Trump were sending more than 80 “buses of patriots to D.C. to fight for this president”.[36][37] A spokesman for Turning Point said that the groups ended up sending seven buses with 350 students.[36][38] In the lead-up to the storming, Kirk said he was “getting 500 emails a minute calling for a civil war”.[39] Publix heiress Julie Fancelli gave Kirk’s organizations $1.25 million to fund the buses to the January 6 event. Kirk also paid $60,000 for Kimberly Guilfoyle to speak at the rally.[40]

        At least one of the promoters can’t lol