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You may read articles like this (above, subscription) which is summarized in RawStory here:
‘Scores of people leave early’: Interviews reveal why Trump rallygoers bow out prematurely
Of those who leave and who were interviewed by far most of them will still vote for Trump. Here’s an example of why some people in this group left:
“Trump often runs late and goes long, prompting many to bow out because of other responsibilities, priorities or, sometimes, waning patience and interest,” the Post‘s reporters found through interviews and observing dozens of events. “Some said they wanted to beat traffic or had work the next day. Others complained about sound quality. One man wanted to go home to his French bulldog. Another needed to get home to his daughter. A third had a Yorkie with him that started acting out. A fourth man said his phone died.”
The Post reporters managed to find one person who decided to vote for Harris as a result of attending the rally:
“Anastasia Bennett, 22, quickly grew tired of the insults and was ready to leave,” the Post reported. “Bennett was undecided before attending the rally with her aunt, who supports Harris. But after hearing Trump speak, she said she planned to vote for Harris.”
“It was the insults and just being an hour late,” she told the newspaper.
The Post article featured an attendee named Linda Prescott. The article begins with her as follows:
Less than 25 minutes into Donald Trump’s remarks, Melissa Prescott walked out.
She arrived at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in Tucson at 8:30 a.m. on a hot September day, waited in line outside with her teen daughter for more than four hours, then waited another hour inside before Trump took the stage about 2:15 p.m. As Trump was complaining about 2016 exit polls and speaking about how he likes “the old people the best,” Prescott, along with dozens of others, started trickling out.
“I’m glad we got in. I wish I could stay to hear more,” said Prescott, 36, who explained that she needed to go pick up her disabled cousin.
It also ended with her:
Prescott said she was excited to see Trump, even if briefly, after driving for two hours in August to Glendale and waiting more than two more hours in line, only to be turned away because the rally was at capacity.
When she entered the Tucson event, Prescott was frustrated to learn that the concession stands were already closed, and she and her daughter were unable to get food.
I assume Linda Prescott still plans to vote for Trump.
Trump has shown no indication nor inclination to rein in his lunacy and juvenile rhetoric. Consider his recent Truth Social post promoted apparent by Liz Cheney speaking at a Wisconsin rally saying “I was a Republican even before Donald Trump started spray-tanning.”
“Liz Cheney lost her Congressional Seat by the largest margin in the history of Congress for a sitting Representative. The people of Wyoming are really smart! She is a low IQ War Hawk that, as a member of the J6 Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs, ILLEGALLY DESTROYED & DELETED all documents, information, and evidence.”
Whether one wants to use my drip-drip-drip metaphor or “the straw that breaks the camel’s back” metaphor, it is possible that in the few weeks leading up to the election enough people will decide that they’d been hoodwinked by Trump into thinking he was the stable genius he says he is who wants to make their lives better. I hope they either decide not to vote at all or to vote for Kamala Harris. She needs enough of a voting margin to prevent GOP shenanagins (like these) from allowing Trump to win despite her getting the most electoral college votes.
Yesterday:
It can’t happen here. Some people “get it” and want it. Some people don’t “get it”, don’t want it, and may vote for it.
Wednesday:
“On the initiative of the vice president” should be on the top of the page story today,
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