As regular readers know, I'm a shooter and I occasionally spend time on gun related internet message boards. Some have "off topic" sections, where pretty much anything goes, and typically contain a ton of right wing looney content, typically in the form of links to right wing looney sources. Needless to say, no independent thought flows from the posters. I'll occasionally pop into those areas, to see what lies are being spread and poke fun at the loons by sharing facts. Lately, I've been seeing a trend in the lies that disturbs me. Along with the standard messages of "Biden is the Devil" and "Trump is God" I'm beginning to see an alarming number of stories linked about how MAGA / ultra conservative midterm candidates are polling incredibly high, when the truth is these candidates are tanking.
That's some genuinely scary shit, because there will be a ton of cult members going into the midterms with the expectation of a big fucking red wave. When the opposite happens, there will be cries of election fraud and potentially worse. We've already seen what happens when these idiots believe one election was stolen. What sort of ugliness could be in store if they think they've been screwed a second time?
The only potential saving grace is their cult leader can't say he was screwed again, which may temper the response. Of course, he'll have something to say, nonetheless.
On a side note, this illustrates yet another example of how the harm done to this country by Cheeto Face is incalculable. Perhaps I'm selectively remembering, but I don't recall any candidates prior to him claiming they'd lost an election due to fraud. But now, every MAGA candidate who loses (in the primaries) is claiming it was due to fraud, even when the results weren't even close.
Perfect example below:
This could get very ugly, come November.
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