Given rambling speeches and personal attacks over policy talk, supporters wonder if events do more harm than good

As Donald Trump emerged to a thunderous roar of approval in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Rust belt, he was back in his comfort zone among the people who once put him in power.

But by the time he stepped off the stage nearly two hours later, even some of the former US president’s supporters were wondering whether his rallies are doing his re-election campaign more harm than good.

“He reminded me why I’m not going to vote for him this time,” said Jenny, a local businesswoman who did not want to give her full name because she didn’t want to alienate customers.

“I voted for him in 2016 and had a Trump flag in the front yard. I voted for him again in 2020 but didn’t put the flag out that time. I’ve been thinking of voting for him again because Biden’s been so bad for the economy and Kamala won’t be any better. But after listening to that, I’m actually afraid of Trump being president again. I don’t know what he was talking about half the time. Perhaps he was always like that but he seems worse, more unstable.”

  • @Zachariah
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    I’ve been thinking of voting for him again because Biden’s been so bad for the economy and Kamala won’t be any better.

    So if this person understood Trump was worse for the economy, would they vote change?

    • AmidFuror
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      694 months ago

      If she understood things like that, she wouldn’t have been at a Trump rally.

    • @[email protected]
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      354 months ago

      If you asked “How will Harris be worse for the economy?” I doubt you’d get a coherent argument in response. Most Trump supporters repeat what they’ve been told.

      • @dustyData
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        364 months ago

        She probably has no rational explanation for why is Biden bad for the economy either. Oftentimes when people are interviewed, the one’s giving coherent responses to that question are blaming the Democrats for shit Republicans did and would take several administrations to fix, or they completely misunderstand the issue. Misinformation is really powerful on the ignorant.

    • @[email protected]
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      94 months ago

      When these idiots say “the economy” the don’t even mean the economy, and they don’t even mean the health of their business, they just mean one extremely specific line on their tax forms.