# Are Trump supporters capable of seeing the Trumpian double-standard?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 9, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trump-supporters-capable-of-seeing-the-trumpian-double-standard/847676 "2020-02-09T16:00:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trump-supporters-capable-of-seeing-the-trumpian-double-standard/847676/34 "2020-02-10T20:24:05Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> There is no Democratic/liberal equivalent – not to Trump, and not to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and other right-wing hatemongers. Both sides aren’t always the same on everything. In some things, we’re actually different. This is one of them.

There is no current Democratic presidential candidate who is the equivalent of Trump, true. But the underlying sentiment that **Sam Stone** speaks of does exist - “I’m okay with bad people or bad things, as long as they are on my side.”

> [@CNN Reports people claiming Warren was told by Sanders that a woman can't win.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-people-claiming-warren-was-told-by-sanders-that-a-woman-cant-win/846369/44):
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> Dirty tricks in politics are fine by me, as long as they work (and as long as they’re for my favored candidate).

> [@How bad a scandal for you to \*not\* vote for Trump's 2020 Democratic opponent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-a-scandal-for-you-to-not-vote-for-trumps-2020-democratic-opponent/829704/3):
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> The Dems could run the rotting corpse of Hitler and I wouldn’t hesitate a second to vote for him. It. Whatever.

> [@How bad a scandal for you to \*not\* vote for Trump's 2020 Democratic opponent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-a-scandal-for-you-to-not-vote-for-trumps-2020-democratic-opponent/829704/18):
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> Nothing that fits into the category of ‘scandal’ could get me to vote against the Dem nominee.

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