# Crazy Trump supporters **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 30, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297 "2024-09-30T18:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/81 "2024-10-05T18:34:51Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Which “people” did he mean, I wonder… Who cares, just another cult member spewing nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/82 "2024-10-05T18:38:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > MTG is blaming the recent hurricane on Democrats. “Democrats can control the weather”. Um… OK. Backs away slowly. She keeps HAARPing on that… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/83 "2024-10-05T20:04:59Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > The latest from these crazies is calling for a full and complete audit of FEMA funds for 2023-2024. They are convinced that the Harris-Biden administration has raided these funds, which has, predictably, resulted in all these deaths. I know, it makes no sense, but consider the source. > **[Fact Check: Did Biden-Harris migrant spending drain FEMA hurricane budget?](https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-fema-hurricane-helene-relief-funding-biden-1963998)** > > Republicans have said the agency ran out of money because of a $650 million program to help newly-released migrants in communities across the U.S. _Republicans, including Texas Governor [Greg Abbott](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/greg-abbott), then claimed that over $640 million had been spent by FEMA on migrants when it could have been used to plug the funding gap._ So Abbot has joined the crazies. > [@madmonk28](#): > > Who cares, just another cult member spewing nonsense. Gov Abbott is an important person. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/84 "2024-10-05T20:07:37Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Gov Abbott is an important person. Half the country is in the cult and they may take control of the government in a few weeks, but I am completely over pretending their concerns are legitimate or important. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/85 "2024-10-05T20:11:22Z")
His much of that $640 million went to Texas? You know, where Gov. Abbott has been screaming about being overwhelmed by the migrant crisis? And that $640 million was a separate line item approved by Congress from the disaster relief funds. FEMA was in trouble on funding last fiscal year because of record payouts over a record number of disasters, including the fires on Maui. Not that Republicans care. It must be the Dems stealing funds, or giving money away to illegals, or funding for Ukraine. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/86 "2024-10-05T21:08:40Z")
Here’s the latest crazy conspiracy theory: The mayor of Asheville is Jewish (that part is true) so she deliberately caused the hurricane to destroy her own city. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/87 "2024-10-05T21:17:37Z")
Jewish Space lasers? 🤪 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/88 "2024-10-05T21:46:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > So Abbot has joined the crazies. _Joined_ the crazies? Nope, he’s been on the crazy vanguard for most of his political career. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/89 "2024-10-05T21:53:16Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > So, into the frying pan we may go. But we want to stay in Colorado. > > North of Denver doesn’t seem too red, but the crazy is everywhere. Agreed, Colorado is by no means perfect, but it suits me better than most. And almost anywhere along the front range (including the Springs, but we’re strangely pricey compared to nicer places IMHO) is more blue than most of the eastern half (Kansas) or west of the Rockies. As for the altitude… yeah it’s a worry. My father and step-mother had a place up in Cotapaxi for decades, but after a major pneumonia based loss of lung function nearly a decade ago they sold it, and them visiting us in the Springs is now not a good idea outside of short visits. Which is why I’m doing the 630 mile drive to see them more. Anyway, back to the thread. > [@scabpicker](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > So Abbot has joined the crazies. > > _Joined_ the crazies? Nope, he’s been on the crazy vanguard for most of his political career. Yes, I’m with @scabpicker - he’s one of the ones that is egging on the crazies, and giving them the “smoke screen” that it’s legitimate. After all, if such an illustrious member of government (sorry, the sarcasm is melting my keyboard) thinks the concerns are valid, there MUST be something to it think all the “sane” Republicans. Or as another thread put it, Trump’s NUTS, but the rest of the Republicans/MAGA and efforts to have “balanced” news are sanewashing the crazy, causing massive, prolonged, and possibly unrecoverable damage to our representative government and respect for the rule of law. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/90 "2024-10-05T22:07:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > So Abbot has joined the crazies. Abbott, like Vance is hoping to inherit MAGA when Trump dies. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/91 "2024-10-05T22:48:30Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Is it possible some of those Spanish speaking immigrants were confusing being registered to vote with being registered to be in the country? I mean, a bunch of people wandering around asking questions about their status would raise suspicions about motives. Or they may have thought that they represented a voter registration drive and weren’t interested so said they were already registered to get them to leave. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/92 "2024-10-06T00:50:05Z")
But in the context of admitting they aren’t citizens, that seems less likely, as not being a citizen is a reason to not be harassed by a voter drive. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/93 "2024-10-07T01:58:01Z")
[World’s richest man at yesterday’s Butler rally](https://x.com/alexrecouso/status/1842776185991831775): > [@](#): > > Text people now. Now. And then make sure they actually do vote. If they don’t, this will be the last election. One part of me wants to say he really believes this. Why else would he say it? But if he really believes this will be the last election on the coin-toss likelihood of a Harris victory, wouldn’t he be working hard to move his businesses to a more stable country? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/94 "2024-10-07T07:39:26Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > wouldn’t he be working hard to move his businesses to a more stable country? I would like to extend my personal invitation to Musk to return to South Africa. Our politics have no sway in the real world but they are just as entertaining and bat-shit crazy as anywhere else, and to be honest we need the tax money Musk would bring to the economy. One crazy billionaire’s tax vs thousands of homeless people? Elon, come home! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/95 "2024-10-07T12:15:14Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > One part of me wants to say he really believes this. Why else would he say it? Because attempting to instill mortal terror is his default campaign strategy at this point? ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/96 "2024-10-07T12:52:01Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > One part of me wants to say he really believes this. Why else would he say it? Because he and Trump want to end elections, and every accusation they make is an admission. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/97 "2024-10-07T13:48:57Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Because he and Trump want to end elections, and every accusation they make is an admission. Could be. I guess the question becomes — Is Musk an inside man, or just another mark? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/98 "2024-10-07T14:43:01Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > I guess the question becomes — Is Musk an inside man, or just another mark? Why does that become the question? Because the answer to your question is, what difference does it make? The people Musk harms will be harmed irrespective of whether he is aware he’s being used. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/99 "2024-10-07T14:44:29Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > I guess the question becomes — Is Musk an inside man, or just another mark? Yes. See also: Giuliani, Powell, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297/100 "2024-10-07T15:27:52Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yes. Agreed. Somebody once said that fascism is the demon capitalists summon to promote their interests, then get eaten by. Look at how many Russian oligarchs and their families have suffered “accidents” since Putin took over, for example. Musk isn’t bright enough to realize that if he ever actually got the fascist government he wants his life would only continue at its sufferance, and that all the power granted by his wealth would vanish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-trump-supporters/1008297.md?page=6)