# Why we have Trump

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [June 27, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-trump/1020197 "2025-06-27T13:15:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-trump/1020197/80 "2025-07-09T10:35:16Z")

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All right, here’s what this thread is for:

> [@Ann Coulter has a lament!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-has-a-lament/1020651/6):
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> She’s a monster, but people have pretended otherwise because _admitting_ the Right is full of monsters was _impolite._ And now the monsters are in charge thanks in part to that head-in-the-sand attitude.

We have Trump because we pretended Ann Coulter wasn’t a monster!

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