Summary

A genuine backlash to Trump’s ethno-nationalist authoritarianism may be starting to take shape on its own terms.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll shows “Trump slipping underwater on immigration, which has been his best issue,” with 56% of independents disapproving of his handling.

Only 21% of independents want wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain imprisoned. These policies “raise basic issues of fundamental fairness, due process, and the rule of law.”

Trump’s lawlessness across the board is clearly a problem, reinforcing the view he’s engaged in rampant extralegal abuses of power.

  • Zak@lemmy.world
    64·
    4 days ago

    How was anyone expecting the guy who openly tried to steal an election after losing to be anything but lawless?

    • Burninator05@lemmy.worldEnglish
      30·
      3 days ago

      You don’t even have to think that hard into it. The man is litterally a convicted felon. The only reason he isn’t in jail is Biden’s DoJ wasn’t as aggressive as it could have been.

      • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
        44·
        3 days ago

        Biden’s DOJ: People will respect us for being non-partisan

        People: See, if Trump did any real crimes he’d be in prison but he’s not because Biden’s DOJ was just playing politics

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      The mass media, even so called lefty MSNBC which is center at best. Though usually pretty solid right. Didn’t cover it with the appropriate tone or seriousness it deserved. MSNBC did at least start out that way and tried before giving up. The rest of the media never did. And so there was 4 years of largely rehab to trumps image. The simple fact that he incited a coup wasn’t brought up much for fear of losing access.

      And so, people started to question their own eyes. Question whether there was actually really a coup or not. If it was just being blown out of proportion like conservatives blow fluoride in the water out of proportion. If the popular media isn’t going to treat it like it’s serious why would the average consumer of popular media?

      Hell so much of the media spent so much more time covering Republican false accusations of Democrats smuggling in immigrants to hurt America. Suddenly the truth became lies and lies became the truth.

      And before you admonish and ridicule these people for not going to such and such website to get the truth etc. A lot of people don’t get their information and news online still. Relying on the completely captured 4th estate to report on and distill even news happening online down for them. And this is the power of control and propaganda. For a short while at least perception can be reality. We need to spend less time haranguing and attacking people who mistakenly voted for trump. Instead trying to find a way to disarm and defeat the captured fourth estate.

      • Zak@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 days ago

        And before you admonish and ridicule these people for not going to such and such website to get the truth etc.

        Clearly everyone who isn’t getting their news from Lemmy is irresponsible!

        Sure, there are valid complaints about the media, but anyone who heard Trump say

        I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have

        and still voted for him had everything they needed to know better, and who didn’t hear that excerpt from the Raffensperger call?

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      01·
      4 days ago

      It wasn’t his fault. You might as well blame gunmakers for school shootings.

      Trump had nothing to do with January 6, and the fact that he’s pardoned so many of the people who were there shows how compassionate he is!

      No /s because that’s what the MAGats will tell you