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That’s very sad. Unfortunately, once people buy in completely they risk injury to their ego and an overturning of their world view. If they are wrong about border crossings, what else might they believe that’s wrong? And if they allow that many things they believe are untrue, does that mean they are stupid, gullible, fools? [No, merely human]. For many of us, that landslide of self doubt hurts. Trump knows this and galvanizes them against self doubt.

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Agree. The self-realization they'd need to do to alleviate their cognitive dissonance would break them. They will never admit they've been conned and want to cling to their MAGA security blanket.

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