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How to Prevent the Rise of the Trump Cult in the Future

Shelly Fagan
5 min readDec 2, 2020

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Trump Supporters Are a Symptom of a Bigger Political Problem

Photo by David Todd McCarty on Unsplash

Recently, I watched a video showing an elderly Trumper arguing the election was “rigged.” He claimed Donald Trump would have won reelection if the results did not include the votes from California. The Golden State is the most populous in the nation, with most residents living in large metropolitan areas. To save you time clicking the above link, there were 17 million ballots cast, and 11 million of those for Biden.

The Boomer said, “He didn’t lose. . . Trump. You gotta take California out of the equation and he wins the national.”

The interviewer derisively responded, “If you discount certain people, then the numbers add up in your favor.” The Trumper agreed.

The problem is not the stupidity of ignoring the mathematics of losing a state with 37 million residents.

It was that this individual said this was the most compelling reason elections officials should recount the ballots.

A better scam.

“There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.” — US Election Security Officials

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Shelly Fagan
Shelly Fagan

Written by Shelly Fagan

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