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Walleye

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4. Yes, if they publicly crossed Trump, their family gets death threats.

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 02:54 PM

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But personally, I think that most of them actually believe in buying what he’s selling, plus they enjoy being inconsiderate bullies. I don’t know if they were brought up wrong or they just became this way but they’re not good or nice people, and they are all scared of being called a dirty name by Trump on social media.

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I would guess that fear is a great motivator. Otherwise, I got nuthin'. CaliforniaPeggy Sunday #1

Money, Power, Position... FalloutShelter Sunday #2

It only takes a few tweets Bmoboy Sunday #3

Yes, if they publicly crossed Trump, their family gets death threats. Walleye Sunday #4

They are a willing collection of collaborators seeking various agendas: surfered Sunday #5

;-{) KRAKEN Goonch Sunday #6

BECAUSE HE STILL NEEDS THE VOTES OF THE BLACKMAILED! ColoringFool Sunday #7

Kompromat is too specialized a category bucolic_frolic Sunday #8

Reality shows ForgedCrank Sunday #9

I think that legislators and business people feel the threat (usually implicit) usonian Sunday #10

Most men think tr-HUMP is cool,... rich,.. successful,... a very astute businessman, owns luxurious comercial,... magicarpet Sunday #11

Republicans fall in line due to you watching the Clown as they steal EVERYTHING else. Mitch LOVES the Clown. dave99 Sunday #12

People have talked about the threats. MTG, judges, AOC, Ilhan Omar. I have zero Gaugamela Sunday #13

Yes, we've seen this demonstrated over and over. And while Trmp can pretty much decide GOP primaries, his candidates ... eppur_se_muova Sunday #14

IMO, Trump has somehow established a Jim Jones-like relationship with his diehard base and Republicans are Vinca Sunday #15

Cowardice and collaboration Martin Eden Monday #16