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Yeah that's  another  group  he courts but would the USS be full of those?
I always thought it was telling when Mike Pence would not get in the car that was being driven by the secret service on January 6th.   I think he also suspected they were compromised by the former president. >

This is still huge for me, and it shocks me how little it seems like people talk about this. When the VP is afraid of someone on the inside, this should terrify everyone. >

What do you make of his claim that he thought it was a bad look for the VP to be seen fleeing? I know it casts him as the hero and all so he has incentive to push that narrative but I don’t know. Maybe it’s true. >

What's weird to me is that he hasn't really blamed Trump for what happened. >

Yeah whatever his motivation for not getting in that car, he has failed his country with his silence over this issue. Silence is consent. >

I don’t get it. How has Trump made so many people into crazy acolytes? Like, there may have been Secret Service agents who preferred Bush to Obama, but I’d bet money they did their jobs and/or asked to get transferred to Kansas or whatever. Why are people so willing to light the world on fire for this guy. He’s not smart, he’s not charismatic. What do they see in him? >

Good question and I do wonder the same. That Trump seems to be able to produce  zealots with unquestioning  loyalty can't  be disputed but as you say ... how/why? I find it hard to believe  that racism  is the sole factor. >

It doesn't have to be the sole factor. Christian nationalism is another factor (there are quite a few Christian nationalists who are POC).