COMMENTARY: There is one universal element in the psychology of a Trump voter: the capacity to justify their support by any means necessary.
white supremacist groups, my mind traveled to the happy savagery of Ralph and his feral band of hunters in “Lord of the Flies.”
A video of former President Donald Trump speaking during a rally near the White House on Jan. 6th, is shown on a screen at a hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 09, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. : He was watching the destruction he had orchestrated — which would result in five deaths, hundreds of injuries and scores of arrests — and reveling in it.
There is no “logical” solution to this mystery. It resides within the individual psyches of those Americans — including some of those whoBut there is one universal element in the psychology of a Trump voter: the capacity to justify their support by any means necessary. Indeed, this is the central allure of Trumpism. The former president’s supporters love him precisely because he violates norms, and breaks laws and gets away with it. His impunity justifies their own moral contortions.
“This week I feel guilty for helping him win,” Parscale wrote to Pierson, after the carnage at the Capitol.“Yeah. But a woman is dead,” Parscale responded, referring to one of the rioters, who was shot and killed after she ignored police orders and attempted to break through a barricade to reach lawmakers.Pierson’s rejoinder is the one that best captures the ethical horror of Trumpism.
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