What's striking about this latest sojourn in Trumpistan is how the attempts on his life have not boosted his popularity. People associate Trump with chaos and - after 1/6 - violence. For his cultists, that's a feature, not a bug. They crave the chaos and the violence, because they think it will never blow back on them. For most people, I truly believe that they just want him to go away.
Similarly, there are some people flogging the story about the lies about Haitian immigrants as being good for Trump, because immigration is his strongest issue. In fact, the story is not about immigrants at this point. It's about Trump's incessant cruelty and Vance's relentless lying. Yes, abortion and democracy are Harris's strongest issues, but I really think the Springfield pogrom is going to erode Trump's standing in immigration, as it reminds people of his cruelty and racism.
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