"It doesn't take a big swing": Expert says "one group" ditching Trump over conviction — independents

You vastly overestimate how much the average person pays attention to anything political, and when they do hear something they just assume they're all like that.

"Well, he tried to kill the vice president and many congress people because he lost the election and wanted to seize power anyway and they wouldn't help him. Also, he got dozens of CIA agents killed by just handing over top secret information for no reason at all to our active enemies during a shooting war. He stole, he lied, he got people killed, he put Hispanics in concentration camps, and during a second term he wants to do it all again, but with less guard rails of the people who were able to stop him doing much much worse the first time. He wants to shoot protestors and have the military seize the voting machines. He wants to do away with term limits and make it illegal for the media to criticize him. He wants to put all his enemies in prison. He wants a nationwide database of any woman that gets an abortion. It's literally impossible to even list what he has done or wants to do without missing something so grave that it would disqualify any other human being on the planet, but there are so many that they begin to blend together and you can lose sight of how terrifying they truly are individually."

"But wait, now you're telling me he fucked a lady who wasn't his wife and lied about it? Well, in that case, I gotta tell you my mind is pretty much made up about this guy then."

Never underestimate how uniformed people are.

I just do not understand how anyone is on the fence about DJT…

Gotta consider which fence we're talking about. For some folks, the fact that he let his daughter marry a (((Kushner))) means he was just too Woke. For others, the fact that he got successfully convicted means he's a big stupid loser. Some people just love an underdog and will vote for anyone who isn't currently in office.

You have to keep in mind that "independent" doesn't mean "in the middle of Democrats and Republicans". In the same way people abandoned Hillary over the Comey Letter, I'm sure there's a certain number of independents who are scared off of Trump entirely because they don't like the idea of someone being a convicted felon.

Does it matter why they changed their minds though?

Anyone who votes against Trump and the GOP is making the correct decision and I'm glad they do, regardless of what it took to make them see that. It's not easy to admit they were wrong and we need to make sure we're encouraging and accepting of those that do.