'His hubris was his downfall' James O'Brien reacts to Donald Trump verdict | LBC

I don't know where I got this idea that America's evangelical Christian electorate actually believed at least some of the things they said: There's no earthly way Donald Trump can become president after bragging about grabbing women by the genitals. on a regular basis. and I still don't understand why he could still become president after doing that. Now we know, at least from this court case, that he, uh, wasn't just talk, heh, I mean, if you read the details I'm not going to show you. To see the details of the case, because it's graphic, but it essentially reveals that his modus operandi was more than Mia grabbing, let's say, and it's a surprise, I think no one finds out that it's shady. disgusting, it's monstrous, it's horrible and yet he got away with it, he got away with bragging about it and I still don't understand why I had a strange perception, maybe of what was going on, but I still don't.

I did. I completely understand what he taught me and that involved the widower of slain MP Joe Cox being accused by former colleagues of inappropriate behavior at work and I guess times were good, right? It's 2016, it was the day farage revealed that disgusting Breaking Point poster and my inbox, which at the time was slightly overpopulated by what would later become known as gamony types, my inbox filled up with people saying that I was going to start defending him or I was going to start defending him and I remember thinking what are they talking about, it happened before I got to what happened overnight on Twitter and I was thinking what are they talking about, why would I do that, why I would come to work tomorrow morning and I would do and I said, oh, because we have similar views on immigration, we have similar views on racism, so because I have similar views on racism with this person, I don't.

I will not criticize or condemn her for the things she is accused of. and I don't get it, I guess that's what we call projection. I think guys like Trump and Farage are right, they are not better regarded as politicians, they are not elected on merit than they are as cult leaders. So the people who are loyal to them are rabidly loyal to them in an irrational way, in the same way you would be loyal to a religion or a king. Now there's an initial element like "um, Trump will have initially gained support by posing." as a billionaire and Americans love wealth yeah or maybe about us on a single topic emotive topic so faraj obviously brexit for

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maybe money maybe pro life maybe just hating obama , which a lot of people did because they know America, but once they did it.

They nailed their colors to the mast of one of these guys it's not about merit anymore it's not about what they get it's not about whether you can justify Eugene Carol they'll just say what they have to say a little like when you say if you ask him someone why does God allow bad things to happen to good people, oh mysterious ways, you know, once you've drunk the kool-aids and joined someone's cult, there's no limit to the mental gymnastics, but what? What am I getting into? give back what do I get in return oh oh just because it's a good cult winning would be eternal life or we'll survive when the world ends or you know the transaction is usually pretty clear what do I get for joining that Cole oh no I think the main thing that What you get in any sect is belonging, you're on a team and people need to belong, people love that and they love it.

I'm on team Trump, that's why you understand what the kids say. um, in America you have these guys with t-shirts that say I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat, yeah, it doesn't mean anything, right? I mean, it means nothing and everything at the same time. What it means is that it's me. I'm fiercely loyal to my team above anything else, including merit, rationality and reason, so you look for reasons why people like these guys. I think the reason you will never find anything is because there is no reason why this is irrational. it's a loyalty that's something taken, the last thing they would say, do you think if you told them why you don't care if he's a sex offender?

Oh, they say, they would say well, the civil cases are going on. the balance of probabilities and they screwed it up well they say it's a witch hunt or they would say she was lying or they would say she wasn't like that but then that's why I take him back to the tape when he was bragging about doing things like this ah well I want say, okay, so again we can, gymnastics is easy, you say, oh, he was bragging, he doesn't really mean that, but he thought the other guy would want to hear it, he was, he was digging himself out, it was whatever. there must be some there must be an electorate that loves it and really wants to do it too no, of course, no, you are absolutely right, they are true racists, true misogynists, true monsters, but I don't think their popularity should increase. explained because those people are half the population, I think it's mostly a cult thing, um, it's easier for them to feel like they belong in the cool gang, even if I mean you know cool is in the eye of the beholder. t it Emma writes they have flags and signifiers everyone can sing together you are in this you are in the middle it is intoxicating it is not just that it is one more thing it is easier this is San Clements it is easier to fool someone than to convince them that they are being fooled , because to fool someone you have to overcome their intelligence, but to convince them that they have been fooled, you have to overcome their pride, which people have more of once Trump has fooled them, even if you later show them evidence that they have been a fool. morons for following it I don't want to listen to it I already have it I have to stick with what I chose otherwise I would love to admit that I was wrong I think I think it's just bullshit human nature.

Really listen to this because this is probably the point where you actually accidentally touch on his arrogance, it's arrogance that he became. I just started kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss him. I don't even wait and when you. you're a star they let you do it you can do anything grab them by the you could do anything that's what you said correct historically that's true with stars it's true with stars they can grab women by the hole that's what it is yes You look over the last million years, I guess that's largely not always the case, but it's largely true, unfortunately or fortunately, and you consider yourself a star.

I think you can say yes, it's actually disgusting, it's grotesque, unfortunately or fortunately, and you could sit here and say well. You know, kings and emperors or even relatively common aristocrats, if you go back to the 17th century, bought and sold their own daughters by dint of dowries and that there was no protection for women against misogyny or abusive men until relatively recently. . It's one of the great triumphs of wokism, eh, but almost be proud of it or say fortunately or unfortunately I'm going to play that again because this is what Andrea Jenkins or Jacob Reesemug or Nigel Farage.

This Is The Stuff. they are comfortable with that is the point here these people pollute our public discourse almost daily and they are comfortable with this. I refuse to believe that a significant number of people who listen to this show are comfortable with this. Don't know. If naïve is the word to describe those of us who sat there listening to this and even after all these years after being in and out of the White House we still don't understand how anyone could have excused him much less applauded him to the rafters. . it is for me I think it is incomprehensible