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This goes back to his comment on how he could shoot someone and not lose any votes. He can do absolutely anything to trick normal folks to vote for him because it will not change one single vote from his base and he can count on them to argue that what he does is fine or whatever.
No way is he going to trick the Swifties.
non of his stuff will work on the group at large but he just needs to pull any at all. send me your ignorant, your incompetent, you just plain stupid who yearns for something but does not get what the results of their actions will be.
The problem for Trump is there is a third shadow candidate in the race called "did not vote" so it doesn't really matter than his main base would vote for him regardless.
If he fakes Swift's endorsement and she comes out and roasts him and fires up her base to vote, the amount of votes he gains by trickery will be really small while the amount of people Swift converts from not voting to voting against Trump will be larger.
And there's actually some data to suggest Trump is losing part of his always-red base and the rats are abandoning a sinking ship at the moment as well.
His base is shrinking by the day. He's not winning over any new fans with his tired bullshit, and he's alienating thousands more