Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

wishstar

(5,269 posts)

7. He knew he had to maintain pretense of stolen election to keep raising money-its that simple

Reply to ultralite001 (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2022, 05:28 PM

Sep 2022

If he admitted he lost and conceded to Biden then he couldn't have kept his base fired up and his whole money train would have ended.

He was smart enough to know that only by maintaining the big lie could he keep on scamming his supporters with false hope that their donations would help him overturn the election results.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

We don't know what Trump believed. We know what he did. [View all] ultralite001 Sep 2022 OP

malignant narcissism Thomas Hurt Sep 2022 #1

If real reality is not to your liking, make your own. Force everyone else to deal with that bullimiami Sep 2022 #2

Trump and the "Power of Positive Thinking" ultralite001 Sep 2022 #8

it was Steve Bannon's whispers, or Putin's GenXer47 Sep 2022 #3

Putin's fingerprints are all over this chaos shitshow. rubbersole Sep 2022 #4

Bingo. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Sep 2022 #6

"There's a pony here somewhere..." ultralite001 Sep 2022 #9

He knew he had to maintain pretense of stolen election to keep raising money-its that simple wishstar Sep 2022 #7

RTump is a rude, crude, demented adrenaline junkie... ultralite001 Sep 2022 #10

Another book I won't buy PJMcK Sep 2022 #11