Half the country sees Donald Trump as a fascist in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, amplifying concerns recently raised by Kamala Harris and past Trump administration members.

Half the country sees former President Donald Trump as a fascist, amplifying concerns raised in recent days by Vice President Kamala Harris and past members of Trump’s own administration. Far fewer in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll level the same charge against Harris.

Nearly two-thirds also say Trump often departs from the truth, again more than say so about Harris. But Harris gets more criticism than Trump for pandering for votes by promoting policies she doesn’t intend to carry out – underscoring challenges for both candidates as the fur flies in their increasingly heated presidential race.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      93·
      27 days ago

      Remember that ~40% have been told that fascism, communism, socialism, and the Democratic party are all the same for the last 40+ years by “news” organisations.

      • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        278·
        27 days ago

        And frankly, we’ve been blowing the fascism whistle for a long time. Though the GOP/Trump are indisputably fascist now, a lot of people are numb to the alarm and don’t take it seriously.

        The boy who cried fascist.

        • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          27 days ago

          Not the boy who cried fascist.

          A man who was so consistently fascist over such a long period of time that it duplicated the effect, even though nobody who pointed it out was exaggerating.

          “The boy who cried fascist” would mean people were saying it when it wasn’t true. The stupid he makes is so baffling that it can seem that way though, can’t it?

        • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca
          50·
          27 days ago

          The boy who cried fascist, except he never lied about it a single time, there’s just a lot of people who didn’t care if a few sheep get taken, and refuse to care now that we’re running out of sheep.

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        27 days ago

        That’s what makes their messaging so effective. They just mislabel all sorts of shit so words lose all meaning.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      12·
      27 days ago

      My understanding from my remaining MAGA friend is that they’re fed a steady diet of “liberals believe crazy theories” all day long from all the sources they’re allowed. e.g. if liberals believe a thing there’s absolutely no way it can be true.

      Now the fact that this circumvents reason and agency are (apparently) irrelevant.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        81·
        27 days ago

        e.g. if liberals believe a thing there’s absolutely no way it can be true.

        This kind of thinking is what will be the downfall of humanity. Already is happening.