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2016 Postmortem

Justice

(7,204 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2016, 04:16 PM Dec 2016

Call them Trump's defenders not his supporters. Suggest you do the same.

I've started calling them Trump's defenders. They will defend anything he says or does. They are not supporters - they are just defenders.

Defenders are positioned to deflect and deny - they are not positioned to explain or unify.

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Call them Trump's defenders not his supporters. Suggest you do the same. (Original Post) Justice Dec 2016 OP

I call them Trump Hemorrhoids ................. because Trump is an ass Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #1

I call 'em Trump apologists lame54 Dec 2016 #2

I like it. Puts them on defense, Qutzupalotl Dec 2016 #3

I call them enablers (nt) JSup Dec 2016 #4

+1, shorter uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6

I like "defenders". But somehow Russia needs to be addressed. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2016 #5

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #7

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

1. I call them Trump Hemorrhoids ................. because Trump is an ass

Reply to Justice (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 04:34 PM

Dec 2016

lame54

(38,086 posts)

2. I call 'em Trump apologists

Reply to Justice (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 04:36 PM

Dec 2016

Qutzupalotl

(15,402 posts)

3. I like it. Puts them on defense,

Reply to Justice (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 05:08 PM

Dec 2016

defending the indefensible.

JSup

(740 posts)

4. I call them enablers (nt)

Reply to Justice (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 07:03 PM

Dec 2016

uponit7771

(92,988 posts)

6. +1, shorter

Reply to JSup (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:29 AM

Dec 2016

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,117 posts)

5. I like "defenders". But somehow Russia needs to be addressed.

Reply to Justice (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 10:08 PM

Dec 2016

"TRUMPUTIN DEFENDERS" ?

uponit7771

(92,988 posts)

7. +1

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:29 AM

Dec 2016

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