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President Donald Trump\u2019s supporters defy objective reality on key issues, according to a political analyst \u2014 and the consequences of their ignorance on those matters is desire for America.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRecent polls, however, show that substantial numbers of Republican voters simply don\u2019t believe these statements,\u201d wrote MS NOW\u2019s Ryan Teague Beckwith on Sunday. Beckwith was referring to the facts that solar power is one of the cheapest forms of electricity in the world, that American importers bear the brunt of tariff payments and that noncitizen voting is extremely rare \u2014 all of which a majority of Republicans do not believe because Trump tells them they are not true.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s bad for the country, because it\u2019s harder for us to solve problems and decide how to move ahead when we can\u2019t agree on the facts,\u201d Beckwith added. \u201cIt\u2019s also bad for Republican politicians \u2014 and they have only themselves to blame.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cLed by President Donald Trump, many members of the GOP in recent years have made their case by attacking the underlying facts, making baseless claims and undermining the credibility of independent experts who could contradict them. The result is a party that is increasingly out of touch with voters outside its ideological bubble and unable to come up with good arguments or practical solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beckwith then broke down the numbers, pointing out that 51 percent of Republicans believe tariffs are \u201cfees foreigners pay for selling products in the United States,\u201d 43 percent said solar power is more expensive to consumers than most other energy sources and 82 percent said large numbers of noncitizens cast fraudulent ballots in American elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sheer number of Republicans who believe things that aren\u2019t true distorts the political landscape,\u201d Beckwith pointed out. \u201cAs problems arise, they effectively box Republican politicians out of making certain arguments or trying specific solutions. When Trump\u2019s broad-based tariffs lead to increased prices, how can Republicans in Congress push back if their own supporters don\u2019t see the link?\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to making Trump\u2019s base a force for injecting falsehoods into American discourse, Beckwith pointed out it also leaves Republicans vulnerable to Democratic attacks.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe result is a party whose debating skills have grown rusty, preaching the same tired sermons to an ever smaller choir of supporters as the day of reckoning grows closer,\u201d Beckwith concluded.<\/p>\n

Similar to Beckwith, former Trump-supporting Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) wrote in February that the president has turned his party into a cult of personality \u2014 which is evidenced by their poor understanding of the issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought you wanted him to end wars all over the world,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cYou said you wanted him to end American entanglement in conflicts and wars around the world. America shouldn\u2019t be involved in these wars, you said. That\u2019s why you\u2019re voting for Trump, you said.\u201d Then, despite Trump\u2019s wars against Venezuela and Iran, his base still supports him.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you don\u2019t like when people call you a cult, Trump voters?\u201d Walsh argued. \u201cWhat else are people to think when you voted for Trump to get us the hell out of wars around the world, and instead he gets us involved in wars around the world and starts new wars, and you still sing his praises and support him? What are we to think, MAGA, but that you are a cult?\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cYou\u2019ve got no argument against people calling you a cult. And if he takes us to war against Iran, and you clap and applaud and throw him flowers, Trump supporters, I will be at the front of the parade calling you a cult.\u201d<\/p>\n

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