Rich Logis, a former voter for former President Trump, appeared in a video message broadcast to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night to say that the COVID-19 pandemic showed him how Trump was “lying about pretty much everything.”

“I believed Trump,” he said. “When the pandemic hit, we needed leadership, but we were given almost nothing. It was a major betrayal to the country.”

Logis described himself as a “full-fledged member of MAGA” and encouraged fellow voters that there was still time to change their minds about whom to cast a ballot for in November.

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    Okay but… There’s a difference between being influenced by propaganda and actively ignoring your eyes and ears, And going out of your way to be influenced by a cult of personality

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      How do you think cults operate? A cult of personality requires insane amounts of propaganda. The type of propaganda that the largest news network in the country provides. The type of propaganda that is effective at reaching vulnerable and disenfranchised people into believing hateful ideology. There have been many smart people that ended up in a cult, because that cult’s propaganda was effective to them.

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        3 months ago

        It also takes a mind unwilling to ask important questions or perform any kind of self reflection. No not anyone is susceptible to this.

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          What it seems like you’re saying, both in your previous comment and this one, is that certain people cannot fall into a cult because effective propaganda wouldn’t be effective.

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      Going out of your way to believe what everyone around you believes? Yeah, that’s hard.