Cognitive Dissonance in Trump Supporters

Link: The psychological phenomenon that blinds Trump supporters to his racism

Plus, of course, the ones who know full well he’s a racist and support him *because* of it. They don’t have any cognitive dissonance to resolve. But they know the optics are bad, so they won’t admit to the label. Even though they’re totally fine with the content.

Honestly, though, at this point you’d *have* to be wilfully refusing to see it. The guy literally launched his political career on birtherism and his campaign on an anti-immigrant platform, and has just kept doubling down.