Let's Magnify Some Things
Issue 96
"I was an avid Trump supporter all the way up until Jan 6th, it was like a switch in my head. Then after that I started to realize how bad of a person he is. I remember defending all the stupid/immoral/racist things he did because I thought he was going to save the U.S." (georgetakei.com)
“My Christian grandparents totally did a 180 on their support for him very recently after he had that photo op while holding the bible after tear gassing protesters. My grandfather told me that if Jesus were in DC that day he would have been standing with the peaceful protesters and not with him.” (ruinmyweek.com)
“I engage with hundreds of Trump voters every day. When I call Trump a traitor, a pathological liar, or an authoritarian, his voters get angry & fire back. But when I call Trump a ‘sore loser’…It's the one charge that leaves them rather speechless.” (Former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, R-IL)
“When I went into this and would tell him how crazy some of these allegations were, there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were,” Barr said. (propublica.org)
“The vast majority of Americans, 70% according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, say it's important for Congress to hold these hearings so the public can learn what led to the Jan. 6 attack.” (WRVO/NPR)
“Among Republicans, [Lake Research Partners/Celinda Lake] found that 44 percent have open minds [about the Jan. 6 hearings], and her research further identified what acts are most concerning to conservatives. In descending order, they are actions that: ‘Threatened the vice president,’ ‘Supported white supremacists who endorsed the January 6 attacks,’ ‘Promised pardons for violent behavior,’ ‘Encouraged and supported the attackers,’ ‘Blocked the FBI investigation,’ ‘Helped pay for attackers’ trips to Washington, D.C.,’ ‘Shared confidential information about congressional proceedings with the insurrectionists,’ ‘Called the people who were involved in the January 6 attack patriots,’ ‘Made a statement in support of the January 6 attacks during the attack,’ and ‘Helped Trump spread lies about the outcome of the 2020 election and the possibility of it being overturned.’” (Nation of Change)
“Something interesting has started happening since the Jan 6 hearings began. Prior to this — and I [Sarah Longwell, Executive Director of the Republican Accountability Project] do about a focus group a week — …and one of the things that’s been very consistent, including after January 6, is that usually about half the group of Trump voters want Trump to run again in 2024…But in the last two groups of Trump voters that I’ve done with the hearings in the background, zero people in both groups wanted Trump to run again in 2024…and that is a difference from what I’ve been hearing previously.” (CNN/Amanpour & Co.)
Knowing that Republican and center-right voters are wary of a lot of his antics points to that possibility. Knowing that his support has softened/is softening points to that possibility. Knowing that there is widespread interest in the January 6 committee’s hearings points to that possibility.
We’re keeping it simple today, conscious politics practitioner, by focusing on a single aspect of conscious practice that, let’s just say, is somewhat underdeveloped in most of us. In my training I call it, simply, magnifying. Because of that bugger, the law of attraction and how it’s always on, because we get more and more of what we think about, more and more of what we talk about, and tons more of what we feel, we learn to magnify and make big deals about anything that shows up that’s even remotely on the path of where we are going — to create more of it. I am broke, I have a shiny, clear intention to be wealthy beyond measure and I see a dime on the sidewalk. If I’m practiced in magnifying, I pick up the dime and exclaim that I’m richer now than I was a second ago! I rejoice in what a magnet for money I’ve become. I place the dime in my pocket and magnify the feelings of joy and confidence and power I’m experiencing and I milk it all for all it’s worth. I do so for several minutes, conjuring it even several times a day, insuring that I am ever closer to truly being wealthy beyond measure. And I do it by thinking and speaking about what I like and want, on purpose, feeling all the associated feelings, on purpose — all to create more of what I like and want. On purpose.
Summarizing the smattering of quotes and reporting above, there is a lot about how the former president:
commonly loses support (see: U.S. election, November, 2020)
is a sore loser
was (/is) uninterested in facts
threatened his VP
supported White supremacists
offered pardons to violent criminals
blocked an FBI investigation (plus all the other identified-as-salient points that have sway with conservative voters).
It’s also clear that:
70% of Americans want to know what lead to the Jan 6 insurrection
the January 6 hearings are having an impact on some of the former president’s supporters
To be sure, the former president will not be on the ballot this November but dozens or scores or hundreds (I’ve lost track) of candidates aligned with and endorsed by him will be. For anyone and everyone who wants to see their opponents win resoundingly, it’s just good conscious practice to make hay of anything and everything that points to that possibility. Knowing that Republican and center-right voters are wary of a lot of his antics points to that possibility. Knowing that his support has softened/is softening points to that possibility. Knowing that there is widespread interest in the January 6 committee’s hearings points to that possibility.
If anything, Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade could generate an impetus for non-MAGA, non-Christian right, non-White nationalist eligible citizens to vote in this year’s midterm elections like they have literally never voted before. Inspiring these voters to vote by magnifying anything and everything that supports or provides an inclination for them to do so would be exactly what the strategists and candidates and communications specialists and ad makers would do if they were conscious politics practitioners. It’s not that complicated.
Magnifier: Engage!