I literally overheard someone say "yea I just believe in him because of his success as a businessman" this past weekend at the bar.

At this point I'm no longer expecting or hopeful that the Repug base will ever come back down to earth. They have made excuses for and shrugged off literally everything. All the Russia revelations, the payoffs of the girls he (inexplicably) fucked, etc. The base only digs their collective heels in further.

It's been said before but 45* was legit not lying (perhaps the only time ever) when he said he could literally shoot and murder someone in the middle of the street and the Repugs (both in Congress/the political sphere and voters) would find a way to excuse it away and continue supporting him.