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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    2 months ago

    The MAGA folks aren’t going to be watching the DNC directly, they will be watching edited clips on fox news. So they aren’t going to be swayed.

    The undecided folks who might watch aren’t going to be swayed, at best they might think the MAGA crowd is starting to be reasonable.

    I don’t see how including this does anything except show that the Dems still haven’t given up on trying to reach out and connect with the supporters of a coup.

    Worked out great after the civil war, so let’s keep trying!

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      I hear ya, but I think they’re thinking it represents someone getting out.

      And, yes, that’s good. Let’s promote that. Let’s win this thing.