“For much of the American public and for the historical record, the second impeachment of former President Trump represented a blistering censure from a coequal branch of government whose members’ lives had been imperiled days earlier by a mob of his supporters attacking the Capitol. But many of his defenders saw the second impeachment, a first for an American president, as something else: the culmination of years of unfair treatment by a Washington establishment that was always hostile to Mr. Trump and is now trying to end his political career once and for all. Now, supporters of Mr. Trump whose blood boiled at the first impeachment are galvanized anew by the second, rising to his defense with the familiar refrains they have soaked up for years from conservative talking heads, from social media or from the president himself.”
“In the weeks since the election was called, Mr. Trump’s supporters have seen more unjustified slights to him. Even Macaulay Culkin seemed to pile on. [A Trump fan from Minnesota] was outraged when she saw that the actor had appeared to endorse the idea put forth by Mr. Trump’s detractors of editing a scene in ‘Home Alone 2’ where he plays a cameo role.” – New York Times.