If you read the article, the concept of “identity fusion” seems to answer the question: why do so many evangelicals follow Trump? https://apple.news/AQqGDolwnTrCgg5C9z7LIjA
How Trump Sold Failure to 70 Million People

The president convinced many voters that his response to the pandemic was not a disaster. The psychology of medical fraud is simple, timeless, and tragic.

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Once fused with a group or leader, he noticed, followers seem tied to them in such a way that things are true because the leader said them. Dystopian as that may seem, it can be a coping mechanism:
Orienting your sense of truth around a person can be more comforting than doing so around a nebulous, uncertain, or otherwise threatening reality.
Fusion is not appealing because it makes sense; it is appealing because it alleviates the cognitive and emotional burden of thinking.”
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