CNN: 'Former Donald Trump Supporter Says She Was 'Brainwashed'

Source:CNN interviewing former Donald Trump supporter & 2021 insurrectionist Pam Hemphill.

"Pam Hemphill, who received a two-month sentence in federal prison for her involvement in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, tells CNN’s Gary Tuchman she was “brainwashed.” 

From CNN

A lot of Democrats, perhaps especially partisan Democrats, talk about Donald Trump's supporters as if they are cult members and Donald Trump is their cult leader, their hero, their idle, etc, as someone whose never wrong or guilty about anything. A man who can do no wrong and is always right, there's always a good reason for why whose doing anything and justification for him doing that. And to be frank, I've done that myself and still do that because there are a lot of Donald Trump's supporters who talk and act like they are part of his national political cult known as Trumpism. 

But we're are all obviously human beings who are free to make mistakes and then to learn from them and try to correct our past mistakes and not repeat them. But sometimes it's that really big mistake, that really cost us, like our freedom and perhaps costs our family and friends as well, that gets people to (to be frank) wake up and smell the coffee, get that kick in the ass (again, to be frank) that gets our attention. 

I obviously don't know Pam Hemphill personally, just hearing about her and her story today. But perhaps it was a few months in a Federal prison, as well as Donald Trump calling for the Jan 6, 2021 insurrectionists to be pardoned, that finally woke her up to everything that she lost in the last 2 years, partially because of Donald Trump, but also because of her actions on that horrible January day in Washington.

I'm not a psychologist, not an astronaut either, (in case there's any doubt left about that) I'm obviously not an expert on what's called brainwash and brainwashing. But unless someone is actually on drugs that changes their behavior, similar to let's say the Manson Crime Family from the late 1960s, or The People's Temple that was led by Jim Jones in the 1970s, I don't believe in brainwashing. 

We're all human beings with the ability to act and think for ourselves, unless we're suffering from some type of brain damage or something. Pam Hemphill by most accounts is an intelligent and educated person. She was those things pre-Donald Trump. She went to prison for her role in the 2021 insurrection and now is apparently very ashamed of what she did. 

Donald Trump obviously had a major role in Jan. 6 as well and I would argue the biggest role. But if any of his co-defendants were brainwashed for their actions on that horrible day, they could probably plea not guilty by reason of insanity, which is a legitimate defense, if the defendant or defendants can prove they were mentally incompetent or insane at the time of their crimes. But you can't plead not guilty by reason of stupidity. All these Jan. 6, 2021 insurrectionists are personal responsible for their own actions and crimes on that horrible day, including Pam Hemphill.

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