I just can’t imagine how she Justified supporting him to herself at any point. His involvement with Epstein is not new information. We’ve known for years and years.

I’m starting to believe the average conservative is just that stupid. They can’t connect the dots on their own and they can’t tell the truth from lies. If you tell them A -> B and B -> C they won’t come to A -> C. You have to explicitly show them A -> C for them to see that. And that works only if there’s nobody else (like Trump) telling them A can’t lead to C.

I can imagine her justifying supporting Trump because Trump said he had nothing to do with the kids stuff. We’ve known for years but for her all it takes is Trump saying he didn’t do it and in her eyes we’re wrong.

It’s not quite as simple as stupidity. I think it’s poor critical thinking, plus a strong resistance to questioning their own beliefs. Combined, those things do appear to be stupidity, but there’s a difference.