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Right, I kind of expected that prominence to encourage carrying enough security to protect him. I think he skewed that a bit and thought he was untouchable because of his prominence.
The other two are just as insane, but think they have Trump's ear despite not commanding anything near Kirk's audience
Kirk definitely has Trump's ear. He just doesn't seem to use it which might be why I think he's a lot less insane than Loomer. He's also definitely way less insane than Fuentes who tried to brand Kirk a Fascist in the former's "Groyper" movement to drive everything further right.