Remember the prime motivator for your average sheeperal is to feel good about themselves as a “good person” through advocacy-based righteousness.
What and whom the support makes them “good”.
“Communist” and “communism” are overwhelmingly understood to be “bad” in our society and culture. You’ll never get a sheeperal to admit they support communist leaders or communism because those things are “bad”, and the sheeperal in question is “good” and would never support a “bad” person.
This is also why, when you point out the communist “quacking and walking”, they take it as a personal insult - because you are attacking their source of righteousness.
Yes and it is never about results. Even the lies told by Zero; "most open/transparent administration, no lobbyist, blah blah blah".
This did not hold true for 10 seconds into his reign of failure. But that didn't matter, it made his fans "feel good" that they supported it.
Just like it made them "feel good" that Zero is a peace luvin antiwar leader...