Republicans Offer Little to Blue-Collar Voters

[applegrove]

Republicans Offer Little to Blue-Collar Voters

March 4, 2021 at 7:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 8 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/04/republicans-offer-little-to-blue-collar-voters/

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New York Times: “As the election returns rolled in showing President Donald Trump winning strong support from blue-collar voters in November while suffering historic losses in suburbs across the country, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, a Republican, declared on Twitter: ‘We are a working class party now. That’s the future.’”

“But since then, Republicans have offered very little to advance the economic interests of blue-collar workers… Inside and outside the party, critics see a familiar pattern: Republican officials, following Mr. Trump’s own example, are exploiting the cultural anger and racial resentment of a sizable segment of the white working class, but have not made a concerted effort to help these Americans economically.”

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[hatrack]

1. Ah but let's not forget that they get to Own Libtards if they vote GQP!

That, and the key Angry Mister Potatohead demographic.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. They never do.

They care about people with established wealth, and they regularly try to kick away opportunities for others to join them.

Their right-wing propagandists around here used to commonly preach the message that poor people just need to work harder and longer, even if it takes three jobs, but it clearly didn't inspire many voters.

So those guys were replaced with outright liars and a change of focus to "cultural differences".

[applegrove]

3. +

[Andy823]

4. Well I guess you could call

Q non, the KKK, nazis, white supremest's, and the radical right religious zealots blue collar, but then again you can also just call them a "cult"! Anyone in their right mind would NOT voter for trump!

[applegrove]

6. Did you mean to say 'right' not radical left religious zealots?

[Andy823]

9. Yep brain not working very well

thanks for catching that.

[applegrove]

10. Happens to me all the time.

[Andy823]

11. I got my first Moderna shot yesterday

been tired, and not too alert most of the day, but feeling better this evening. Plus the older I get the more mistakes I make typing!

[applegrove]

12. Poor you. I had minimal side effects. Maybe a sore arm and a chill. The second

shot i had no side effects. It is usually the second one they say is worse. But not for me. Hope your second goes better.

[Bettie]

5. They have something to offer WHITE blue collar voters

and that is: Hate.

They explicitly give white blue collar voters (White Men mostly) permission, no, orders to go forth and be as hateful and bigoted as humanly possible. They raise racism and anti-(name a group that isn't white men) up as if it is the most holy of things to strive for.

Between that an evangelical religion, they've turned those people (many of whom I'm related to) into...MAGATs.

I am a little bit glad to be stuck at home most of the time because I don't think I can even manage politeness around them anymore.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. I still recall hearing Limbaugh in the 80's, blaming...

... stagnant blue collar wages on their employers supposedly having to pay very high taxes for the "welfare queens" who never work.

I heard that BS during my lunch break at a low-paying sweatshop, coincidentally, and the other poor white schmucks working there actually thought he was being truthful!

Edit: Then that underlying theme morphed over time, and became even more blatantly racist.

[JI7]

8. Why do they keep ignoring women and minorities ? Many who are blue collar

The people Trump won were racists, anti semites, misogynists , anti lgbtq etc.

This included people who may be low income , high income, blue collar or anything else. The reason they supported him was shared bigotry.

[applegrove]

13. They have to split them. By being subtlely anti-feminist, they garner

a bit more Latino and black male votes. Anti-feminism is a wedge that is catapulted in a way only men can hear. If republican women happen to hear it they say to themselves "but Nikki Haley" and discount it.

[JI7]

14. This is about making excuses for white men. Nobody makes excuses

for minorities and women that vote republican.

[bdamomma]

15. oh now

they are party for working class , another lie from the racist sedition party.