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applegrove

(118,600 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:37 PM Mar 2016

Trump connects to his base beyond his policies. Why he has only just released his health care plan

Last edited Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:36 PM - Edit history (1)

tonight, long after voting has begun. I saw some politico asked why he supports Trump when Trump doesn't have a solid anti-abortion past. The man said he was supporting Trump because of the way Trump connects to his base. Because of the enthusiasm. That he didn't have to agree with Trump on every policy. No wonder the GOP is panicking. The base is disconnected from that right wing policy slate and connecting to a personality and feigned emotions of Trump instead. The Republican Party is filled with grifters and pawns who will both go all in for Trump. That will leave a skeleton crew of the GOP Establishment left over tending to their culture wars and trickle down far right policies that nobody wants to follow.

(Later) CNN just interviewed a Trump supporter who actively advocated for stopping trade deals and immigration to help raise the wages of workers. Seems they are flushing out their policies tonight.

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Trump connects to his base beyond his policies. Why he has only just released his health care plan (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2016 OP
Trump has a found a angry mob and is running in front of it. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #1
Yes. He's got nothing to be mad about personally. But mad at the establishmen he is. Cause he read applegrove Mar 2016 #2

applegrove

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2. Yes. He's got nothing to be mad about personally. But mad at the establishmen he is. Cause he read
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:59 PM
Mar 2016

crowd and that is where they were.

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