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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn Iowa, Trump Voters Are Unfazed by Controversies
MONTICELLO, Iowa The Table of Knowledge was delving into President-elect Donald J. Trumps plans to upend government, and marveling at how he had forced his fellow Republicans in the House to reverse themselves on gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics.
Hes getting responses; things are happening, Jerry Retzlaff, a retiree, said. He got Congress to turn themselves around with one tweet.
Theres no secret the press doesnt like him, and neither does a lot of the leadership, he added. And thats because hes planning on making a lot of changes.
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The Iowans I interviewed largely went about their lives outside the political hothouse of social media. They did not follow hour-by-hour developments of the presidential transition. Indeed, on Wednesday, several were unfamiliar with the reports that Russia was holding compromising information on the president-elect, which Mr. Trump addressed in a news conference.
Many were hazy on specific policy details about how, say, House Republicans were seeking to replace Medicare with a voucher system. These voters feared an outbreak of European-style terrorist attacks by Muslims in the United States, maybe in their own communities. And overwhelmingly, Trump supporters did not want their hard-earned money redistributed to people they regarded as undeserving.
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I know these guys are really rich, he said. They may have pulled off a few plays that werent exactly on the up-and-up, but they all had to be pretty smart to be billionaires. If they replace their own concerns with the concerns of the country, they can make things really move forward. Thats what Im excited about.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/donald-trump-iowa-conservatives.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)doc03
(35,148 posts)that will change their minds.
spanone
(135,632 posts)Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)Deplorable, and proud of it.
kimbutgar
(20,874 posts)The 2 senator thing is bs.
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)maybe they might crack a frown.
PSPS
(13,512 posts)Zambero
(8,954 posts)There are things people need to be concerned about, but they get overshadowed by echo chamber bullshit.
benld74
(9,888 posts)Got their $$$ because they're smart
But those liberal educated elitist
Know nothing?
Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)And it's true from Iowa to Tennessee, Wisconsin to Wyoming....Trump voters are "true believers". They are in their own bubble and will never ever see they have been conned. Just tonight, I saw one on my FB feed suggest that Trump donating his hotel earnings from foreign dignitaries to the Treasury was the greatest "Ask not what your country can do for you moment.." in modern times!! They believe all of his bullshit and they will continue to do so.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)You can simply get it by having no problem screwing your fellow humans unfairly. Oh, by the way they will never put their own concerns behind the American peoples. At some point they will see the truth but by then it will be way to late.
mvd
(65,148 posts)And some of the ones who are use a malicious kind of intelligence, for their own gain. That would be the type of smart billionaires in Trump's cabinet. There is a lot of misinformation and stupidity in those Trump voters, but for the ones who switched from Democratic to Republican, we will have to find a way to humor them and get the Midwest back. No compromising our principles, though!
onecaliberal
(32,483 posts)Tikki
(14,537 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:12 PM - Edit history (1)
He's out to pay off his private debt with your had earned taxes.
He's not going to show you his taxes because of the sight of hand he get's away with.
Tikki
JI7
(89,173 posts)retread
(3,752 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)We just don't understand them enough. At least that's what some folks have told me.
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)I know a lot of people who worked all their lives and are now on the cusp of struggling. I'm sure if the $s spent on farm subsidies were redistributed to them, their lives would be made a little easier.