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In reply to the discussion: Where's Your Messiah Now, Republicans? [View all]Fritz Walter
(4,369 posts)47. They're literally scared STUPID
The mostly-white lower-middle class voters thought the American dream theyd been promised was slipping away because of countless immigrants arriving on our shores.
The Repukes saw an opportunity to play on those fears by turning on the hate-ray. And then when Drumpf got the nomination, saw no other alternative than to get behind him and hope everything turned out.
Fear does amazing things. It happened in Germany in the 1930s. And its happening here. Now.
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It is long but very accurate. How about an electronic billboard on Times Square
erronis
Mar 2018
#36
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Stuart G
Mar 2018
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