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kentuck

(115,646 posts) Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:13 AM Mar 2019

Was the economy in the Midwest in such a shambles when Obama left....? [View all]

...that Trump voters had no choice but to vote for change, any type of change? They were voting out of desperation?

That is the impression I get when I listen to some of the talking heads on cable news. They were hanging on by their fingernails under the Obama economy?

Are they doing a lot better now under the Trump economy? Do they feel more secure? Do they feel better about the future for their families?

Are they more optimistic for America?

If so, then we are living in an alternate universe.

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Was the economy in the Midwest in such a shambles when Obama left....? [View all] kentuck Mar 2019 OP

We could certainly ask the Lordstown GM workers in Ohio that. Ohiogal Mar 2019 #1

Allowing companies to get tax breaks True Blue American Mar 2019 #3

He may not be 100% to blame... llmart Mar 2019 #4

"Wonderful relationship with GM" .... Ohiogal Mar 2019 #6

Some of those morons who benefit from the ACA will continue to believe him... llmart Mar 2019 #10

The economy in the Midwest True Blue American Mar 2019 #2

I am currently reading "The Unwinding - An Inner historry of the New America" by George Packer c-rational Mar 2019 #5

Not all racism True Blue American Mar 2019 #7

Trump targeted very specific folks in WI. He probably did elsewhere as well. 33taw Mar 2019 #8

Still waiting for someone to strike the right message Johnny2X2X Mar 2019 #9