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This guy is a bit vituperative but nailed the Trump appeal [View all]
SoyWolf • an hour ago
People are super confused about the takeaway from this election. Trump got the highest turnout any Republican president will ever get. He was a huge driver to get people that don’t usually vote to the polls. It wasn’t about policy. It was about making losers feel like winners. There is no republican that will do the same. This was as good as it will ever be for the red team but they’ve convinced themselves they now own the white trash vote.
News flash- they will go back to sitting at home watching duck dynasty and not voting now.
People are super confused about the takeaway from this election. Trump got the highest turnout any Republican president will ever get. He was a huge driver to get people that don’t usually vote to the polls. It wasn’t about policy. It was about making losers feel like winners. There is no republican that will do the same. This was as good as it will ever be for the red team but they’ve convinced themselves they now own the white trash vote.
News flash- they will go back to sitting at home watching duck dynasty and not voting now.
I don't like the language but he nailed it. There is no R who could have done what Trump did. He weaponized grievance into nuclear weapons- grade material.
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