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Hortensis

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4. It's not just that, though. Both the Tea Party and Trump were
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 03:29 AM
Mar 2021

in large part inept rebellions against their party's fealty to the new ultrawealthy classes, instead of them. They knew they were being screwed.

Most trumpists really want the progressive government programs they grew up with, such as Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, to continue. At least for them.

(Most drawn to populist movements, both right and left, combine varying portions of social conservatism and economic progressivism. On the economic side, both Trump and Sanders ran on promises to replace the ACA with a program with much better coverages for much less.)

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