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In reply to the discussion: Why the fuck do we have Democrats trying to get us to sympathize with deplorables? [View all]Chemisse
(31,400 posts)Obviously, no matter what they saw in Trump that appealed to them, his voters did not care enough about his flagrant racism to make a choice to vote against it. That sucks, but railing against it is not going to win us the next presidential election.
We need to attract more voters if we are going to get the White House back. That means we really need the swing voters to swing our way. When groups are antagonistic toward each other, they tend to dig in deeper. There is a lot to despise about Trump, as well as the Republican Party. Let the swing voters ease out of defense mode and start to see the error of their ways. Ideally, the more moderate of the Trump voters will be voting Dem next time around. I don't care if they're racist (well,I do, but that's a battle I can't win); their votes still count.
It's time to put our energy into combatting the destruction that Trump and his party are aiming at this country, and disillusioned Trump voters need to be welcome to join us.