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In reply to the discussion: I still can't believe that that asshole is President. [View all]Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Folks on DU may be getting sick of hearing about my sister, but she's a real-life case study of a rabid, dyed-in-the-wool, red hat-owning Trump supporter.
Much of that happened because she has one news source, Fox News.
She's also something of an intolerant bigot, so the idea of a big, beautiful wall that Mexico would pay for was pure catnip.
I lived in California for four decades. Since 2012 I have lived in Nevada, Texas, Colorado, and now South Carolina.
You SEE things when you get outside of California. A lot of things you would rather not see.
If you asked me "WTF happened" while I was still in California, my response would be "Yeah...WTF DID happen?"
But typing this response to you in South Carolina, my response is "most of my neighbors voted for Trump."
I can't explain how the disenfranchised and working poor felt that giving a prick like Paul Ryan the keys to the kingdom would improve their lot in life, other than the fact that Fox News told them it would.
I look at my sister and I look at my fellow South Carolinians and say "THEY made it happen."
But hey...it's all just locker room talk, right?
SMH.