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KY_EnviroGuy

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6. Trump didn't bring much new to the table, he just put new icing on the GOP cow pie.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 06:29 PM

Sep 2017

When I think it through, he was just parroting all the right-wing bullshit Faux News and others have been brainwashing these folks with for years, but with some new excitement and populist layers added on. He allowed and encouraged their authoritarian, racist, xenophobic and misogynist natures to come to the surface without reproach, and is still doing it.

Most of those characteristics were somewhat suppressed during the Obama years because we had a semi-functional Dept. of Justice and other government agencies that supported human rights.

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*On tRump supporters: They saw what they wanted to see ... [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2017 OP

That's about it! Turbineguy Sep 2017 #1

Trump is a con man. He is not very smart, but he is smart enough to know how guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2

Exactly. dalton99a Sep 2017 #3

The German word that applies to Agent Orange is "Hochstapler" GetRidOfThem Sep 2017 #5

An interesting point. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #7

That always leads me to ask one particular follow-up question. calimary Sep 2017 #4

Trump didn't bring much new to the table, he just put new icing on the GOP cow pie. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #6