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In reply to the discussion: Pierce: Im Out of Empathy. Im Out of Pity. Im Out of Patience. [View all]Juliusseizure
(562 posts)Generalizing here, but - that base just wants minorities to know their place like it used to be circa 1966 or earlier.
Take a look at YouTube and videos of Trump rallies. It's obvious to me they were holding in race-based rage for 8 years (flipside-fear of losing their perceived identity and hierarchy). Research based articles corroborate, but those videos just scream it.
By far the most passionate audience responses were for his racist and anti Hillary rhetoric. They were unexcited on economic issues. You hear racist catcalls during all of Trump's speeches, when he's alluding to other subjects.
I read these Alabama voters "hate" McConnell and the GOP establishment because they haven't done enough to help Trump's agenda, but more accurately, the racist agenda.
The issue summed up as a question- How could you let all the Mexicans in, invite minorities to share power, acquiesce to democrats on such issues, so that a black man thought he could be president and became president, threatening "our US" existentially? We'll vote for complete nut jobs - like Trump - like whoever - to reverse course.
I think people like Corker know this.
This will gain momentum as long as Trump's in there, because he's ultimately led by his base. When he saw MAGA hats being burned on his DACA agreement, he got the hint.