Trump Leans Into Fear Tactics In Bid To Win Midwest States

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23. And I suppose that's where a lot of my incomprehension comes from.

I'm one of the fortunate ones I guess. I have no (known) trumpers in my family or amongst my circle of friends. Anyone I knew that started spouting rightwing nonsense I (or we) ditched years ago, or since, starting during the Reagan years. I just never had the patience to put up with that krap. Such folk weren't worth trying to deal with beyond maintaining a cordial, usually work related, relationship. Even then, the dingbats were very few and far between. I guess that means I have no real frame of reference, other than what I see or read online.

Presumably that could be a blessing, but also likely a curse, because the current wave of hatred and irrationality makes absolutely no sense to me and is completely beyond the scope of personal experience. I've never had to deal with it up close. I can't begin to imagine how jarring or infuriating that could be if it were someone close to me, like many here who've related experiences with any number of family members.