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Garrett78

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18. And let me add a point I made in another thread I started:
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 01:42 AM
Dec 2016

Trump won't lose support even if he doesn't bring jobs back from overseas, even if he continues to align himself with Wall Street and establishment types (which everyone with a working brain knew he was going to do), even if he leads an effort to privatize Social Security and Medicare, and even if he takes away Medicaid from a lot of people. His supporters, for the most part, will either blame Democrats or just ignore those things. Same with not destroying ISIS, not withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, not withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, etc.

The one deal-breaker would be if he made a reversal on civil rights (support of Black Lives Matter, support of LGBTQ rights, kicking out the likes of Bannon, etc.). That's the one thing Trump (and Republicans as a whole) simply cannot afford to do and won't do, because the Republican Party would collapse. Bigotry, particularly racism, is the tie that binds.

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And, therefore jehop61 Dec 2016 #1
The Democrats have created an opening for populist demagogues like Trump YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #3
I'm not a fan of "Third Way" neoliberalism either. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #8
I voted straight D too. I voted for Clinton in the primaries. YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #10
I did a "bad thing" and didn't vote in Ohio's primary. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #11
Not really a fair comparison since the federal government employs many yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #2
Everything is Topsy turvy for sure Truth321 Dec 2016 #4
I had to look up Luzerne County since I'm not familiar with the area. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #5
too much FoxNews/RW crap for them, I would guess Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #6
.... YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #7
Serious response: Did you even look at the results? Many of these Trump counties voted for Obama YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #9
You can actually. It's more the utter failure of the media to even bother to synergie Dec 2016 #12
Obama also held back on talk of racism while HIllary called it out JI7 Dec 2016 #13
Indeed. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #15
Overall, Clinton did better among those making $50,000 or less per year. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #14
"The American electorate" isn't one monolithic thing. Treating it like it is is part of the problem. YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #16
I didn't say it was monolithic. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #17
And let me add a point I made in another thread I started: Garrett78 Dec 2016 #18
this, it's a toxic stew of fundie xianism, undergirded with racism, homophobia, and misogyny Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #19
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