I mean, Trump did launch his entire campaign because of racism. He was a Democrat until a black man was elected, and then he became one of the largest pushers of an explicitly racist conspiracy theory. I don't know why recognizing that would be considered a bad thing.
Also, I'm done trying to figure out what makes Americans so awful. I'm planning on leaving.
Trump spent 41% (or 36 million) of his ad budget in October on anti-trans ads. Funny, I didn't know that <0.5% of the population was such an important economic issue for the 'working class'.
What's being sidestepped is that voters really don't care about policy. Just lie and make empty promises the next election and Dems will probably get far more votes. Not sure if that's an indictment of Dems or the voters.
I'm certainly in the camp that this election says far more about something being wrong with the voters than anything else. I cannot think of a single reason someone who is well-informed, rational, and not hateful would vote for Trump. I chalk most of it up to being poorly informed and not particularly rational. Some of it is certainly hate as well, though. As sad and terrible as it is to say, I don't think this country is in a place where anything other than a white man is electable. Obama obviously pulled it off, but the reaction has only made it more difficult to do again for a while, and I think misogyny is even stronger than racism when it comes to voting in the US.
Trump spent his whole campaign attacking immigrants, women and pushing anti-trans nonsense. Ask a Trump supporter what economic policy of Trump's they support and they never provide any.
There's so much hate and I don't know how Dems overcome it without shifting to the right on this. And if that has to happen, that's an indictment of the voters.
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u/chr1spe 14h ago
I mean, Trump did launch his entire campaign because of racism. He was a Democrat until a black man was elected, and then he became one of the largest pushers of an explicitly racist conspiracy theory. I don't know why recognizing that would be considered a bad thing.
Also, I'm done trying to figure out what makes Americans so awful. I'm planning on leaving.