r/politics • u/ben_watson_jr • May 19 '24

How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again? Soft Paywall

https://newrepublic.com/article/181287/can-america-possibly-elect-trump-again
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u/Evening_Bag_3560 May 19 '24

GOP spent 50 years convincing dumbfucks that they should vote against their own interests. 

It turns out there were a lot of dumbfucks. 

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u/alloowishus May 27 '24

It's more complicated than that, it is a combination of stupidity, selfishness (tax cuts) and just the simple fact that a lot of liberal policies like DEI and gender fluidity REALLY don't play well in the sticks and since there is only 2 choices for president, there you go.