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In reply to the discussion: Trumps presidency was inevitable [View all]PatSeg
(47,399 posts)21. Well said, this didn't happen overnight
Also, I would add the fact that republicans lured historically nonpolitical people to the polls, making them empty promises they would never keep. I think it was Nixon who first went after the fundamentalists or "moral majority", people who previously had shown no interest in public affairs or politics. Conservative politicians have been feeding the beast every since and now they can no longer control it. Right-wing radio, Fox News, and the Internet have contributed to the whole mess.
When I watched footage of some of the Trump rallies, I saw people who 40 or 50 years ago had no interest in politics or government. Politics has become their real life reality TV.
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Donald Trump is a result and part of the natural progression of the modern Republican Party
dalton99a
Jan 2018
#2
I agree that the current state of the Republican Party goes all the way back to Rush Lumbaugh.
RDANGELO
Jan 2018
#6
I believe the rise of evangelical christianity plays a part in Trump's rise also
rurallib
Jan 2018
#7
i think trumps candidacy was inevitable..but the Russians gave him the presidency
samnsara
Jan 2018
#9
I am smarter than I give myself credit for because I also knew the monster would win.
Shampanerd
Jan 2018
#41
After Trump's embarrassment at the 2011 White House Correspondence Dinner Roasting ..by Obama.
YOHABLO
Jan 2018
#47
K & R You got the course right. - Roger Ailes approached Nixon about 'GOP TV'
appalachiablue
Jan 2018
#48
If we all voted for Hillary he would not have been elected. The anti Hillary left is to blame
wasupaloopa
Jan 2018
#52