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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. Don't forget, Trump's base is *only* about 37% - and shrinking.

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2019, 01:15 PM

May 2019

The vitriol you see on Fox is coming from them - old, angry white people - and there are far fewer of them than there are of us. Trump plays only to that base. He's like the head of a religious cult that doesn't accept converts.

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So, I watched FOX's live feed and of the Pelosi/Schumer press conference. And I read the comments. [View all] Shell_Seas May 2019 OP

So you read the russian posts? Chin music May 2019 #1

Don't forget, Trump's base is *only* about 37% - and shrinking. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #2

Why does it feel like his brand is winning? Shell_Seas May 2019 #3

Because they're louder. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #4

I agree w/ you. They're a bunch of thugs and creeps, obviously. They're the ones... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #9

because you are watching trump tv lapfog_1 May 2019 #5

I typically don't. It was just the first link I found... Shell_Seas May 2019 #7

It was on Faux News, that's why FakeNoose May 2019 #6

Why, you ask? Cirque du So-What May 2019 #8

Point taken. Shell_Seas May 2019 #10

Projection gratuitous May 2019 #12

FOX's live feed / russian cricist actors .... stonecutter357 May 2019 #11

They're the Borg pecosbob May 2019 #13

this has always been an uphill battle 0rganism May 2019 #14

Ah....the Magats. Any day now I expect to see a Trump magat rally ooky May 2019 #15

Trumpanzees do not change their spots--or their blind hate DFW May 2019 #16

Yet they are only about 35% of the voting population Sugarcoated May 2019 #17