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In reply to the discussion: Pete Buttigieg Just Terrified Trump By Destroying The Myth Of MAGA [View all]NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)27. That was what happened in 2016
Cambridge Analytica and Russia weren't there to help with GOTV for Trump. It was to keep certain segments of Democrats/progressives from turning out to vote, to keep moderates/independents home and to make sure that rational GOP types did not vote for Clinton - some progressives voted for Stein or stayed home; some moderates and rational GOP types voted Gary Johnson or maybe stayed home instead of voting Clinton.
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Pete Buttigieg Just Terrified Trump By Destroying The Myth Of MAGA [View all]
babylonsister
Apr 2019
OP
True and part of that unspoken promise by Trump was returning to the era of Jim Crow which
cstanleytech
Apr 2019
#5
"Handouts" is a potent word of theirs that we should be using to explain the actual truth...
JudyM
Apr 2019
#18
Bingo. It's easy to make wages go up when you exclude two-thirds of the workforce (nt)
Recursion
Apr 2019
#26
The gauzy good old days were great for white males with jobs that paid for their familes.
Texin
Apr 2019
#30
The myth was also that Trump cared enough to follow thru on those hollow promises at all.
Beartracks
Apr 2019
#4
Just my opinion, but the fact that he '50's "sells" so well, doesn't speak well of rightwing boomers
rwsanders
Apr 2019
#16
And there was polio, measles, mumps, chicken pox, and childhood leukemia was fatal, etc.
SharonAnn
Apr 2019
#43
It's the opposite. Narcissists swagger and bluster because they are scared to death.
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#41