Only when these policies and half-baked ideas start effecting the bottom line for the Trumpsters themselves will blinking and winking begin. Wedge issues are effective in getting the traditional knee-jerk reaction at rallies and campaign events.
But seriously hitting people in the wallet? That's something else altogether.
Stubbornness and stupidity is a toxic mix. It will take a shock to the system and a bruise to individual livelihoods for many of these people to change their minds on Don the Con.
Was just reading an article about the crabbing industry on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The whole industry is in freefall because of Trump's restrictive immigration/lottery policies. The crabbing industry has traditionally relied on Hispanic pickers. Right now, their workforce has been depleted and the crisis is affecting all crab-related business: the people who make/sell traps, nets, equipment, local businesses that rely on the crabbers, including restaurants that feature crab menu items, etc., etc., etc.
Local residents who voted overwhelmingly for Trump are still not pointing fingers. But the season has just started and the economic pain is already effecting these communities. Add elevated oil prices and the disaster will only multiply. And then . . . minds will begin to shift.
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