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Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:20 PM Dec 2016

People actually think Trump is a populist. Think about that.

While I'm fully aware that millions of people subscribe to patently false beliefs, it's still rather stunning that people associate Trump with populism. It's beyond stunning, actually.

I don't know how you reach people who are that out of touch with reality, who have essentially created an alternate reality of their own.

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niyad

(113,259 posts)
3. one of my friends told me, before the hacked election, that her brother-in-law believed
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:31 PM
Dec 2016

that der drumpfenfuhrer "cares about the common man". I asked her how in the world he could believe that, and she just shook her head.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
4. It's really on par with Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza joint.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:35 PM
Dec 2016

It's batshit crazy.

 

RonniePudding

(889 posts)
5. Now the question: when does the average trump voter get the message?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:35 PM
Dec 2016

Not talking about the brown shirt deplorables. I'm talking about the people who pushed him over the top in the end.

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