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2. He made promises. People in tough economic straights go for promises. Which is how he could sell tariffs to them.

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 09:55 AM

Nov 9

Trump runs a protection racket. He lies to the ignorant in exchange for their votes.

Going back to 2016, he never kept his campaign promises. Trump simply depended on their forgetting while presented many more lies and distraction. His strongman playbook promotes the erasure of memory, and his media obliged.

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Ben Rhodes says the authoritarian playbook engineers political outcomes, wins elections & shows power. Power wins [View all] ancianita Nov 8 OP

How exactly did the Trump campaign court working class voters and how did it work so well? LymphocyteLover Nov 9 #1

He made promises. People in tough economic straights go for promises. Which is how he could sell tariffs to them. ancianita Nov 9 #2

Kamala made promises to the working class too, and her policies were better and more feasible LymphocyteLover Nov 9 #3

Yes, she did, and yes, they were. She was the solid prosecutor of justice and a humanitarian American. ancianita Nov 9 #4

thanks-- what all you say makes sense except I don't think the election was stolen LymphocyteLover Nov 9 #5

Thanks for the link. I only want the truth, and so I'm reading all that seems plausible. ancianita Nov 9 #6

Wait. It's a subscription paywall and "free trial," which I doubt Seth Abramson is worth. ancianita Nov 9 #7

Here's the text LymphocyteLover Nov 10 #8