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[–] 107 points 2 years ago (8 children)

They didn’t notice that in ‘16?!?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    Conservatives have party loyalty, not MAGA loyalty. They ignore the majority of Trump’s ramblings as long as he favors free market, tax loopholes, and covert bigotry and racism. Being “soft on China” adversely impacts the US market, so they spoke out.

    I’m surprised the left isn’t more behind distancing the US economy from China. They’ve been committing genocide for longer than Russia and Israel.

    https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/genocide-of-the-uyghurs-in-western-china/china-tibet-and-the-uyghurs

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Conservatives have party loyalty, not MAGA loyalty.

    GOP has had two wings since Nixon came up with the Southern Strategy; the money people and the church people. The church people love Trump unconditionally. They will dump the GOP in a second if the GOP moves away from Trump.

    I like to use this analogy. The GOP is like a high school with the teachers being the money folks. Trump was the new football coach who won a lot of games by feeding the team steroids and meth. Now the teachers are trying to figure out what to do now that the students are burning down the school.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Absolutely. Trump’s stimulation of the party really simplified the difference now. It’s as simple as the difference between covert vs. overt bigotry.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Here's a quick taste of Lee Atwater.

    He was Nixon's creature, and hung around for a long time. Helped create the dog whistles Nixon used and Trump surpassed

    https://youtu.be/X_8E3ENrKrQ?t=2

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Thanks. I’ve read about Atwater, but I’ve never heard that interview. Yeah, he was despicable alright.

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