the leopards don't take party affiliation or legal status into account, generally
Biden was most pro-union president in decades. It is/was so frustrating to watch voters not understand basic issues.
they never heard a lot of it and didn't believe that parts they heard but didn't like
I'm reading excerpts from this Atlantic article on Hullabaloo at the moment
The Trump-Trumpist Divide
The incoming president wants to do things his voters have not embraced.
By Adam Serwer
https://digbysblog.net/2024/11/22/what-they-dont-know-can-hurt-them/
@Bix b/c it was never about the economy.
“Exactly!” to you and Serwer. 🤷🏻♂️👍
P.S. --
"Misses Dread" used to make this point over and over again on Twitter (R.I.P.) vis a vis Berners' "bribe your voters" theory n' shit --
(paraphrased)
"Giving bigots and assholes good-paying jobs with benefits doesn't change the fact that they're still bigots and assholes. They're still gonna vote for Trump."
As other said, it was never about jobs or the economy—it was about hate.
And this hate will last past after I’m gone because this election was driven by those under 60 who clearly wanted MORE racism and MORE sexism.
How MAGA votes for our government to run.