Whither the Trumpled? 0
Ben Cohen looks at some poll numbers and argues that Donald Trump voters are suffering “buyers’ remorse.”
Meanwhile, Dick Polman views CNN’s recent interview (linked in his article) of six die-hard Trumplers and draws a different conclusion.
Alas, the six Trump voters who met with CNN the other day are implacable. Trump is “governing” for his base — the 35 percent — and there’s no way he’s going down unless a sizeable chunk of the base abandons him. And if these six people typify his base, it ain’t happening any time soon. We might as well parse their thinking, even if it’s inexplicable. I’ll start with a few appetizers before I serve the main course.
I’m inclined to agree with Polman. There is a baseline of bigots who are steeped in Fox News fiction and are committed to Trump, and I do not see the Republican Party, which currently controls Congress and has embraced racism as one of its primary political strategies since Richard Nixon’s odious Southern Strategy, as either inclined or willing to stand up to the Trumplers.
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