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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Just goes to show how alike a lot of Americans really are. Most want the same thing.....a job, a roof over their heads, health care, etc. If they put their phones down and laptops down and get off of social media sites and sit at a table and have a rational discussion they realize that most Americans are probably on the same side.
Trump couldn't care less about places like West Virginia. He won't bring jobs back and he actually took health care away from a lot of them. And yet.....some people there will still vote against their own self interests and vote Republican again. They'll watch Fox news and go online and read about how horrible Democrats are and vote for their team again. Rinse and repeat.
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Originally Posted by kermitology
The label applied to Bernie and Zohran is so poisonous. What they are trying to do is just connect with people and try to understand what problems they're facing and thinking about how they can help them.. while also pointing out that the entire system is rigged against them. Both the democrats and the republicans are not going to truly help them.
This is happening everywhere. People are switching to right wing politics because they're saying they'll help them - conveniently scapegoating immigrants as they do so.
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Yup. It's the sense of abandonment. As it states in the video, Democrats held West Virginia for 80 years. The GOP were always the corporate party, never cared. The Democrats, through Bill Clinton, became the 2nd corporate party abandoning these people. The Democratic establishment isn't interested. The GOP aren't either but they at least go there.