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The ones voting for him are listening. That's exactly what they think they want want. The average republican voter is simply too stupid to understand the long term implications of their choices. This is the same stupid push that led to Brexit.
They're being controlled by the smart republicans that are using it to enrich themselves at others expense.
While democrats do this kind of manipulation too, at least they aren't pushing straight up authoritarianism.
What are some examples of manipulation from the Democratic party that you are equating here?
There's things around LGBTQ+ support that are more opportunistic than actually caring, there's things around environmental support that get said but not acted upon, there's things around taxes and medical coverage that also get said but don't actually happen.
Yeah, I hear you. Lots of things get said, but little gets done-- I can't argue with that. But I'm looking for concrete examples because most of the goals and results people are expecting, from my perspective, are things that only get accomplished through legislation. Democrats have recently been focusing on voting rights. A solid voting rights bill would be a solid step toward tackling the issues you mentioned, but in June the most recent bill was voted against by all 50 Republican senators.