Aside from giving them the green light to hate religious and ethnic minorities, the enduring popularity of tRump rests on his ability to own the libs. The haters who attend his rallies look forward to his ritual humiliation of the reporters sent to cover him. beyond that, they love his promise of "retribution'' against their perceived enemies. In many cases, it's not blue collar folks who cheer on and venerate Cheeto Jesus. It's comfortable middle class jerks who seem to have been looking for an avatar of hate whose infantile insults against liberals and intellectuals touch some primal need to pull down those they perceive as their betters.
For some reason, pundits of all ideological stripes avoid calling out the 25 to 30% of the electorate who would as soon burn down American democracy as save it. Hillary Clinton euphemistically called the "basket of deplorables" and was roundly criticized for it. These are people who fly the confederate battle flag at rallies and consider the end of slavery a tragedy. They were probably Democrats in the pre civil rights era, but switched parties in the 70s and 80s as the GOP devolved into the party of white racial grievance.
So, here we are, watching people who should know better (looking at you, Elise Stefanik) embarrass themselves by worshipping at the altar of tRump, hoping once more to own the libs.
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