2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If the Democratic Party decides to ignore the concerns of minority voters to get white 'Rust Belt' [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I had a guy here the night after the election, he voted Trump. By the time he left here he was fucking depressed that he believed one word the guy said. I didn't hit him with the 'you must be racist' but I did let himknow how hurtful it was that he ignored it. He said 'I wont let himdo snything wrong.' Poor guy. I had to break it to him that he had no control over that maniac.
I asked him why. He said, and I quote, "Because Hillary created nafta which killed manufacturing."
I laughed.
He said, "What so funny?"
I told him he was so wrong it was funny.
Then I asked if he went to college. Yes. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. I had suspected that he was a college grad.
I asked him if he had google.
He said yes.
I gave him my ipad where I had googled 'who negotiated nafta'
Google said it was GHWB
His face. It turned so red. I then googled trump bankruptcy. Then Donald Trump cannot read. By the time he left he was hugging me and thanking me for informing him about nafta. I reminded him that google told him and would have done so sooner had he only asked.
I have now decided that nobody actually looks for a fact or a but of info. He said he got his news from facebook, from his friend's and family's feeds. Taa daa!
That's why Hillary lost the rustbelt. Even college educated americans dont bother to google facts.