2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So, remember my Trump voting cousin? [View all]DeminPennswoods
(16,443 posts)I caught a few minutes near the end of the broadcast from Kenosha and a couple white guys on the panel of Trump voters sitting with Sanders said they were sure Trump couldn't do any of the things he said because they wouldn't pass Congress. Sanders sort of disabused that notion by saying he was IN Congress and they shouldn't be so sure. One guy even acknowledged that manufacturing jobs like the old days weren't coming back.
My take was these voters were frustrated, Trump told them what they wanted to hear, they thought a lot of it was BS but they figured they'd send a message since nothing bad would happen because someone or something would tie up all the crazy stuff in congress. They never gave a thought that bad stuff might actually happen to them and now they're going to be begging Dem senators to save them from themselves.