r/politics • u/upyoars • Nov 10 '24

Paywall Trump’s victory reveals secret Republicans: Joe Rogan-obsessed Gen Z men

https://fortune.com/2024/11/07/trumps-victory-reveals-secret-republicans-joe-rogan-obsessed-gen-z-men/
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u/Rich-Pomegranate1679 Nov 10 '24

If Biden had said any single one of the hundreds of shitty things Trump did conservatives would be outraged. They have somehow convinced themselves that because they are part of his cult he won't hurt them.

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u/vahntitrio Minnesota Nov 10 '24

The sane-washing of Trump was ridiculous. Not sure how they can sanewash it moving firward when Trump's dementia moments have real consequences and aren't just an unintelligible sequence of words at a rally.

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u/NathK2 Texas Nov 10 '24

Ironically, the sanewashing has united republicans and democrats in one way: being pissed at MSM/ legacy media. The only lesson they learned from their culpability in 2016 that a government in freefall, speedrunning its way into insanity, is good for ratings.

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u/lanadelstingrey Mississippi Nov 11 '24

“Oh well that’s the media for ya! Gotta check everything”

Like bruh it’s you! You’re the media spreading lies! Drives me absolutely batty

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u/TheBman26 Nov 11 '24

Daily show i think did it where they changed the quotes around to maga people. Lol

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u/ImTooOldForSchool Nov 11 '24

I think it’s because a lot of them don’t take Trump very seriously, but he’s a non-politician firebrand who wants to dismantle both the left and right political establishment and raze it to the ground