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2016 Postmortem

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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 11:15 AM Dec 2016

Infiltrate their media [View all]

Ok, I had an epiphany last night - after watching Rachel. She showed a poll that Trump voters thought the unemployment rate had actually risen under Obama.

These people listen to no one except Rush and Fox. Trump knew that. He also knew that the press couldn't keep up with all his lies. He knew that with the internet age - there is so much information - no one can keep up - so lie, and then lie again.

Rush et al and Fox have also made people believe that everyone else out there is lying. You can't trust any information except what we say, even government statistics.

When was it that Hillary soared in approval? During her convention. That was when the Trump voters watched and listened to her - everyone did. Once that was over - they went back to Rush and Fox. and the lies and brainwashing resumed.

I think that the only chance we as Democrats have to win any of these people back is to somehow infiltrate that world of Rush and Fox - to come up with some kind of media that they will also watch and believe.

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