They don't care if he's on their side and none of those reasons are why they voted for him. It's called plausible deniability. They voted for him because he's racist, will let them keep their guns, and because they hope he lowers their taxes, though he most definitely will not unless they're upper middle class or rich; if you're a fundie, also so he can stack the Supreme Court to end abortion. That's it. Those are their only real reasons.
In polite society, though, they can't tell people that, not in person, not online. So they pick apart an email server and a politician seeming to serve the rich rather than "the common man" and Benghazi merely to give them cover: the plausible deniability they need to seem like serious people.
But they got the racist they wanted and even if they're not getting one damn thing he promised besides that, and even if he turns out to be everything they swore terrified them about Hillary all over again, the racism will still be more than enough to gladden their tight, mean little hearts.
He could indeed walk down 5th Ave. tomorrow morning shooting not just one random stranger but All Random Strangers and Mr. 90% Approval Rating With Rs would be so well-applauded as they beg him to go out there and do it again, no one would dare impeach him.
His worshipers don't care. Their self-interest around identity issues, taxes, guns and sometimes unborn babies is so out of proportion to reality nothing else matters.
He played to his base's basest instincts. It's a winning formula, so he will do it again and again and again until the day he either dies or leaves office.
If people don't start understanding what drives him and his voters then no one can ever fix this mess. It's not hypocrisy to them to let him use a private email server or hire no one but the rich because the things they held against Hillary were never what really drove them to the polls (that was all just cover to make them seem more sane, serious and fair than they actually are). Race issues, taxes, guns, abortion - that's what got them out there, and it's what keeps them coming back.
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In polite society, though, they can't tell people that, not in person, not online. So they pick apart an email server and a politician seeming to serve the rich rather than "the common man" and Benghazi merely to give them cover: the plausible deniability they need to seem like serious people.
But they got the racist they wanted and even if they're not getting one damn thing he promised besides that, and even if he turns out to be everything they swore terrified them about Hillary all over again, the racism will still be more than enough to gladden their tight, mean little hearts.
He could indeed walk down 5th Ave. tomorrow morning shooting not just one random stranger but All Random Strangers and Mr. 90% Approval Rating With Rs would be so well-applauded as they beg him to go out there and do it again, no one would dare impeach him.
His worshipers don't care. Their self-interest around identity issues, taxes, guns and sometimes unborn babies is so out of proportion to reality nothing else matters.
He played to his base's basest instincts. It's a winning formula, so he will do it again and again and again until the day he either dies or leaves office.
If people don't start understanding what drives him and his voters then no one can ever fix this mess. It's not hypocrisy to them to let him use a private email server or hire no one but the rich because the things they held against Hillary were never what really drove them to the polls (that was all just cover to make them seem more sane, serious and fair than they actually are). Race issues, taxes, guns, abortion - that's what got them out there, and it's what keeps them coming back.