This is one of many (many, many) bizarre things about Donald Trump (Donald Trump!) becoming the avatar (That Donald Trump!) of a rural backlash to status-obsessed international urban media elites (Donald! Trump!).https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/983830265461116930 …
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"Us rural folk know better than to trust some slick big city politician who thinks he knows better because he has a fancy degree." "I'm the smartest because I went to an Ivy League school and live in a gold penthouse." "Yep that's our guy."
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Yeah to be clear, this is not exactly irrational, and Trump's positions and rhetoric on immigration/trade/etc are consistent. I just mean it's...very odd how it all worked out.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/983836877948993536 …
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Like I said before I just assume several hundred Midwestern preachers and religious leaders have at some point given a sermon about how Donald Trump is everything that's wrong with the world, and then later voted for him to be the President.
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A redemption-based religion in which political figures are just the chess pieces of a providential God is handy for these kinds of U-turns. But I agree with you about the weirdness.
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