They disagree with him less than they do with actively offensive candidates like Clinton.
If you are mroe offended by the "deplorables comment" (which was stupid) than you are about bragging about sexual assault, mocking a disabled journalist, inciting violence at his rallies, and accusing Mexicans of being rapists, I really can't be concerned with your preciopus little feelings.
Who is telling them he will get the US out of the trade deals that stripped many of them of their jobs and will encourage "make in US to sell in US" policies.
His products are manufactured in the same countries he attacked.
Which is more attractive to them that Elite Democrats like Clinton, et al offering snake oil like "education and retraining" while favoring MORE job-killing trade deals. They'll take the one who at least tries to be one of them to a degree over the one who looks down her technocratic nose at them.
When "education and training" are snake oil, you don't get to decide how we fix things. When you vote for the guy who is everything you claim to resent simply because he fakes an accent to sound like Archie Bunker, maybe its time you sit back and elt the grown ups fix things.
Who is also saying "no abortion", who won't put up with schools working to dilute their religious influence on their children and who won't put up with attempts to pull down nativity scenes every Christmas.
Except he did his entire life. Yo ucan look at the 70 years of life he lived publicly, or you can look at the past 18 months when he was pandering for your vote.
As a white, Christian male who has never used a racial slur, never advocated physical violence on any innocent person even when I don't approve of their lifestyle choices, and who supports rights for ALL women, not just hyper-progressive feminists I can assure you that you are incorrect. I have been subject to countless slurs and verbal abuse simply for defending societal and cultural norms that have served us well for countless millenia.
That was a lot of words to simply say "I don't get it". A lot of the argument is those "cultural norms" you defend have not actually served us well. At least, not any more.
Read the article and book I suggested and hear their own words. And understand the research that shows their feeling is justified.
I'm well aware of their situation. I grew up in a blue collar neighborhood and have family in some of those "rust belt" cities. That's why seeing them vote against their own interests and what they claim is their morals is so infuriating. I know plenty of guys growing up who got pushed around by rich developers, including Trump, because they had the cash and decided they didn't need to pay for work or adhere to labor laws. I know plenty of folks who lost their jobs because it was cheaper to do it somewhere else.
I agree that both parties left them behind and can empathize with their problems, but it stops when they purposefully did something they knew was self destructive.
And when I talk to them and just let them talk, you can hear what I've been saying. And you see the same thing on the news. And when they acknowledge that everything we say about trump is right and that he couldn't deliver on what he promises, it leaves very few other conclusions to draw than it was about "Others"
The evidence says you're wrong.
The voices in their heads is not evidence
Having run an abrasive and offensive candidate, we will never know that for certain one way or the other. If we had run a better offering, the result would have been clearer.
She ran against Donald Trump. Your claims of "abrasive" and "offensive" are laughable. Especially from people who claim to "not care about political correctness" and "telling it like it is".
