"59% are in favor of extending Obamacare subsidies. Unfortunately, until the pollster explained it to them, 0.59% were aware that that's what the government shutdown is about. So the connection to how they're going to vote in the future is a little tenuous, Charles."
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This is it, entirely. The majority of MAGA voters are living in an alternate reality created by the media they consume. They aren't operating from an informed perspective anymore. It's all manufactured outrage over hyperbolic strawman scenarios.
Literally just don’t call it Obamacare and they’re on board.
I feel like there is a divide in MAGA. One part is elitist rich capitalists who want to be able to exploit as much of the country and its people as possible, as unhindered as possible and while giving the least possible back to the community, and the poorer, less educated people who fall for the "culture war" distraction.
Trump won't win over the latter group by removing Obamacare and this group far outnumbers the former.
The problem is the news/media bubble that latter group lives in often has them convinced that it's the Democrats who causing these harms to them.
Some of them are just straight up racists.
Of course Fox, NewsMax and now even Government websites will be saying Democrats are keeping the government shut down, but not about why they are.
No, they will lie and say that Democrats want to fund free healthcare for non-citizens.
It's time to tax the rich & corporations. Without all that free money, they can't own all the news outlets.