Posted on 04/19/2021 11:31:20 AM PDT by Hojczyk
They're still there, planted in front of stately homes in wealthy suburban neighborhoods, on flag poles in middle-class communities, and along the front stoops of inner-city row houses.
Whether they say "Trump 2020" or simply "Trump," there are plenty of people who have left their sentiments planted on their own personal hill.
It is not just here in Pennsylvania. The signs are not hard to spot as you travel to the Great Lakes, the Midwest, and Appalachia.
The reason is complex. People who come from a variety of socioeconomic, religious, and political experiences formed a conservative populist coalition long before Donald Trump descended Trump Tower's escalator in June 2015 in New York City.
First, "Trump the man" did not form this coalition. Rather, he was the result of it. This was evident during the 2006 midterm elections when Republicans lost power. Analysts ignored the fact that Main Street Democrats, Republicans, and independent voters were voting against the Republican establishment because they were unhappy with the establishment ignoring their needs, not because they loved Democrats.
The pendulum swung further away from Republicans again in 2008, then toward them again. By 2016, the voters who were to become Trump's base already knew who they were. Trump was the only one of 17 Republicans and five Democrats who stood out to this group of politically homeless voters. He knew how to tap the aspirations they were looking for from a presidential candidate.
Second, many people who have left their support for Trump visible to others have not left those flags or signs up because they think the election was stolen. It's not a testament to their undying support for one man; they’ve left them up because it is their only way to show the political class that they are not going away.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
cause meets effect
yup
they still do not get it
Yes.
2010 Tea Party.
The Rinos hated it then, too.
The populist movement was out there..Trump rode the wave...GOP was useless and did not want it like the tea party...That is why the GOP hates Trump...
“The populist movement was out there..Trump rode the wave...GOP was useless and did not want it like the tea party...That is why the GOP hates Trump...”
That’s right.
It’s still there are is being actively suppressed in all possible ways.
The election fraud machine is the most insidious and effective weapon the left is using.
Media brainwashing is next.
many people who have left their support for Trump visible to others have not left those flags or signs up because they think the election was stolen.
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And many have because they think it was.
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She is right, we were disaffected before Trump...
* Pat Buchanan in 92, "My friends it's a cultural war", and how Bush would screw the Reagan coalition, he knew.
* At a Michigan rallye in 92' someone I know yelled to Pat as the crowd was asking for a 3rd Party, and Pat from the front row took his words and repeated them, "We don't need a 3rd Party, we need a Tea Party!" and the crowd went wild. Yes this gent went on to be a big tea party guy.
* Ross Perot was the Sentiment, wrong person period.
* Sarah Palin...
* The Trump years was the Palin Adminstration without the Mini-Skirt.
* The Tea Party movement, I was their, organic it was, I was shocked, mom's in the audience at the 1st rallye that I never knew felt that way and minorities I knew as well.
Selena gets it, we have been pissed off since Reagan left and Bush the Lesser's took over and we wandered for 28 yrs with people I regret voting for, the evil of 2 lessers to qoute the Late Mark Scott MI talk show host, every freakin time.
More people get PDJT than you realize, I spent time recently w/ a young A.A male, not what you'd consider a Trump supporter. He noted he'll look better in the rear view mirror soon, the $2.89 gas under Biden is what he noted, and that they had to destroy him, he was making small business too strong.
We aren't going anywhere, the question is how do we channel our disdain for the GOP and remake the Washington Generals basketball team to not be the designated loosers.
No one has been more prescient than Pat Buchanan. Doesn’t have the charisma to take it all the way. Great behind the scenes though.
Truth distilled to its essence.
President Trump tapped into some very deep anger, frustration, and anxiety about where the country was headed politically, socially, and economically, and he met people where they were and spoke to them in such a sincere and insightful way that people began to understand he wasn’t just another politician selling lies.
So yes, the movement was there, waiting for the right person to come along. But we shouldn’t take any credit away from President Trump for being the right person with the right ideas, the right knowledge, and the will to make real changes to improve the lives of everyday Americans. If any of those elements are missing, the formula doesn’t work.
I don’t disagree with your fix.
Nailed it!
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