I didn't say they did. I'm saying that if you think they were somehow "duped" into voting for him, then there'd be no basis for saying that people elsewhere aren't duped into voting for whomever they vote for.
"Duped"? Naw, I'm sure we can drum up enough apologists to elect him to Congress no matter how many puppies he kicks along the way. Just imagine you times a few thousand, and it's entirely understandable how these events occur from time to time.