I’m guessing Costas has never actually watched one of Trump’s rallies, although I’m sure he’s seen plenty of clips taken out of context.
Every time a 1%-er like Costas goes on about, “The country can’t survive another term of Donald Trump”, it simply demonstrates the self-centered bubble of privilege in which they live. They live in gated communities, and are little effected by the inflation and anemic economy the average American faces. Their insular lifestyle allows them to avoid the world in which their audience lives - avoid the crime, and the transformation of their communities by illegals.
People like Costas disrespect their audience, and browbeat them into ignoring the circumstances of their own lives, to instead support the interests of elites like himself, over their own, all the while, feigning a connection and concern for the everyman. This is a choice that the Bob Costas’s of the world make, because it’s possible to live a life of wealth and privilege and still have empathy and concern for those living under less affluent circumstances. But doing so would require a level of character, decency and intellectual honesty that they lack.
“Every time a 1%-er like Costas goes on about, “The country can’t survive another term of Donald Trump”, it simply demonstrates the self-centered bubble of privilege in which they live.... Their insular lifestyle allows them to avoid the world in which their audience lives - avoid the crime, and the transformation of their communities by illegals.”
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Very fine insights there, mbrfl. Yes, there IS a strong connection between sports and the working class. So after all these decades, we learn Costas is NOT attuned to his true audience. Rather than mingle with fans, he’s been hiding in the high class stadium suites eating caviar and sipping champagne with the Bushie-tailed class.