• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Actually, she only used “the basket of deplorables” to reference the most extreme group, who could never be converted or made to listen to reason, and were therefore not worth wasting resources on or trying to appease. In contrast to generic Republicans who might not yet be part of the Trump Cult. It was her tiny push to the left against the “sell out everything you stand for in order to pick up votes” strategy, but it was seized upon, twisted into how you’re remembering it, and backfired against her.