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It's a matter of fact that Trump has pulled a huge portion of the working class vote from the Democrats

You probably think the working class is just stupid.

I think the working class is way smarter than you think. If you genuinely explore that possibility you will understand clearly why Trump won.

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I'm sure we'll see a flourishing of the working class under the Republicans, then. We'll see Trump going to bat for unions in their fights against Corporate America, we'll see minimum wage increases throughout the country, maternal leave, and much more.

Or, people have fallen for a demagogue selling them a cheap lie (it's not corporate America keeping you in low paying jobs despite massive productivity and profitability, it's those damn immigrants stealing your jobs!).

You're trying to make it cut and dry that Dems good Repubs bad for the working class. And working class too dumb to know it.

It's simply not true and we can go through every line item and add nuance.

> Trump going to bat for unions

Union jobs have been exported to other countries

> we'll see minimum wage increases

No taxes on tips

> maternal leave

Higher child tax credit, and generally pro-family

These things are not as simple as you make it to be. Maybe you disagree with Trump voters, but that does not make them stupid and gullible.

> Higher child tax credit, and generally pro-family

You mean like the one that democrats proposed and republicans in the senate killed?

Getting a block of voters to support you is very different from actually doing right by those voters in the long run. If the Republican party doesn't end up doing much, or anything, to help the working class voters that Trump brought to the table they'll lose those voters eventually. Its just a lagging indicator since it first has to become clear that the party isn't actually on those voters' side.

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