"There were literally thousands of 'regular folks' who just want a better America."
Political commentary often distinguishes between people who merely vote for Republicans and people who are deep into MAGA.
MAGA people are generally understood to be people deep in their own information silos. MAGA people don't just accept Trump, they are thrilled by him. They support his efforts to stay in office. His enemies are their enemies: Democrats, RINOS, academic and financial elites, career public officials, the Deep State, globalists, and China. They perceive Trump as a victim of vicious slanders by women and Democrats. Many believe Trump was sent here by God. They constitute the activist core of the current GOP.
The Republican Party is a divided mix. It includes the MAGA segment along with the regular and habitual voters who had happily voted for Bush, McCain, another Bush, Romney, Ryan, McConnell, and both Dick and Liz Cheney. Now Trump and MAGA Republicans consider those old-school leaders to be disloyal turncoat RINOs. Nearly all regular Republicans are go along with the MAGA group. MAGA is where the energy is. I describe the old school group to be mumblers. They don't agree but they don't openly disagree either. They consider themselves bystanders to the crazy, not part of the crazy.
Biden is trying to appeal to the old-school mumblers. He realizes that the MAGA group is utterly out of reach. Why just look at them, with their "Let's Go Brandon" shirts and their "F---You" bumper strips, and signs and buttons calling Kamala Harris a "HO." Surely, those people are an embarrassment to educated Rotarian-Chamber of Commerce-type Republican voters.
A Trump supporter near me in the line for the Trump rally wrote to object to an implication that Trump supporters are rude, flamboyant know-nothings. We are skeptical, not rude and ignorant, he told me. We are reasonable, informed, and broad minded about our sources of information, which is why we go beyond the Mainstream Media.
My correspondent says I must not use his name, and to call him 603Deplorable. I would characterize him as a normally-dressed, normally-groomed, man in late middle age.
Guest Post from 603Deplorable
It was nice to meet you at the Trump rally last Thursday. I stood in line with you for about 20 minutes.
I read with interest your account and was looking for an acknowledgement that the crowd was overwhelmingly made up of normal regular everyday types who work hard and believe in traditional American values. You asked my friend and me for our points of view on current issues and I think you got reasoned responses from us. I didn't see that kind of reporting relayed to your readers. After browsing through the comments, I see the bulk of your readers think we are part of a cult, brainwashed dopes who blindly follow Trump because we lack the ability to see the truth.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm guessing your readers follow MSM [Mainstream Media] news religiously and blindly believe everything they report. When you asked me where do I get my news, I honestly told you I don't get it from MSM and haven't for a couple of years. Once I un-coupled from those platforms, the truth about events became clearer and clearer.
A perfect example of this is what you experienced attending the rally. Where the big news groups highlighted the flamboyant Ms Olson, there were literally thousands of "regular" folks there who just want a better America.
If you're honest, you'll agree. MSM doesn't show that, but if you tap into free platforms, you'll see examples of such clear thinking patriots who are banned for daring to comment against the approved narrative.
We here in New Hampshire have a unique opportunity to see national candidates up close because of our first-in- the-nation primary status. We get to see them in small venues where we can interact directly with them -- look them directly in the eyes and observe their body language as they answer our questions. I saw Mr. Trump eight years ago in Henniker when he was doing town halls, and after I talked with you last Thursday, my wife and I went to see Nikki Haley in the same room. I've done this for years and can tell you that what we hear and see in person is very different than what the MSM puts out on the airwaves. I learned to not trust them a long time ago.
And I'll leave with this parting thought - just because a majority of people believe a narrative does not mean it is true. Not too long ago a vast majority would have never believed the CIA was complicit in the assassination of JFK but now that the records have been declassified, we know it to be so.
603Deplorable speaks of "traditional American values". I don't need the MSM to point out how ludicrous it is to equate the cruel, corrupt, dishonest & authoritarian words & behavior of DJT with "traditional American values". If your own values & life experience aren't enough to allow you to see through this vicious conman's scam, then you just haven't been paying enough attention to the world around you.
You write that the CIA was complicit in the assignation of JFK. I like to think that I do a good job of keeping up with the news, but I seemed to have missed that charge.