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We Have a Serious Problem
- api 11y agoTrump's opponents don't get it. His supporters are eating this stuff up. Every time he does something ridiculous or outrageous his numbers go up. The thing that's fueling him is (on the right) analogous to what's fueling Sanders: the American middle class has been losing ground since the 1970s and people are fuming mad and ready to try anything other than the status quo. People want to vote for a lunatic who will go into Washington and turn over tables and break things. That's the point. Don't get me wrong. I think Trump would be a disaster. I also think Sanders might be a disaster, though less so and for radically different reasons. But I do get why the support is there.