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What's your source for your claim that Trump's base does not care about warrantless spying? You can see an example of priorities in coverage and reaction to the
by jerkstate 6y ago
What's your source for your claim that Trump's base does not care about warrantless spying? You can see an example of priorities in coverage and reaction to the recent defeat/delay of the FISA re-authorization in the House.
Here's a recent article from a right-wing outlet, PJ Media, which I feel is at least somewhat representative of Trump's base:
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/05/28/house-fails-to-pass-fisa-re-authorization-after-trump-veto-threat-n442011 https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/05/28/...
If this wouldn't draw readers, why would they write the article?
Here's a counterpoint article from the left-wing outlet Politico:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/pelosi-pulls-fisa-bill-amid-objections-from-gop-and-progressives-286939 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/pelosi-pulls-fisa-b...
To get a flavor of what his base thinks, you can look through replies to some of his tweets on the matter:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1266017512162037761 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/12660175121620377...
Not sure how you came to your conclusions, please elucidate me.
- AndrewBissell 6y agoThe only reason Trump's base cares one whit about FISA is because it was used (yes, quite illegitimately in my opinion) to spy on Trump and his campaign & staff in the runup to his inauguration. If they actually care about mass surveillance and such, why doesn't Trump put forward some proposals and measures to reign it in? Instead he is seeking to expand it with his AG trying to ban E2E encrypted messaging.