Since the Dems charged towards globalization. The former union workers are being devastated by it and think protectionism will help them. It possibly will help

Since the Dems charged towards globalization. The former union workers are being devastated by it and think protectionism will help them. It possibly will help them, just not America as a whole. Thats the general line of reasoning. Rs are walking a line with union courting since a chunk of their base is anti union, just as dems were walking a line with globalization. This is my current understanding of the undercurrents.