U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed late on Friday that imported electronics, such as smartphones, laptops and more, would be exempt from Trump’s tariffs.
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I sincerely believe that there was a concerted effort to disillusion voters in 2016 and 2024. The whole push for Bernie bros to not vote for Hillary and the push to reject the Democrats for the Israeli-perpetrated genocide in Gaza felt so similar.
Obviously plenty of people did feel strongly that the Democrats weren’t worth supporting, but I think the initial push on both of those, and a large amount of the continued support for them, was perpetrated by people who wanted Trump to win. They didn’t have to convince people to vote for Trump, they just had to convince them not to vote for the Dems. These actors understand first-past-the-post voting well enough to weaponize it.
I sincerely believe that there was a concerted effort to disillusion voters in 2016 and 2024. The whole push for Bernie bros to not vote for Hillary and the push to reject the Democrats for the Israeli-perpetrated genocide in Gaza felt so similar.
Obviously plenty of people did feel strongly that the Democrats weren’t worth supporting, but I think the initial push on both of those, and a large amount of the continued support for them, was perpetrated by people who wanted Trump to win. They didn’t have to convince people to vote for Trump, they just had to convince them not to vote for the Dems. These actors understand first-past-the-post voting well enough to weaponize it.