re: #120 scottslemmons

I think a lot of them understand the rage, but they’re insulated from it. They’ll never meet anyone who isn’t rich, so they don’t care. The ones who aren’t planning on retiring before the election certainly aren’t planning to return to their home districts to campaign.

I don’t think they actually understand but they think that the wealthy donors will compensate for their dismissal of their constituents’ concerns. They believe that a few commercials and the constant propaganda from Fox and Sinclair will persuade their voters to continue to support them because the other side is evil, anti-gun, pro-minority, etc. Others have said that downstream — the voters vote against their own interest as long as there is someone else they can demonize.