I don't know how many people voted for Trump based on the premise that he would immediately end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. But I do know that they all have podcasts. - ThreadSky

daveweigel.bsky.social • 33 days ago

I don't know how many people voted for Trump based on the premise that he would immediately end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

But I do know that they all have podcasts.

Reposted from emptywheel

This, lesser noticed from the ABC interview, is batshit insane, but also necessary to maintain coherence among Trump's other batshit claimed beliefs about Ukraine.

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tscherne.org•33 days ago

Doesn’t everyone???

ericpiekarski.bsky.social•33 days ago

Thanks to the asshat Uncommitteds, Pro/Free-Palestine fauxtestors, slactivists, fauxgressives

sweezysarmy.bsky.social•33 days ago

It wasn’t many but it also didn’t tilt the election as some would have you believe. But also Trump went hard in MI on messaging that he would be end the conflict. Biden / Harris horrendous record on the issue made it easy for Trump to exploit. Yes ppl got played; but Dems left a huge opening

stevieshoes.bsky.social•33 days ago

Either podcasters or are currently trying to work their way out of a wet paper bag.

Actually it’s probably both.

trosen76.bsky.social•33 days ago

I think it's very few that actually did, but plenty who used it as an excuse to not vote for Harris.

stephanieshultz.bsky.social•33 days ago

Speaking of podcasts, where has Ted Cruz been?

biz-malarkey.bsky.social•33 days ago

So basically the same amount of folks who bought a Velvet Underground record.

torrleonard.bsky.social•33 days ago

This reminds me of the twelve Americans who call themselves “communist” and who are all, coincidentally, Very Loud On BlueSky 😝

emptywheel.bsky.social•33 days ago

On that theme, as I was trying to understand Trump's polling yesterday, which is not, as many claim, due primarily to his trade war, I wondered how much Rogan's turn against his detention has affected it, especially among young men.

wwfr3nz.bsky.social•33 days ago

Young people buy into the free speech stuff quite a bit. It’s pretty jarring to see people their age deported over op-eds. Hard to spin when most of them don’t care about IP

dktr.bsky.social•33 days ago

It's maddening that "bro" podcast loving young men are waiting, open mouthed, like baby birds for the next regurgitated nuggets from the likes of Rogan. Critical thinking is currently lying comatose in a wasteland.

stephenjacobsmith.com•33 days ago

I don’t think it was a top voting issue among Hispanics, but I did see a lot of “Trump the peacemaker” stuff on Spanish-language TikTok Lives in the fall (Latin America is a region almost totally devoid of interstate conflict, and they did seem particularly upset about the wars in Gaza and Ukraine)

aangtifa.bsky.social•33 days ago

And are the most annoying people on the planet

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