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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She sounds very much like some of my Calif. and Illinois friends.

What they all see is that globalization under Clinton/Obama has hurt our working class which includes themselves. One is a black truck driver, some are into reiki, crystals, etc.

They also don’t like the [b]far left demented ideology that there is no such thing as gender[/b], among many things.

I dislike the far left disrespect of conservatives who make up half of the US, and disrespect of traditional families including parents who choose to stay at home to raise their own kids.[/quote]

The bolded is not leftism, it's liberalism. The real issue is that Americans don't know the difference. Leftism is not about the culture war. It's about the economics of the working class.

These people fall into the right wing pipeline because the right wears "working class" as a costume, but in reality their policy stances are antiworker. [b]Democrats aren't much better[/b], and thus people find themselves without a political home, and they fall for populist figures like Donald Trump.

Most Americans agree on what we want to see policy-wise. The two main parties give those issues lipservice, but look at what they actually do, not what they say. They put on a show and pretend to be gridlock on issues concerning regular people, but always manage to cross the aisle when it comes to power grabs for themselves, and tax breaks and money give aways for their donors. [/quote]

I am not sure how you can claim the bolded.

Dems support unions, support higher minimum wages, support safe working conditions, support affordable healthcare, support public education...I could go on, but the GOP doesn't support any of these things.[/quote]

Dems don’t support any of these things . 
The federal minimum wage is still $7.25. They haven’t nationalized a thing that’s progressive in ages and they wonder why progressives are leaving the party  . They leave it up to states. Obamacare is up to the states and it’s not single payer but a private insurance mandate. Again, government intruding in our lives but not making things easier.

Let’s not forget the promise of equal pay for women and maternity leave and uni child care . Dems skipped over that entirely to pass legislation about trans serving  in the military and men are allowed to use the women’s bathroom.

Much like Obamacare, Obama was a total let down  for progressives . He expanded the Bush tax cuts, kept Guantanamo open, and cracked down on whistleblowers and expanded the spying /surveillance  state here in the U.S. . What’s the difference between a Democrat and Republican president? Not much anymore except for social issues like LGBT and abortion rights and those aren’t the standard bearer issues that most Americans care about but somehow the Dems ignore the economy to talk about social issues 24/7[/quote]

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