The senator said he has "a hard time understanding" why Trump's legal issues don't "seem to be moving the needle" with more voters.

The senator said he has “a hard time understanding” why Trump’s legal issues don’t “seem to be moving the needle” with more voters.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) called out the majority of Iowa Republican caucus voters who baselessly believe that President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election legitimately.

“I think a lot of people in this country are out of touch with reality and will accept anything Donald Trump tells them,” Romney, who announced in September that he is not seeking reelection, told CNN journalist Manu Raju on Wednesday.

About 65% of Iowa caucusgoers said they believe former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him, according to entrance poll data.

  • CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    There is a saying: Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line.

    I’m convinced that the majority of the Republican party are held hostage by a disproportionately influential alt-right voting bloc. The alt-right is pretty much about 5-10% of the party but because they are loud and violent, they get 90% of the coverage.

    Republican candidates, however, know that Republicans will vote Republican no matter what so they cater their message to the alt right, knowing that come the general election, even the most liberal Republican will still vote Republican.

    The sad, sad thing is…Democrats are now there too. Liberals and democracy loving Americans have to vote Democrat. But the Democrats have a different problem. Because their voting bloc is more diverse, it’s harder to have a coalition. Many Democrats have to cater to moderates, and not progressives, in order to get the majority to vote. Not only that, but many moderates value “bipartisanship” whereas Republicans don’t and the Republicans know that. It’s why we get shit deals on bills and Republicans consistently going back on their word.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The alt-right is pretty much about 5-10% of the party but because they are loud and violent, they get 90% of the coverage.

      I think that’s 5 to 10% number is a bit low.

      I think there’s a larger swath of the population that buy into certain belief systems so much that they make themselves delusional to anything else, unable to see the truth of things.

      Or even if there’s a moment when they see the truth, they are unable to deal with the fact that they’ve been conned/ignorant, and retreat back to what is safe and feels good for them.

      It’s ironic actually that that section of the population came up with the term “the wolf in sheep’s clothing” but can’t see the wolf when it’s standing in front of them, wearing a sheep outfit.

      One of the truths that America fails to accept over generations now is that a large swath of the population who really wouldn’t mind being controlled, and see things the way they want to see them, versus how they really are.

      We really shouldn’t underestimate the numbers of the population of these kind of people, no matter what the ramifications of that means and how hard it is to deal with.