Donald Trump's Strongest Supporters: A Certain Kind of Democrat. There's a reason both he and Sanders thought they could take supporters from each other
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Right, a certain kind of democrat who says he's a republican and votes republican. That's not a "progressive." The other supporters are white bigots - not progressives.
But I like how you don't try to refute a single one of those points, admitting that this person you claim isn't a progressive just ran (in a GOP race no less) and rejected entitlement reform, called for trade restrictions, praised single-payer healthcare and the Obamacare mandates, called for increasing the size and scope of government, said he intended to increase tax rates on the wealthy, announced his implicit support of the transgender SJWs, sided with democrats on getting rid of due process for gun owners, suggested he was open to raising the minimum wage, indicated moral equivalency between the U.S. and Putin's Russia, threatened to abandon our allies and enable our enemies, had his daughter get onstage at the RNC to repeat tired war-on-women lies about the "gender gap", and claimed he wanted to double Hillary's proposed infrastructure spending..... all of which are pretty solid progressive things.
It's because there is no point, but here goes anyway. He's proposed $12 trillion in tax cuts and you say he's a tax raiser. At best his support for single payer is wishy washy and he's said just about everything on earth on healthcare - repeal Obamacare it's a disaster, keep pre-existing conditions, open up the states to competition, supports health savings accounts, wants everyone covered, not for the mandate, private insurance! etc. He's got no f'ing idea what he's for or against. Trade restrictions - more republicans than democrats believe trade is not a net positive for the country, so how is that "progressive"? Clinton signed NAFTA, Obama is pushing TPP, but maybe Obama is a conservative! LOL...
I don't know what you mean about guns, saying he's open to raising the min wage or open to anything is not support for that thing - it's the most common dodge in politics. Being FOR an increase is being FOR an increase. Maybe is different. Since when is support for Russian a "progressive" ideal - NEVER. Since when is abandoning our allies "progressive"? NEVER. Enabling our enemies - NEVER. I don't know what "lies" his daughter said but what has he proposed to help women close the gender gap and does he ever mention women and the gender gap, does he know anything about the issue - nothing, no, and hell no are the answers.
All you're doing is saying a bunch of crap
you don't like then claiming that since you don't like it, and you're a self described conservative, what you don't like must be "progressive." It's nonsense, and Trump is no "progressive" which is why he'll get single digit support in Nov. from liberals and progressives who recognize a kindred spirit and know he's FAR, FAR, FAR from where progressives sit on the important issues. It's as big a BS claim as the one that's frequent by right wingers that Hitler was some kind of liberal, cause, you know, Nazi means national SOCIALIST party! Etc. Right, Hitler and Bernie are kindred spirits, about like Trump and Bernie are.....:roll:
What's kind of funny is you right wingers just have to blame him on liberals, by claiming he IS a liberal in this particular talking point. No, if you want to know what created Trump, look in your own party's mirror, the right wing propaganda outlets, Fox News, etc. There's a reason this a$$hole didn't run as a democrat against the weakest candidate in quite a while... It's your party who nominated him and your party apparatus supporting him as we speak. The GOP owns him and he will be an anvil around the party's neck for a while. Boo hoooo. I'm crying over here....
