1. I'm going to show you the impact healthcare had on this vote. I'm going to show you the trends I've been talking about all year. And I really don't care if it is insensitive. The infamous "thumbs down" 👎 moment did in people like Pete Sessions. It did two things...
2. First the infamous "thumbs down" 👎 moment absolutely devastated GOP enthusiasm. Tracked in the 80s post-2016 and crumbled afterward. Donald Trump addressed this first problem. No one juices GOP enthusiasm like Donald Trump, the campaigner...
3. Second, the infamous "thumbs down" 👎 moment broke apart the indy coalition that powered GOP wins in D+Not Enough electorates.
That coalition + Trumplicans + Base = D+Who Cares?
But you cannot break a 7-year promise and not expect them to be pissed. Democrats took the issue.
That coalition + Trumplicans + Base = D+Who Cares?
But you cannot break a 7-year promise and not expect them to be pissed. Democrats took the issue.
4. Bottom line: Ds were always going to vote. Donald Trump was the only one who could & did juice GOP turnout to match. But there's nothing he can do about a 7-year lie. GOP started that fib long before he was a political figure. This is on them and he saved them from utter ruin.
5. So, to sum up, if lawmakers want to privately blame healthcare and those responsible for that failure, then we should probably give it to them because they are right.
