It's because of the rhetorical presidency.
https://twitter.com/harrylitman/status/1363898412924432385
Here's a thread on that:
https://twitter.com/jenmercieca/status/1348068010716704768
Speaking of the rhetoric/post-rhetorical presidency: those Republicans who relied on Trump primarily for their news source largely believed everything he said: journalism.org/2021/02/22/rep…
Some political scientists have claimed that the rhetorical presidency doesn't exist because it's difficult to move public opinion and the president's messages fall on deaf ears. Perhaps they weren't looking at the right things, in the right way.
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