Trump's insults against his 'hillbilly' base are making them turn on him: NYT column

[Soph0571]

New polls show that Donald Trump’s base is beginning to turn against him — and it may be related to his continual insults on their intelligence.

“A raft of new polls show that some of the most hard-core Trumpsters are starting to get a clue,” nonfiction author Timothy Eagen wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Friday, adding that the revelation is akin to “discovering that climate change is not a hoax when your town is under water, and all your commander in chief can do is throw you a roll of paper towels.”

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The proof, Eagen noted, is in the polls.

He noted that according to a Quinnipiac poll released this week, a plurality of “non-college-educated whites” wish Congress would rein Trump in. He’s also “down 14 points among the ‘poorly educated’” per a CNN poll, the writer noted.

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/trumps-insults-hillbilly-base-making-turn-nyt-column/|

Is the worm finally turning?

[bora13]

1. how to save a country

get the orange bastard to start talking shit about country folk.
I considered this some time back and to see it start coming to fruition
is poetry in motion.

[BeyondGeography]

2. After prison, Trump's worst nightmare would be to spend the rest of his life

in just about any town that voted for him.

[modrepub]

3. Not Buying It

As long as he makes "dem librals" mad they will still like him. I swear half of Trump's support is from people who enjoy watching others suffer as much as they have perceived themselves during their "miserable" lives.

[Va Lefty]

4. Yep, bitter, hateful pricks who enjoy seeing other suffer

[Blue_true]

37. Yep, their lives suck.

The elites that they so despise have seen their home prices and wages increase well since the pits of 2008. The deplorables? Nada on both accounts, in fact, employment for them has remained flat, even dipping under Trump. Save the liberals in those places, screw all the rest of them.

[onetexan]

5. I would consider the "poorly educated" to include those

With degrees from Oral Roberts U. & Liberty U.

[Achilleaze]

10. The most poorly educated republican voters have degrees from...

[IluvPitties]

15. Wrong.

One of the most educated and progressive people I know in academia has a Master's from there. Dude is a progressive warrior.

[hueymahl]

20. The exception that proves the rule

Most of of their graduates continue to be regressive asshats.

[Cosmocat]

6. They are cucks

His disdain for them is endless.

[louis c]

7. Like this, "A face in the crowd": Lonsesome Rhodes

[hueymahl]

21. Wow, I had never seen that before

So true and on point. Nothing is new.

[zanana1]

24. That looks like something from the Twilight Zone. nt

[Gibbyman01]

29. Name of that movie was Lonesome Dove....I think

The name of that movie was Lonesome Dove Andy Griffith played a magnificent performance. I remember thinking once how Donald Trump reminded me of that character

[Grammy23]

31. Actually, the name of that movie is A Face in the Crowd.

Andy Griffith did an amazing job playing the wildly out of control Lonesome Rhodes. It is hard not to think of tRump when you watch this movie. He is such a despicable character and it has a sad, but predictable ending where he gets exactly what is coming to him.

I think if Omarosa was able to secretly record meetings, etc that it is likely that she or someone else has caught tRump in some epic meltdowns. Who knows? Omarosa may be saving some of her best material for later? Will tRump have his Lonesome Rhodes moment? Stay tuned.

[Dave Starsky]

32. The movie was A Face In the Crowd.

Andy Griffith played a character named Lonesome Rhodes.

It should be required viewing by everyone on DU. It predicted Donald Trump 60 years ago.

Lonesome Dove was a best-selling Western novel written by Larry McMurtry.

[Rhiannon12866]

43. The name of his character was Lonesome Rhodes

I saw it for the first time recently and I agree, it was a terrific performance - and he was as disingenuous as Trump.

Welcome to DU!

[peekaloo]

28. Trump is Loathsome Toad.

Great movie!

[TomSlick]

39. Thanks. I had never heard of this movie.

Powerful scene.

[Brother Buzz]

40. Director Elia Kazan - Would have, could have, should have been

He ran into a buzz saw when he was called into the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1952; one could make the argument his testimony cast a pall on the rest of his career. Dark, dark chapter in American history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elia_Kazan#HUAC_testimony

[Achilleaze]

8. When he* called southerners "dumb," he was pissing in his own grits

* Dirty Donny, republican Draft Dodger-in-Chief

[lindysalsagal]

9. 14 points from the hard-core stupid is really amazing. I guess all the guilty pleas are

impossible to ignore. Could it be the one thing they believe in is court action? Maybe from personal experience????

[oberliner]

11. This is Raw Story stealing content from the New York Times and adding a click-bait headline

Here is the actual article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/opinion/trump-base-polls.html

[PJMcK]

27. Raw Story does suck, don't they?

Thanks for the link, oberliner. Enjoy your weekend!

[duforsure]

12. Once again trump is showing everyone

That people who supports him, he really hates them too. He doesn't like anyone except himself, and those that believe his propaganda will learn that also. HE's not loyal to this country or the American people, only putin, and corruption to profit from. Supporters are running from him now. Many more will too .

[Bob Loblaw]

13. What happens when he finally insults Reagan?

It'll be like the scene in the Star Trek series when Harry Mudd says, "Everything I say is a lie." (Sorry, I don't know how to post that scene using my phone.)

[Ilsa]

17. I'll help you out:

[ejbr]

19. Thanks

[Bob Loblaw]

22. Here's looking at you kid

Thx

[Mc Mike]

14. I heard he called his New England fan base 'sadistic, sapsucking stump-jumpers'.

Many are saying that.

[yardwork]

16. That isn't really his base. Trump's base are wealthy educated suburban whites.

They want tax cuts and deregulation. They don't care about anything else.

[ejbr]

18. I know what could bring them back

Trump just needs to stand on 5th Avenue and shoot some random person and they’ll be putty in his hands.

[zanana1]

23. If we want to win in 2020...

We better stop referring to them as "hillbillies".

[llmart]

25. But aren't they the ones...

who hate political correctness? So they should be okey-dokey with the term "hillbillies".

[Garrett78]

26. He's been insulting them since the beginning.

He stated publicly that he could murder someone and not lose a supporter.

Hard to believe he's dropped 14 points among any one group given his overall approval rating has been so steady. It implies he's gained ground among other groups.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

30. Fuck Rawstory for this headline.

[Hoyt]

33. Unfortunately, his base is just going to find another greedy, racist, warmongering idiot to vote for

I don't think this indicates the base is changing their beliefs.

[Cal Carpenter]

34. It's Timothy *Egan*

But I don't much expect rawstory to bother spelling it right...

[Gothmog]

35. The deplorables are waking up

[Blue_true]

36. His base has gotten royally screwed by his policies.

The only good (I use that word sarcastically in this case) things for them is his hatred of non white immigrants and his kissy face with KKK and Nazis. His base is getting hammered economically, falling farther behind the big urban/Surburban/coastal elites that they so envy. Bout time that they start getting a clue.

[k8conant]

38. TRUE in West Virginia From the NYT Column:

"In West Virginia, where Trump could shoot the Mountaineer mascot and still walk at the head of a parade, attacks on Obamacare are killing Republican chances of taking down Senator Joe Manchin."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/opinion/trump-base-polls.html

[lame54]

41. An Orange Face in the Crowd

[DFW]

42. The poorly educated are his sustaining life's blood

If he loses them, he has no one left but Fox Noise and National Hate radio. Since THEIR audience is the poorly educated, they won't stick around much longer, either, and then, all that's left is the money. When the money leaves, so will he.