A large portion of the Republican voter base has been sheltered from the truth by Fox News

[Snake Plissken]

and Right Wing talk radio.

Sure there are a lot of deranged cult members who will literally give their life for Trump to the bitter end, and there are those who only care about the racism and greed Trump is providing them, but there is a significant segment of the population that has just been lied to and genuinely do not realize it yet. Once they realize they have been conned by Trump all along they will turn on him and it won't be pretty.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Propaganda's been killing us for decades

But we don't feel we can do anything about it.

(Not even return the Fairness Doctrine)

[uponit7771]

2. THIS THREAD IS SO IMPORTANT !!! Hitler's secretary looked for her Jewish friend after the war ...

... cause the secretary was in her own world.

Same with MAGA Cultist, they're in their own world planet

[TheRealNorth]

3. True

But I don't know what we can do about That-they are choosing to believe the fantasy.

We need to focus on the otherwise unengaged people and fightimg the RW disinformation machine working overtime on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

[Duppers]

4. IF they realize it.

Most won't. My bet.

[Snake Plissken]

8. There are some who will never accept it, but there are surprisingly a lot of older voters who will

once they are exposed to the truth.

Some people rely strictly on their car radio for news and others only watch Fox News.

Only 19% of the population was in favor of Nixon's impeachment until they were exposed to the truth.

[Duppers]

20. Faux and RW radio will keep spinning.

In 1973/74 we didn't have Faux & brainwashing RW radio. I wish I were more positive. I plan to get feedback from my very RW neighbor later - he's my weathervane.

But thanks for being positive - I need that as it functions as an antidepressant for me.

[cynatnite]

5. Because they don't believe anything else...

They isolate themselves, too, by choice.

[Lib 4 Life]

6. a large portion of elected republicans have also been sheltered from the truth by RW media.

that's just as important, maybe more.

[Duppers]

21. Really? ELECTED wingers?

How could they not know the truth? I think they're just criminal sycophants, hanging on for the bucks $.

[Lib 4 Life]

22. some are . That's true. but most genuinely believe the RW media narrative. time to acknowledge

these republican elected officials aren't really the best or brightest and that's a product of conservatism. really.

[empedocles]

7. Saw first f115? minutes of 5p fox show tonight. Lead chyron was, 'President calls

hearings 'a disgrace'. Panel all seem to agree, and spend minutes until 1st commercial break talking about Biden's sons millions. Video of Warren disapproving of Biden Jr. in Ukraine and China.

Sole non trump comment came from Juan Williams who stated that the whistleblower was brave, knowing what could happen for [bringing up an important issue]. Rest of panel jumped all over that possibility. Total disdain. Then to trump airstrip harangue.

Summary. fox viewer who did not see hearings, or see Shep Smiths introduction at 3p - had no idea what actually happened.

[Snake Plissken]

11. And that will continue even after the impeachment actually begins

But there will be a breaking point, which we are already beginning to see.

[empedocles]

16. Will continue until polls and Senate shift signficantly more.

[dameatball]

9. Fox News just takes advantage of the laziness and bigotry of its viewers. Certainly a large portion

of the blame lies with the RW news outlets, but in the end, when people want to watch what supports the views they already hold the blame lies squarely on those viewers. Too lazy, too full of hate to look at alternative news sources. F em.

[Lady_Chat]

10. Sad but true.

Fox and right wing radio, that's their bible. If doesn't come from those two sources: "it's not the truth...it's fake."

[mitch96]

12. " segment of the population that has just been lied to"

So True. My conservative friends dont know of half of the stuff we discuss here.
Election meddling? meh...... deep state
Moskow mitch's new derapaska oligarch aluminum plant in Kentucky? nope
I could go on and on. All I get from them is conspiracy theory built on half truths..
uggh..
m

[kacekwl]

13. Maybe in private to themselves but

I think very few will want to be the person who says so to their fellow trumpers. They will be shunned by the rabid racist trumpets as liberal commies.

[BlueTsunami2018]

14. I said this during the Bush years, they never realized it.

And they won’t here.

They’re a hopeless, brainwashed cult.

[rainin]

18. yep

[unitedwethrive]

15. It seems like people who chose to only listen to one news source are pretty much lost.

They are fundamentally different from those who believe in listening to all sides and using good judgement to see the most likely truth.

[JI7]

17. they have access to other media, sources, opinions.

[nuxvomica]

19. I've spoken to a few Trump voters who will not vote for him again

These were his soft supporters, and every one said they voted for the "least corrupt" candidate in 2016. Seriously, a lot of low-info voters actually thought Hillary was more corrupt but when pressed they can't explain why. It is obvious to them by now that Trump is just a pile of garbage. He had one chance with these people and he blew it spectacularly, epically, maybe the biggest blown chance in history. And that was before the whistleblower.

[IcyPeas]

23. trump is one of them. he praised...

limbaugh, hannity and levin the other day in his speech at the U.N. called them great men.

think of that. these are the nutjobs our president praises while he was calling the rest of the media liars and corrupt.... he said this at the United Nations! He believes their shit.

[calimary]

24. There's the proverbial "Bubble World" for ya.