Hispanic Immigrants > Poor Rust Belt Americans

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+1. So much for the "self-responsibility" of conservatives.

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+1. So much for the "self-responsibility" of conservatives.

And people wonder why Democrats lost the Rust Belt

I wasn't the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton was.

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All this talk of "initiative" and "personal responsibility" determining who gets benefits sounds rather Republican to me.

That's the point. We're pointing out their hypocrisy.

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LOL at the some people in this thread thinking that messages posted here are actually going to flip counties.

I didn't say messages posted here would flip counties.  Re-read my post.  I said that Republicans are likely hoping that the sentiment expressed by the OP becomes a prevalent and widespread theme in 2020, whether it be explicitly stated, or just merely implied through campaign messaging, or spread through the base by social media and memes.  And if that happens, the GOP will likely once again do well in three critical PA counties.  While I'm at it, the GOP is additionally hoping, praying in fact, that the attitudes you have towards this region of the US, and the tone in which its delivered, become woven even further into the tapestry of standard Dem messaging.  The more the GOP can make the election about that, and the less focus they can put on other things the Dems want to talk about, the better off the GOP will be.

I am merely stating observations, and relatively uncontroversial ones at that.  I'm not making any normative judgments over whether this is good, bad, or neutral.

By the way, you don't have to say "some people" and pretend like I'm not here.  You can quote me directly and address me by name.  I'm a big boy, I can handle it.

I would rather the Dems lose telling the truth about deplorables rather than win putting them on a pedestal.