Ep. 486 — Sarah Longwell
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
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The Politicians and Politicians Are Trying to Get Power and Votes
I could see how trump changed republican voters a there was a symbiotic relationship where the voters had allowed him in. Now he was actively working on them, chipping away any sense of decorum,. Any to the point where now they had an appetite. They wanted the chaos. And what they first sort of did holding their nose. Now they wanted, you know, on this point, it strikes me that the same incentives that drive the social medeor platforms to do what they do are true for politicians as well. But they both have the same inspiration, which is that outrage, anger attracts people.
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