• FullPenguin@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    MAGA don’t actually pay attention, especially not to things that aren’t covered by the National Fox News broadcasts. It doesn’t matter that he only raised $1,800 for his run and did essentially no campaigning.

    He won because “Thomas Smith” is a whiter name than “Amir Hassan” or “Al Lemmo”.

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      It’s because Fox News, CNN, and Twitter have all been overflowing with “Hasan said America deserved 9/11” talking points and CONSERVATIVES ARE ALL DUMB BOTS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF THE WORDS THEY HEAR MEAN