Who typically believes their country will be fine—if not prosper—when led by a criminal?

People that choose faith or fantasy over facts.

It is why "conservative" politicians always court the most extreme elements they can find since they know those groups will let them do anything they want, legal or not, as long as their "conservative" politicians elevate their status & priorities in return.

Important IMO, but the elephant in the room corporate news chooses to ignore.

#politics #journalism

If you take the Christian nationalists, the nazis & Q-Anon out of the Republican base, all that is left is a few billionaires and their enablers in the board rooms, on the yachts, and in the country clubs.

#politics #democracy #TyrannyOfTheMinority