It's a telling exchange. Trump's fanatics have long been at #WarFooting because: as their Agent says: "Liberals already ruined it." They have long seen the nation as ruined, have seen progress as backslide, etc. Their firm belief in absurdities have led them to atrocities.
I'm in a running Reddit conversation with someone who says " #Progressives aren't about #Progress". They voted against Trump each time, but blame #Liberals, #Leftists and progressives for Trump, because of the norms #TheLeft broke. (I'm paraphrasing arguments that resisted my attempt to sunmarize).