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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Do you honestly think that there is a single person anywhere who legit might have voted for a Democrat for President but who will vote for Trump because Larry O'Donnell ran that story that accused Trump of financial ties with Russians without sufficient basis?
Sebby doesn't think that. He knows that Trump and Republicans will complain that the episode proves that media don't treat conservatives fairly, and they will say that this is good news for them. It's a standard GOP talking point, something you would see if you watched FOX News or MSNBC or CNN long enough. Its function is to feed the conservative sense of grievance, and to try to make the media the subject of conversation rather that Republican candidates. It's not anyone's genuine explanation of how any actual swing voter behaves.
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Let me dumb this down as much as I can-
there are people who might think, "hmm, this Trump seems to be doing some bad stuff. I think I may vote against him as I am troubled by the bad stuff." But then there is a pile on of only so so bad more stuff, and other bad stuff that someone turns around and says was not true.
At some point the impact of the original bad stuff gets lessened, and maybe the person decides not to vote against Trump. No one is saying a strong dem vote is switching to Trump.
