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posted ago by OsakaRaccoon ago by OsakaRaccoon +12 / -0

Keystone XL:The DNC used to have unions and their workers in the palm of their hand until Trump was a more attractive appeal, and the workers ditched the Democrats despite the endorsements. Trump also was quick to accept the SCOTUS ruling about Native American lands, which ended up being an unexpected brilliant move and resulted in him becoming very popular with those populations. The DNC had that demographic for years...but not anymore.

Rejoining Paris Climate Accords:We know that our CO2 emissions went down dramatically in the past four years under Trump without spending hundreds of millions on international causes. We saw a large increase in both green energy and fossil fuel production as well, so this combination is utterly amazing. Biden revoking Trump's energy policies means a lot of likely blue-collar workers that flipped from D to R have their jobs at risk.

Halting the Border Wall:In the past election, I'm confident in saying that Texas' election integrity is fairly solid. One county on the southern border, which has been going hard blue for years, went RED this past cycle. It's believed the Mexican population of that county flipped their perspectives due to the reducing in gang activity from the wall's construction. They felt safer and did not experience mass deportations that the media had warned them about years prior.

Not prioritizing the $1400 checks:Easily, populations most affected by poverty would benefit the most from this. We saw Trump bring these populations to the GOP side in the largest numbers since 1960. Poor white populations in red states need the money, and poorer black populations in blue cities need the money - both of which desperately need the cash. Those red states voted more red, and the blue cities voted less blue. This was the polar opposite of the media narrative. Now they're put on the backburner.

Eliminating the insulin discounts:While Trump didn't sell his health care plan as well as he could have, there is absolutely no doubt that his EOs well before election day brought praise from those who wished to bring the insulin cost down. This hurt big pharma but brought out more voters who wanted to see these discounts continue.

All in all, these EOs hardly have anything to do with elites or politicians - they only serve as a slap to the face of union workers, poorer communities of color, energy workers, and health care transparency activists who had the independent thought to flip their vote this past year. They want revenge, and it won't stop there.

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I-got-2-scoops 2 points ago +2 / -0

Most likely.