We Won’t Win Over Deplorable Trump Supporters, So Stop Playing Nice

After watching what unfolded at Donald Trump’s North Carolina rally this week, along with his nonstop calls for people to “get out” of our country, it has become clear that there are certain voters that we simply can’t reach. And while some people think we have to maintain a certain level of “civility”, the truth is that these people would gladly stomp on your head if the opportunity arose. Stop playing nice with them, and start fighting back. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

Our good friend Ben Dixon, uh, sent out some tweets on Wednesday evening following the send her back chant at the Donald Trump rally and I want to share two of those tweets because they really spoke to me and they echo things that I have been saying over the last couple of weeks here. Here's the first and it says,

"My filter is broken so I’m likely to lose a lot of followers and friends who are used to the kinder, gentler Ben. But all things considered, we don’t have time to worry about being nice."

For a lot of us, you know, we, we've never been the feel good, you know, I'm not going to make fun of you type progressive before a lot of us, something broke when we watched that footage from Wednesday night, the send her back chant, something broke even further. It happened to Ben. It happened to me, and I think it happened to a lot of us. Another tweet from Ben and this one really absolutely nails it.

"Look man, those rednecks in that audience last night won’t be won over with any policy. They would gladly give up health insurance and die of diabetes-driven gangrene than to abandon a president who lets them be their full racist selves."

And again, this is 100% correct. There is no arguing with these people. You know, the folks that sit there and chance send her back or lock her up or build the wall or spend their evenings watching Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. There is no reaching those people. You can beat them over the head with facts and logic and statistics and it's not going to do a damn thing to change their mind. Now, over the years, I have received a fair amount of criticism and also a ton of praise for not being afraid to call people out, to sometimes get my hands a little dirty, to be angry and yell when it is appropriate.

But again, some people don't like that. They say, ah, it's hard to listen to you because you just yell all the time and you're mad all the time. You know, I actually, I get a lot of that. Uh, when I fill in for David Pakman, he has a much different audience. And I do try to tone it down, but sometimes I talk about these stories and you know what? I get angry. I'm still driven by facts. I'm still driven by the logic. I'm still driven by statistics. I do my research, I know what I'm talking about and I have the numbers to back it up, but I understand that sometimes I can be a little harsh, but as Ben said, buckle up because it's going to get worse from a lot of us. We're pissed off now. We've been pissed off. It's just that we have tried some of us probably more than others to hold back a little bit, but there was no holding back anymore, folks.

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