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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen faux news says middle america
Im guessing they mean white america.
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When faux news says middle america (Original Post)
brettdale
Aug 2018
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GReedDiamond
(5,313 posts)1. White CHRISTIAN 'merca...
On Edit: I probably should have put " " around the word CHRISTIAN...because I mean the evangelical "prosperity gospel" un-taxed scam artists, end-timers and dominionists who would have no problem with russian style fascist theocracy in the USA.
I'm not referring to real Christians.
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)2. They specifically mean
non coastal rural and uneducated white america... who think they are middle class but who are really borderline poor.
spooky3
(34,458 posts)4. Maybe--but white Trump voters actually have
Slightly higher than average incomes, according to several studies.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)3. They mean neither
They're talking low information nosepickers who'd sell our country out to Russia so they can get ahead of the 'other' guy.