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"Well, they did sign up for this actually." Trump on voters concern for higher living costs (lemmy.ml)

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When ABC News' Terry Moran asked Pres. Donald Trump to respond to voters who may be concerned that rising costs are not what they "signed up for," Trump responded: "Well, they did sign up for this actually."

https://xcancel.com/ABC/status/1917379788408312308

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[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

this has gone way beyond anything that can be explained by political partisanship alone

I think you underestimate how strongly partisanship and loyalty to a leader can work. It's a smaller-scale version of "my country, right or wrong," or akin to booing the ref for a call against your team even when it's an obvious one.