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Does anyone even remember Trump pre-2015? The guy was a joke and his show on tv sucked ass and all his brands failed. (hexbear.net)

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How did he fool the hogs so good or did boater kulaks just never watch the apprentice or see E! News before?

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In addition to the other reasons mentioned, the media platformed him every chance they got. He was great for ratings and a good excuse for ignoring Bernie. He got an obscene amount of free coverage.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

that was explicitly the strategy of the Clinton campaign. pied piper. email leaks confirmed that later. they figured if they could get a clown as the republican nomination it would be easy for Hillary to win.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. Fun fact: Nixon did something similar with George Wallace.

Oh, and reminder, Donald Trump didn't announce his run until June 16, 2015.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

If iirc the Republicans messed with the Democrats primaries and tricked them into choosing Mcgovern because he was the weakest Democrat candidate. Wallace was a huge POS who ended up getting shot in the neck later on.