Hartmann: Trump voters are stooges

Granted I'm a bit more offensive, calling them Twitiots because they blindly follow Twitler. But Thom's argument is pretty much the same. Yes, we should have compassion for them as human beings and do what we can to help their lives. Which is of course exactly what progressive policies do. But at the same time we must call them out for their reckless and harmful behavior that is leading to the degeneration of an entire generation. Thom:

 "They claim to be America’s best patriots. They’re wrong, and tragically deluded. In fact, they’re sad-sack stooges for rightwing billionaires who don’t want their polluting businesses regulated or their taxes raised. 

"They’re gullible patsies of hustlers claiming religion inspires them while fleecing their congregations to buy a new private jet and a new mansion in Hawaii.  

"They’re sexually insecure men being played as marks by the NRA and the weapons industry, who tell them that by strapping AR15 prosthetic penises across their backs they seem masculine.

"They’re grown-up elementary school bullies who turned to violence as children to conceal their inability to keep up in the classroom and now do the same when they don’t understand basic science.

"They’re pathetic men who’ve spent their lives yelling, 'Hey, baby!' at women and wondering why none ever walk up and offer themselves for a quickie.

"They’re white chumps who’re convinced they’re genetically superior to everybody else and are terribly confused when they see really smart nonwhite people on TV or in politics.

"They’re useful idiots of foreign autocrats and oligarchs who send millions of trolls and fake news across social media daily because a functioning American democracy is a threat to their own wealth, power and appearance of legitimacy.

"They’re dupes for billionaire media families and their TV and radio hosts who’re laughing all the way to the bank as they crank the outrage machine harder and harder to keep their suckers glued to the dial."