I must say, Ted Cruz making poorly executed memes while riding in the quiet car of the White Supremacist Express is pretty on brand for both him and 2020 https://t.co/cqWKxHFKs9— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 1, 2020
The phrasing reminded me of this post and threads about middle class Trump voters:
Wrote about the Trump Lifestyle Blog Voter — whose primary concern is maintaining the status quo and keeping "politics" out of her everyday online/offline world: https://t.co/cESzOwOfGJ— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) October 1, 2020
7/ For these women, all the other bullshit about Trump just doesn't *figure.* They ignore it the same way this blog ignores the "political." What they care about is preserving the status quo and their positioning within it — in terms of class, racial hierarchy, religion, etc— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) October 1, 2020
This is referenced in the piece, but I really recommending taking a look at this piece, which goes a long way to explaining how so many (white, middle class) people can adopt the posture that COVID & the recession are "over" https://t.co/kIqAXqmN3Q— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) October 1, 2020