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was people getting sick of being told that they were racist, sexist, big at homophobes, and Trump

responding by basically flipping everybody off. And the Republican base cheering, yeah, because we

were so sick of hearing over and over and over that we are terrible people. And that was reinst-it-it-was sort of reinforced all throughout the 2016 campaign.

For example, Hillary Clinton bringing out ads with Lena Dunham, who may have molested her sister,

but she was supposed to be this great Hollywood moral icon who was going to tell us all

about how we ought to think about issues like abortion.

And the DNC, replete with all sorts of stars and people cutting versions of fight song

with Elizabeth Banks and the stars of the pitch perfect movies.

And everybody in the middle of the country, really, that's your, your pitch to me in Ohio

is Lady Gaga.

That's your big pitch.

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