MSNBC nails it when wondering about Trump and his supporters. Hint: The Leftouts know they are in trouble.

The Trump Fever Never Breaks

I once asked a man heading into a rally why he supported Donald Trump.
“Because he is going to build a wall,” the man said.
“What if he doesn’t?” I countered.
“I trust his judgment,” the man said.
They trusted his judgment and on Election Day they trusted Mr. Trump more than they trusted any of us. That’s why when members of the media pronounced his candidacy dead, his supporters knew the opposite was true. It was never more alive.

Maybe that has changed. I don’t know. Nobody does. The building blocks of political life are too complex to predict, too unstable to rely on. But I do know what political devotion looks like, and I do know what happens when you choose to discount it.

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