Molly Jong-Fast: Republican Base Wants Deranged Trump Tweets

‘When people tell you who they are believe them’

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JONG-FAST: "Yeah, I mean, look, this is what the base wants, these deranged tweets that have all-caps in weird places and make the case that it's somehow — you know, there was election interference. I mean, this is what the base wants. I think that — I think I continue to believe that when you bring this message to mainstream voters, to swing voters, that they are not going to be moved by this the same way that they might have. I think in 2016, they really do believe that he was able to sort of come from nowhere and I think got a lot of credit for being a little bit less insane than he really was because people — he was totally untested and had no track record. Now, fast-forward, he has a track record. We know what he is. When people tell you who they are, believe them."

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