Matthew Dowd: Trump Base Will Stay with Him Because They Are ‘Fact Insensitive’

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DOWD: “It's not only a data problem that Donald Trump had, it's the majority of the American public and how they feel about their own finances and the economy in general in this. And that's the problem that Donald Trump has. His base will likely stay with him. They seem to believe, you know, whatever he says, whatever it is about. I think they're sort of fact insensitive in this, and so that won't matter to them. But the people that decided the election in 2024, based -- their primary reason why they decided the election was they were upset about the economy, upset about inflation. Those people today who swung to Donald Trump are more upset today about the economy and the inflation. And so Donald Trump can hold up as many charts as he wants, but when you're speaking past people's feelings, how they feel about the economy, you're in a big problem.”