Thats my point though, his base does matter because those buying the shit he and the GOP shovel are the ones voting in 2018 and 2020. Doesn't matter how many L's he takes and how much we may enjoy seeing them take the L's. We weren't ever going to vote for them anyways. What matters is they are still in office and will continue to fuck over everyone as long as they keep getting voted in. I would have sworn at one point years ago the GOP would have never accepted allegations of being tied to being Russian puppets. Now they are defending the shit and actively trying to cover it up. This feels like some absurd alternative reality. People have adopted their politics as part of their identity now which makes objective reasoning of these situations harder as they feel any attack against the GOP and Trump as a personal attack on themselves. It boils down to this, are they going to be more upset about Obamacare failing and blame the dems (as the people in power you know the GOP will push that narrative every chance they get) or are they going to remember today a year and a half from now when going to vote in midterms?
I guess i'm losing faith in the general publics ability at common sense reasoning skills. The only thing that seems to sway voters is when they are personally effected by something. And even then it seems people are willing to believe completely made up narratives to avoid blaming their party lines.
