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It is pretty funny since the media wanted this little shit show badly for the money. Oopsies
I've said this before, but a NYT reporter said exactly that during trump's first term. He said that he would rather have trump than anyone else because people want to read about him.
The media did it's job. Any objective mind would have read about the pussy grabbing and the promise to have Mexico build the Wall and voted against Donnie.
It's like blaming the people who make swimwear for people intentionally drowning themselves.
The media has a shit ton of power. I post every weekday the politics and finding real news is next to impossible. They are not doing its actual job, that's the problem.
Edit: I should say, mostly the headline creators aren't doing their job. Usually the real articles are hidden under a vague, water-downed headline.