Nemo, no disrespect, but that is some of the strangest logic I’ve ever heard. Trump voters are sheep, yes, but only for their “shepherd” (Trump, or, at least, the GOP.) You think they would dutifully and blindly obey the orders of the woman they consider utterly wretched and corrupt?
It’s nothing of the sort. It’s an accurate explication of my assessment of reality.
To recap: I expressed doubt about something, your actual opinion is in no way a refutation of that doubt, but you chafed at my having supposedly spoken for you when I did no such thing. Got it.
If HRC was president, they wouldn’t wear masks because she told them to, they would wear them because medical experts (and common sense) told them to. Nobody of any significance would be telling them not to and adherence or disregard for basic public health policy wouldn’t be a political statement.
You really don’t think there’d be conspiracy videos floating around, or celebrities saying it’s a hoax? There wouldn’t be people who simply don’t like masks, especially in the heat, who would jump on any excuse not to wear them? I vehemently disagree.
You’re getting the direction of causality reversed here. Trump has never outright said this. He has always been lukewarm and inconsistent about masks, including recommending their wearing several times, mainly because he knew that right wing radio/social media/YouTube was really against masks and he didn’t want to push back against them too hard.
I don’t accept as a given that Hillary Clinton would support mask wearing if it was an unpopular issue. This is an election year. She wouldn’t have done all the stupid things that Trump did but she would be no different than him in making re-election her highest priority.
You’re missing the point. They wouldn’t be wearing masks because Hillary Clinton was telling them to. They would be wearing masks because there wouldn’t be anybody telling them they should refuse to wear masks.
Even Moscow McConnell appeared with a mask letting others know this issue should be above politics. Sure, there would had been yahoos in the right screaming against masks, but they would be less important.