Politico reporter: Trump's base "getting stronger"

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

George Orwell, he/his/him

Politico reporter Tara Palmeri offered a stirring, emotional account of her recent assignment covering Trump supporters in Wyoming, in which she encountered near-unanimous disregard for the Covid-19 pandemic and some interview subjects refused to talk to her unless she removed her mask.

"I hate that they're so distrustful... It feels like another world, but that's what's on the ground, and I don't think we can ignore it. And I'm really happy I went out there and saw it because I think there's a huge disconnect right now between Washington and the rest of the country, and you know, Trump people don't want to hear anything against Trump. Actually, the more he stays out of the media, the more he becomes this martyr, this looming figure over the GOP. A lot of people said they aren't really Republicans, that they're, like, they're for Trump. That's it. And it's just — I think he's actually getting — I think the base is getting stronger. Truly".

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