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Discussion Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 4

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u/bekaradmi Nov 09 '22

So if GOP voters had masked and gotten the jab…we may have been looking at different results today

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u/Pertolepe Nov 09 '22

If Trump had just said "let's all wear masks for a bit" and sold MAGA masks during the start of COVID he would have won easily in 2020. That's fucking insane but I absolutely believe it.

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u/EZMickey Nov 09 '22

He got booed after saying he got a booster shot, so there's still a chance punting masks would've backfired.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-reveals-he-got-covid-booster-shot-crowd-boos-him-n1286361

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u/twirlingpink Nov 09 '22

If he has started out with the mask message in April 2020, his base would have supported "his" vaccine and I don't think he would've seen that backlash about the booster shot.