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Originally Posted by grizy
0% Trump knew who Gorusch was. 100% someone just told him picking Gorusch would make deplorables happy.
I'd bet if we polled a large sample of deplorables and asked them to name Trump's SCOTUS pick, way less than half would be able to name Gorsuch. All they know is that if Trump picked him, then that's good enough for them. Gorsuch didn't make them happy per se.
Deplorables are just happy that Trump is the pres. Just like he could shoot people and wouldn't lose support, he absolutely could nominate a liberal judge and deplorables would still vote for him. If the nominee was liberal but a white male, they wouldn't even blink. Many would believe that any reporting that the nominee was liberal was just fake news attempting to discredit Trump.
Trump would, of course, never do it. And even if he did, Senate wouldn't confirm. The point is that the deplorable base doesn't really care who the nominee is. All they care about is that Trump picks. And since Trump is infallible, the specific person chosen is irrelevant to them.