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There's someone I follow on IG who might be a good example of a MAGA fitness guy. He's never hawked vitamins or supplements, he works a union job, and he supports environmental protection (though it's unclear how much of a role he thinks the government should have in that, or if he understands how much the government is needed in that). So theoretically, he should be a winnable voter for Democrats. But he's also complained that Democrats want too much government regulation (not sure how that jives with his support for environmental protection, but nobody ever said that American voters were consistent). And he appears to legitimately believe Trump when Trump claimed he wouldn't interfere with abortion rights in states where it's legal.

And unfortunately for us, this guy lives in Pennsylvania, and in a hotly contested swing district there as well. So his vote really has an impact.

Way too many Americans have this massive disconnect where they want things to happen, but they don't understand that government rules and regulations are the only way to actually make those things happen.

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