Republicans are really good at making one or two Democrats into a giant lightning rod to hate on. Some of that hate is deserved. But its often just Ben Garrison tier "This FEMALE legislator is UGLY and EVIL and STUPID" superficial smearing.
Hillary was a great instance of this. People spent decades ranting about her clothing, the tone of her voice, and various Pizza-gate tier conspiracies. If you asked what Hillary did in Haiti, maybe one in ten people would know what you were talking about. And voters who hated her the most inevitably knew the least.
In some sense, it lets folks like Hillary get away with murder precisely because "Buttery Males!" dominates the minds of the public, rather than her shitty attempt at health care reform in the 90s or her disastrous State Department lead effort to topple Libya.
Republicans are really good at making one or two Democrats into a giant lightning rod to hate on. Some of that hate is deserved. But its often just Ben Garrison tier "This FEMALE legislator is UGLY and EVIL and STUPID" superficial smearing.
Hillary was a great instance of this. People spent decades ranting about her clothing, the tone of her voice, and various Pizza-gate tier conspiracies. If you asked what Hillary did in Haiti, maybe one in ten people would know what you were talking about. And voters who hated her the most inevitably knew the least.
In some sense, it lets folks like Hillary get away with murder precisely because "Buttery Males!" dominates the minds of the public, rather than her shitty attempt at health care reform in the 90s or her disastrous State Department lead effort to topple Libya.