https://twitter.com/MysterySolvent/status/1351965595760259076?s=19
Maybe this is shitty of me, but I genuinely don't give the slightest shit. The argument that Trump and the GOP manipulated these people is weak at best; this conspiracy is one these freaks fabricated for themselves wholecloth on message boards, absolving them of that responsibility is dumb as fuck.
I feel sympathy for them in that they felt alienated and demoralized enough to hop onboard this reactionary cult of personality, but beyond that, yeah. "Manipulated" takes away their agency.