Katie Couric is still around and still some kind of media personality, although I can’t name any news/TV credits for her these days. It’s been a while since she’s had a job on TV or streaming, which basically means she’s semi-retired. For some reason, Couric decided to go on Bill Maher’s dumb new pod, Club Random. Maher has become such a redpilled Islamophobic bigoted idiot, I don’t know how sensible people can even stand talking to him. In any case, Couric went on his show and she ended up looking reasonable and intelligent compared to Maher. A broken clock, etc, but she actually had a pretty astute observation on what drives Donald Trump’s MAGA cult supporters. This is what she said, which has made the MAGA cult cry:
“It has never been such a stark divide. I feel like, to your point, Bill, that socioeconomic disparities are a lot, and class resentment is a lot, and anti-intellectualism and elitism is what is driving many of these anti-establishment, which are Trump voters, the anti-establishment voters.
“I think that is a huge problem that we have to address. Globalization and the transition from an industrial to a technological society. I don’t know if you’ve ever been jealous of what someone else has or resentful. It is such a corroding and bitter, almost vile feeling. I think that when people who are really struggling see people who have everything and are on top of that looking down on them. It is just a recipe for such anger and resentment and grievance.
Couric also pushed back on Maher’s nonsense about how Trump is “killing it” during his Nazi speeches and townhalls, saying: “He’s not a stand-up comedian.” Maher continued to defend Trump voters and try to understand why they are the way they are and once again, Couric came across as pretty reasonable.
Now, all that being said, Couric falls into the same media-driven trope that Trump “appeals” to the working class or poor people or solely low-information voters. While Trump has plenty of dumb supporters and plenty of low-income supporters, he also has educated and wealthy people supporting him too. That’s what Couric means about the bitterness shared across the MAGA spectrum though – these people are mean, angry, hateful and resentful. That’s what unites them behind this f–king loser. Trump is their pathetic loser North Star.
Katie Couric thinks Trump voters don’t support globalism because they are jealous. pic.twitter.com/YcD18mBfgn
— Mythinformed (@MythinformedMKE) April 15, 2024
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