This is such horseshit. https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1332128139238051844

Among the many reasons this is horseshit, this whole genre of liberal-scolding rests on the premise that the offended heartlanders are responding to what Dems actually say -- the intramural debates in which people like Dowd are involved. They're not!

By & large, Trump's base has no idea what Dems actually say or do. They are responding to a ludicrous caricature they see on RW media (& RW social media). They are responding to lies & conspiracy theories. Dems changing how they talk *won't change any of that*.

It's very weird how America's elite journalists/pundits/etc. wring their hands over "post-truth politics" & the problem of misinformation, but then turn around & treat the things voters do as a direct response to Dem "messaging." Voters rarely HEAR Dem messaging.

Because -- stop me if you've heard me say this a trillion times -- the RW has a giant propaganda machine that carries their messages directly to the ears (& id) of their voters. Dems lob messages out into the MSM & hope for the best.