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ELI5 How did all these MAGA people get voted into congress? What did they promise they would do? and have they done it? (self.explainlikeimfive)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

That type of candidate my or may not have any coherent platform. Even more than for a normal politician, it's about pandering to people's identity. They also have the advantage that they can lie about what they've done, and then just cover those lies with more lies and misdirections if called out.

In normal times people aren't totally fooled by that, but it has been working very well in the US (and to a degree Canada), lately.