Politics

Los Angeles Times Opinion

No matter what he said, his base was already locked and loaded and ready to vote for him — if they can figure out a way, because, after all, Trump has contended that most of the avenues for voting have been compromised. I'm guessing what Trump hopes is that his performance wooed the base-adjacent folks — the undecided but conservative voters who want to protect gun rights while also depriving themselves and everyone else of some degree of abortion rights. I can understand why he plays to those voters.