It's a cope, and it follows the dynamic reactionary talk radio has been using for decades - get people riled up about the system in general, cool them off just enough to go vote Republican, and then leverage their having made that choice to rationalize why it was somehow justified. Rinse and repeat.
(I'm coming from a centrist libertarian position here, not a partisan one)
(I'm coming from a centrist libertarian position here, not a partisan one)