The substantive importance of Trump's Kansas City error is extremely minor. The importance, rather, lies in the willingness of his supporters to defend Trump regardless. jonathanchait writes
Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City, Missouri. Photo: Jason Hanna/Getty Images Before 10:21 p.m. Sunday evening, Americans of all political persuasions agreed — or, at least, did not seriously dispute — that the Kansas City Chiefs football team is located in Missouri. But then President Trump tweeted his congratulations to the team for having “represented the Great State of Kansas.”
Obviously, there is also a city in Kansas called Kansas City. But the Kansas City Chiefs are not located there. They are located in nearby Kansas City, Missouri. Just go to the stadium, or visit its internet home page. There’s really no factual dispute here. The importance, rather, lies in the willingness of his supporters to defend Trump regardless. Trump has taken the long, deep tradition of anti-intellectualism running through the American right and elevated it to almost cultlike status. Trump has created a hierarchy in which loyalty is determined by willingness to defend even his most absurd lies.
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