Exactly this. Guy with no real track record to speak of is suddenly a huge rock star in his political party. LARPs as a Mexican to get that Minority Privilege, young-ish, being compared to Kennedy, dumbass young voters swoon over the empty suit that he is. There must be some kind of Clown Psychological tricks to manipulate the weak minded that many of us here are just not affected by.
This meme sums up how I was redpilled.
My transformation was more of a "Ron Paul to Pinochet" kind of thing.
Yep… Hussein came out of nowhere to get elected Senator and delivered a major speech at the DNC Convention that year. Lots of media and NPC swooning.