Michael Moore blames ‘dumbed-down electorate’ for Trump

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Michael Moore thinks Donald Trump owes his presidency to a “dumbed-down” electorate.

The filmmaker blamed dumb people for Trump’s win over Hillary Clinton in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter that was published Wednesday. “Trump is our Frankenstein, and we are Dr. Frankenstein,” said Moore. “We have helped to create a situation that has allowed us to end up with Trump. The dumbing down of our society through the media, the lack of education through poor schools, allows for a dumbed-down electorate, and for him to be able to actually get 63 million votes.”

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