I don't think it's as much the msm as it would be the long bitter decades of watching "we'll fight for you!" after "we'll fight for you!" after "we'll fight for you!" candidate and politician trun out to be a knee crawling commie cocksucker, every damn time, that finally broke them years ago.

By the time Trump came into play, it was too late for a lot of the older folks. Their souls were beaten down so hard they just don't have it in them to do other than keep their heads down and try not to draw attention to themselves.