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The story was 2015, not 2012, so Trump supporters definitely existed. And Trump wouldn't be speaking to his base in 2017 about "bringing back Christmas" if that wasn't an issue that had existed long before him.

If we're even less lazy, we can click through to more 2015 articles, such as this other Fox one https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/not-everyone-thinks-starb... which does the "both sides" thing in a nice convenient not-just-an-example-from-Arizona-dude way:

> An article posted to Breitbart London even called the plain red cups part of the “War on Christmas.”

> “This is a denial of historical reality and the great Christian heritage behind the American Dream that has so benefitted Starbucks," wrote Andrea Williams of the U.K.'s Christian Concern.

> But not all Christian groups feel the same way. Paul Batura, vice president of communications at Focus on the Family, said snowflakes and carolers are not symbols of Christmas.

> "I wonder if we’re not overthinking or overanalyzing this,” he said. “Christmas isn’t found in a cup or in a snowflake. Instead, it’s found in the hearts and minds of those of us who believe that God sent His only son to earth in the form of an innocent, helpless baby."

Growing up in evangelical media, these aren't caricatures.



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