Confirmation Bias is a real thing , any politician can find statistics to support any policy, good or bad , essentially they can paint shit pink just stay on the look out for the stench, the "cashless policy" taught us as much.
You see how he didn't say "I'm a good leader ,the people appreciate that and will vote me back" rather he said "I'm a politician" with the verb "get rid" implying he's sth to discard ...
A large portion of our population were either bullies or bullied in school , and you think that doesn't have resounding effects well into adulthood? Those seeds grow ...