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Not the voters though.
That's the part that's wild.
Many Republicans have cable, and probably even complained in the past about being ripped off with something related to their cable (no one I know loves to complain about losing money more than the Republicans I know).
And yet they vote for people that actively try to prevent that pain from going away.
It's like they are all masochists voting in as extreme sadists as possible so their representatives will hurt them more.
"Ohhh Daddy, tie up the FCC and spank me with more monopolistic cable fees."
For the last 40 years or so, Republican voters have mostly been single-issue voters. They care very passionately about one thing, and will let almost anything else slide as a result. Being in favor of cable fees doesn't matter as long as they're anti-abortion. Being in favor of cutting social welfare programs that those very voters rely upon is fine as long as they're anti-trans.
For the most part, each voter only cares about one or two specific things, and the whole picture doesn't really matter to them.
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
-LBJ
They only engage with right wing media which is tailored to spin or ignores stuff like this.
This is the main thing. They will never hear about this because the media they consume will never tell them about it.
They don't like paying the fee, but they're willing to take one for the team as long as they know that it hurts poor people more.
Because being able to cancel cable TV service without paying a fee is "socialism".
The voters will support whatever they're told to.