Why do some people assume that ardent Trump supporters are uneducated, low-IQ neanderthals?

Because it’s true. Here are some of the things Republicans have said about issues that impact our quality of life and standard of living. At worst their comments are callous and cold. At best their words are beyond ignorant and are just plain dumb or incoherent.

Minimum Wage: http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax...

"I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways," Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said about the minimum wage, according to Think Progress.

HPV vaccine will make you retarded according to Michelle Bachmann: Bachmann claims HPV vaccine might cause ‘mental retardation’

“There’s a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. She said her daughter was given that vaccine,” Bachmann said on Fox News. “She told me her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result. There are very dangerous consequences.”

Some Conservatives want to legalize the execution of gay people: California lawyer seeks to put 'shoot the gays' proposal on 2016 ballot

Matt McLaughlin, an attorney in Huntington Beach, California, filed paperwork to bring his proposal, which would sanction the killing of gay and lesbian residents on the basis of their sexuality, before voters in November 2016.

Climate Change Denial: Here's All The Nonsense 2016 Republicans Have Spouted About Climate Change

“Climate change is not science. It’s religion.” — Ted Cruz October 2015

Conspiracy Theories Like Jade Helm 15: Gov. Greg Abbott speaks about Jade Helm concerns

After Gov. Greg Abbott [Republican governor of Texas] pushed back Monday against criticism of his request that the State Guard monitor a U.S. military training exercise — one some believe is a government conspiracy [by Obama] to launch a hostile takeover of Texas…

Ben Carson on Egyptian pyramids (not bad, just dumb): 20 Dumbest Things Republican Candidates Said in 2015

“The pyramids were made in a way that they had hermetically sealed compartments.... You would need that if you were trying to preserve grain for a long period of time." -Ben Carson, on the Egyptian pyramids

Last, but not least, here is a speech given by Donald Trump at one of his political rallies. Can you tell WTF he’s talking about???

“Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, okay, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, okay, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right — who would have thought?), but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.”

All of these people represent a slice of who Trump is and how he thinks. He’s part of “Crazy Town”, and you helped elect him.