About the term “astroturf”on todays show, it refers to grassroots.

Grassroots definition:

Noun

People at a local or low level rather than at the center or upper levels of an organization or movement. Often used with the.

The lowest or most basic level of an organization or movement.

adjective:

Of, or relating to people or society at the local level; of the grass roots.

Of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group.

Fundamental.

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