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2d ago
This kind of mentality is why the right just lost Texas, South Carolina, and friggin' Mississippi.
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2d ago
I don't think Trump's record right now is worse than Bush in 2006 or Obama in 2010 or Biden in 2022. Voters clearly disagree?
There's a real air of unforced error that hangs about Trump. While the voters wanted to punish those previous presidents for failing to live up to their promises, I think they recognized on some level that those presidents were battling forces largely out of their control and trying their best.
With Trump, there's the sense that he kicked several hornet nests for absolutely no reason and he was the direct instigator of their current problems.
Plus while previous presidents may have made a few quiet deals here and there to set themselves up for a comfortable retirement, Trump and his family took things to completely unprecedented levels. Seriously the $100,000 subscription fee to view "Truths" faster? How is that even legal?
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3d ago
That soundbite is a rival politician's dream. Seriously giving Marie Antoinette vibes.
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3d ago
Running Newsom would be a huge mistake. The guy is like a caricature of a smarmy politician. They need Ossoff or Beshear.
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3d ago
Was MIssissippi on anyone's radar? I heard absolutely nothing about the Senate race there, and it's currently too close to call with the Democrat slightly ahead. If he wins, I think he'd be the first black man elected to statewide office since Reconstruction.
Trump himself already set the precedent by offering to cut everyone a $5000 cheque if they vote Repub.
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