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I'm old enough to be very, very tired of waiting for conservatives to realize they were dumb after the fact.
It's getting old.
And here's the thing I can say with certainty because this is a reoccurring thing. They aren't going to learn from this experience. Assuming we can still vote in 4 years, we'll slingshot back to Democrat leadership, but after that conservatives will be right back where they are now. Ready and willing to vote for the next grifting authoritarian.
Do I believe this? I do not. I believe the people who didn't like him before are turning up to these events. Why would happy Republicans come? They're washing in lib tears, enjoying seeing what they always wanted realized.
That shit is what they're posting on Facebook. That's what they're thinking.
There's a lot of different people who vote for Trump.
In blue states, to like Trump you probably need to be drinking the kool aid to some degree. But in red states, there's a lot of low-info voters who are just voting how their friends and relatives votes. Until it affects them.
"Two things can be true at the same time."
Even if people can't agree on who's lying about what, we can definitely agree that there's one and only one sitting president on our lifetime who has called himself a king.
They love it though. They called him "God-Emperor" over at The Donald.
I've been calling him "God-King" for years ... ironically, to shed light on the cult nature of MAGA ...
I do not like this timeline.
It's prob a Russian sponsored account. Telling you , decapitate Russia and all this shit crawls back under a rock.
Which would be more impactful? Trump losing Putin or Putin losing Trump? Both are running a few inches ahead of a steamroller and any major breakdown of their grand plan is likely to trigger their collapse.
Maybe the original, but the guy who posted it is a friend of mine. Insane friend, but a friend.
decapitate Russia
We can't. The party in control, and virtually all their constituents, are cucked by Russia.
Lied about Epstein? What?
They're all wrong, but that one is so crazy.
Killing himself, presumably.
I always figured it would be Trump catching a bullet, but you know what, It's going to be a rep at a local event. Trump only loves Trump. He's been like this for 70+ years. However you didn't expect your reps to just go along with this craziness. Like we all agreed in the 70s that the Russian government was shit. Now we have half of the U.S. government just taking it from Russia.
Trump is well-protected compared to the lower-echelon fascists. Anyone seeking to create propaganda of the deed will probably look for a softer target and a bigger attack surface.
Here a video of one this weekend. Yucca Valley is a city where you’ll see Trump flags often.
Any non tik tok source?
There’s a reddit link too but I think it’s the same video.
Please send I don’t have tiktok and the video doesn’t let me llay without the app.
Bernie is getting thousands of GOP voters at his anti-Oligarchy stops. It's not a hint, it's a fucking massive revolt in their base.
bernie is the only one that could rally R supporters, myabe the more moderate ones, that none of the dems could.
Pete Buttigieg was the only guy in the Biden admin going on Fox News and decimating then with facts. We need more of that.
the DNC at large, election strategy, is "hoping enough people get mad enough at REPUBLICANS just elect some of us, doesnt need to be all the positions, or even the presidency." iit doesnt look like its working anymore, since the gop/billionaires figured out the DEMS are doing that, so they went hard into bigotry, which is what thier supporters like, and it works, because r voters(maga ones) are total idiots and wouldnt look further in thier policy and the gop is probably thinking,it cant be this easy.
thats why the DNC does the bare minimum.
During the 2016 run Trump was recorded saying that Bernie was the only thing he was afraid of. Even he knew Bernie could win.
Right up until Election Day when they pull a Susan Collins
Literally doesn't matter if they don't turn up and vote. Just sayin'
Who did you vote for?
There’s a lot of Republican/Trump voters that just want politicians who at least sound like they want to represent them and “fix the government.” Do that and they’ll vote for you.
Democrats since Obama have failed to convincingly do that simple thing.
Meanwhile, Republicans lie that they’ll help them and get elected. They inevitably don’t help them and blame liberals/immigrants/trans etc.
If enough Democrats would follow Bernie’s lead, they would win, handily.
If enough Democrats would follow Bernie’s lead, they would win, handily.
"Best we can do is blackball Bernie while also plagiarizing his platform."
-DNC
Exactly and frankly it is time to primary the corporate Democrats who do nothing, the corporations showed us they are actually for what trump does. We need more people like Bernie, like AOC, like Warren, people that actually want things to improve for average people.
Also we need more younger people who would fight https://runforsomething.net/
In red districts, primary the Republicans for twice the effectiveness. Let's be real the GOP is where the power is anyway. Kick the corporations out of the GOP and make them deal with being represented by weak democrats for a change.
The bigger problem is the latter of your comment. Republicans have no issues with lying about everything, and promising undeliverable things. It's unconscionable, but they know these people never leave their lesson and continue voting against their own interests as long as they can concoct this fascist "US v Them" narrative.
Democrats have been there out spouting the truth of the situation, but that's not enough. They need demonstrable proof to illustrate their points, and this is that. If there isn't a massive shift in voters because of this fucking mess, nothing is going to do it. Sanders and AOC are on the right track, and we need more of that. Go to where they are and talk to them. Illustrate the points and what is going to happen if they don't switch their votes.
I'll believe this backlash matters when Republicans in Congress start doing the simple things to ensure that President Musk and First Lady Trump abide by the law. Until then, I will assume every Republican is 100% on board with screwing their constituents.
Would be nice if the Democrat politicians could pull their proverbial fingers out and start soaking up en masse. Seems like right now only a few have really stepped up. This is their chance to redefine themselves to be useful activists.
Failing that, a new and very vocal movement/party to actively oppose the GOP needs to emerge. (Though I am fully aware of how difficult it is for new party's to emerge in the American political system.)
They're waiting to see if it stops without them doing anything. That's the best scenario for them.