Guno צְבִי (07-22-2019), Phantasmal (07-22-2019)
" Trump made himself and The Squad of progressive freshmen Democrats the center of attention, none of it was good for the president."
"First, it’s increasingly clear that there wasn’t much of an active strategy to it. Instead, Trump simply tweeted in anger in response to a Fox and Friends segment"
"Second, insofar as there was a strategy in mind, it was to force the caucus to align itself more closely with the Squad, under the theory that the Squad would hurt Democrats. There is actually very little to indicate that Squad’s policies are unpopular in key states and districts. Instead, it has far more to do with the fact that they are smart, energetic young women of color in Congress who tend to terrify the mostly older white conservatives who make up Trump’s base. Trump is playing identity politics with his shrinking whitewashed base"
"Third, it was an incredibly unpopular rant that will have lost him more voters than he gained. A new CBS poll shows that 60% of Americans disagree with his comments. He may have managed to further polarize the electorate and solidify Republicans, but at the expense of driving away even more independents and Democrats"
"Finally, it’s not as if the distraction will have bought the Republicans anything useful. Trump only did himself long-term damage in the hopes of affecting a media narrative that still promises to be incredibly damaging. It also does continuing harm to the Republican Party’s ability to function as a viable national political entity as Millennials as non-whites become increasingly dominant in the electorate."
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/0...p-it-hurt-him/
Trump didn't do himself any favors, and today, Monday, it looks like he is determine to continue down the same path, the GOP is at some point going to pay for their Faustian deal
Guno צְבִי (07-22-2019), Phantasmal (07-22-2019)
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