Jerome (06-02-2020), Phantasmal (06-03-2020), Tacomaman (06-02-2020)
Does that include Fox News now, or are they still the good guys? Just want to get the facts straight.
Around 90 journalists have been targeted since the protests began. In many cases they had clearly identified themselves to police and been attacked anyway, or arrested.
"Trump's demonization of the media for years has now come to fruition," said the secretary general of Reporters with Borders.
Your plan is working, Mr President!
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Jerome (06-02-2020), Phantasmal (06-03-2020), Tacomaman (06-02-2020)
Trump is an idiot.
Usually, presidents try to expand their bases. Trump thinks the haters and bigots outnumber the Dems. So he is being childishly confrontational.
Interesting perspective, and would normally fit, but I think Trump threw out all the standard understanding of traditional politics
I'd wager, as you said, he is counting on strengthening his base by escalating the hate while at the same time using the attacks to portray his opponent as evil and crooked, thereby creating the either/or supposed selection he did so well with in the last election. That way he can deflect from making the campaign about issues and policy, the failures of his tenure, and all about how corrupt Biden is as a candidate.
Demogoguery fits the strategdy perfectly, and with the aid of the right wing media endorsing Trump's hate, is his strategdy
"Law and order" became a powerful conservative theme in the U.S. in the 1960s. The leading proponents in the late 1960s were Republicans Ronald Reagan (as governor of California) and Richard Nixon (as presidential candidate in 1968). They used it to dissolve a liberal consensus about crime that involved federal court decisions and a push back against illegal drugs and violent gang activity. Richard Nixon in his political campaign to persuade both people who were tired of political assassinations as well as those who were concerned about increasing crimes. White ethnics in northern cities turned against the Democratic Party, blaming it for being soft on crime and rioters" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_and_order_(politics)
As I noted, Trump would love for the protests to continue endlessly, especially the looting, then he could play the law and order candidate, he is in no hurry to do anything to quiet the anger and unite Americans as past Presidents have done, in fact, when possible, he does his best to throw fuel on the fire
Well one thing is for sure, and this is that America's "Great Silent Majority" will roar on the 3rd of November this year. I predict they will deliver a landslide victory for "The Donald" just like they did in 1972 for Nixon when he won 49 out of the 50 states. That's what happens in the US, dude, when mobs of dirty, long-haired, soft-cock, Leftist scumbags with nose rings and "guaged" ears (like de Blasios' nut job, SJW daughter) go on the march in NYC screaming and yelling out their support for communism.
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Jesus christ, people are still dumb enough to trot out this canard? They swapped platforms with the republicans, dumbass. Now the GOP owns segregation, new Jim Crow, and disenfranchisement. You're the authoritarian fascists. Which fits perfectly with your biblical, apocalyptic view of the world. You all imagine yourselves surviving the end of the world, when in reality your group (old, sick, dumb) will be the first to die the most horrible deaths.
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