Trump has been trying for months.
That’s really all McConnell and pals care about.
They don’t care about controlling the virus. They can’t care about saving lives.
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Their miscalculation with white suburban women is not surprising given the fact that they are isolated in an echo chamber.
cnn.com/2020/07/17/pol…
It was a stupid calculation.
I suggest he stupidly thinks that the Oregon Mayhem will improve his election chances.
It's about his campaign agenda.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cuccine…
He's good at fooling people into thinking he’s something he isn’t: Successful businessman. Strongman.
The con keeps his base behind him.
It also keeps everyone else in a panic, which reinforces the strongman image.
If his base thinks about the virus, they might lose faith in him.
He wants the story to be about protestors, not Covid ⤵️
The con works with a segment of people. Trump is in an echo chamber and listens only to those people.
It also further exposes the hollow hypocrisy of the “states’ rights / federalism” people.
(I'm glad to have the hypocrisy exposed.)
I only know this will not be the last time Trump violates the law and find a way to keep his base cheering.
This crisis will end when Trump moves the spotlight to the next act in the Trump Mayhem Circus.
I understand that's about a million years away in Trump time.
People are asking me what they can do, in addition to working on the election.
I have some other ideas here⤵️
terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
(Writing the words ‘the late John Lewis’ brings tears).
John Lewis knew it would never be easy.
For many voters, this means the "dangerous enemy" are sons, daughters, friends, etc.
Trump runs into trouble because the truth keeps coming out and enough people have access to the truth.
Ukraine never launched the investigation.
The operation failed because people inside came forward.
nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/…
h/t @mjf_dfw
Now this:
Someone leaked that memo to the NYT.
(I said I was finished, then continued on 😂.)
They believe (and Fox repeats) that Trump will protect their "way of life."
They understand what that's code for . . .
Now Trump says that if Biden is president, he will destroy the "suburbs." Trump has a 1950s idea of "suburbs" (think "white flight.")
This is why they're more afraid of BLM than the virus . . .
cnn.com/2020/07/16/pol…