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Sep 28, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
1/ Dems are going about this tax story the wrong way. They really think working class white people like him bc they see him as a regular guy and talking about how he pays less than they do in taxes will flip them...bullshit...that was never why they liked him...(cont)..
2/ talking about working class folks paying more taxes in a month than he has for years won't matter. He and many others can write that off to him being 'smart enuf' to work the system. These white folks don't dislike the rich, they wish they could pull the same scams...(cont)..
3/ Instead, they should hammer at the fact that he's such a shit businessman that he lost (by his own admission) billions, year after year. He's a loser. A failure, even on his own terms. THAT will get under his skin and cause him to flail wildly, turning off all but his base...
4/ And it undermines the thing many Trump voters who aren't his base have said to justify their vote for him: "I like him bc he makes his own money and doesn't need this job, blah blah blah..." His base won't leave. Who cares. But this attack can kill him with everyone else.

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Those claiming we have to stick with Biden, OR that we should have an open convention are both wrong, for reasons that should be obvious but apparently aren't. A 🧵 to explain the way forward...
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3/ Not to mention, if you think Trump is most afraid of Biden you're not paying attention. Notice: a guy who instinctively gloats (he's a bully) largely remained restrained after the debate. Ask yourself WHY? He should have been yukking it up about "Sleepy Joe." He didn't...
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2/By attacking the press as fake whenever it doesn't parrot MAGA talking points, questioning election outcomes (even when they win, bc they didn't win by enough!), by attacking higher ed and scientific expertise, Trumpism seeks to cast doubt on every guardrail of democracy...
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3/ It's all just rage for rage's sake by people who've made protest into this hyper-individualistic, leaderless, strategy-less mess, where everyone chooses their own adventure because their own self expression is what matters rather than the goal for which one fights...
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