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'You're blowing it': Trump's fans beg him to change course as polls show GOP slipping
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Hey Trump, it is a sign of weakness if you change course now.
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2024
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It would be weird if he changed course this late in the game.
I don't know how he could even change course without digging a deeper hole. There's no way he can possibly convince people that he's not an overtly racist nincompoop without saying something overtly racist and coming off sounding like a nincompoop. We've seen him try and try again
Problem isn’t convincing people that he’s racist. The problem is convincing people that it matters.
Everything about why people trump is “despite X or Y” thing or they at least say so because they know it’s socially punished to say “I’m super down with being a bigot.”
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I went against my better judgment and checked out /r/conservative yesterday. In the 2 threads about his “Harris isn’t black” comments everyone is panicking and it makes me very, very happy.
I like how they are finally beginning to realize their "super stable 11D chess playing genius" is actually one of the most dumbfuck politicians we've ever had. Something we all saw from day one. George Bush Jr. looks like a prodigy next to this guy.
It's like I never wanted to forgive the GOP for George then they went and pulled a trump. It all makes sense now. W was the creme of the crop when it comes to the GOP. Literally the best thing they had going for them was that shit head.
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delicious delusional con tears...
Were fucking Republicans. We freed the slaves. We forced through reconstruction. We were responsible for civil rights. We literally have the historical record to make these arguments to the face of these race obsessed garbage people.
LOL. I so laughed at this line. Some people are unbelievably clueless.
Republicans did that. Conservatives fought it every step of the way.
Republican in name only, or RINO. Republicans back then were the same as Democrats today in terms of policy which I find weird.
I know that. You know that. I'm not sure the dope you were quoting knows that.
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Notice that while they're posting on /r/conservative they don't use the word "conservative" in that sentence. Because then they'd have to say:
Were fucking ~~Republicans~~ conservatives. We ~~freed~~ fought for keeping the slaves. We ~~forced through~~ fought against reconstruction. We were ~~responsible for~~ against civil rights. We literally ~~have the historical record to make these arguments to the face of these race obsessed~~ are garbage people.
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Who cares what her heritage is? He needs to talk about how she sucks at her job and how badly it will go if she is president
Like what?
Nah bruh, your brain is just too liberal to understand why trickle down economics is actually great for the poors
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I haven't laughed that hard at conservatives in a long time, good times.
Thanks to this I went browsing through that sub. These people are openly blatantly calling for torture of detainees in Guantanamo.
I haven't visited that sub in years, mostly because it made me feel dumber.
But those comments are in weird contrast to what I used to see. I wonder if the veil is finally falling...that'd be wild.
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Well that was certainly eye opening, and not in a good way. Begs the question of how the party has ever been able to unite such a diverse group of delusional and hateful people with out the whole group completely thunder-doming themselves.
They have a uniting principle:
"We deserve to rule, being the heirs of privilege. The world is not fair, and we will keep it that way so that we can be on top."
Reactionaries see the democratization of rights as an assault on them; to them, rights are zero-sum. If someone else (especially a group they've coded as "evil") gets a right recognized, they see it as a personal affront.
One can see this streak throughout history for the reactionary right: freeing the slaves, ending Jim Crow, women's suffrage, same-sex marriage, etc.
I don't think it's even about ruling, it's about needing to feel superior to . . . someone. Decades ago there was a wonderful article titled something like "Who Are You Better Than?". It talked about how people who know they are not, and never will be, members of the ruling class desperately need groups of people they can comfortably point to as being "beneath them". As long as they aren't at the bottom they can feel good about themselves.
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Best part about all this:
I know who the racists are in my community when they plop a Trump sign in their yard.
Also the worst part, because there are so damn many of them.
1 would be too many, but they're still the minority. they can only win if Dem turnout is low.
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No, no, you're doing great! Keep making a big deal about her ethnicity, you've almost got all the black voters convinced to stay home!
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I thought you were smarter than that but you’re acting like a dumbass.
The rest of us caught on 8 years ago.
They saw what they wanted to see.
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They are begging him to focus on policy.
Oh you sweet summer children, Trump never had any policy. If he tries to focus on it it will just further show he's all bluster no substance.
Yes, should focus more on P2025 policy and how it will be implemented. That will win over a lot of people.
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Trump, please do three months of denying Kamala is even American. Make campaigns great again or something. Stay the course.
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"Trump's fans beg him to change course."
Sure, Jan. You wouldn't BE his fans if he wasn't exactly the thing he is every single day.
Anyway, is this really the thing that's a step too far? Is this the worst thing he's ever done on camera? It isn't.
It just feels worse this time because you can feel that Kamala Harris is going to beat him.
Anyway, is this really the thing that’s a step too far? Is this the worst thing he’s ever done on camera? It isn’t.
Howard Dean's political career ended because of a random scream of enthusiasm. Jeb Bush said "Please Clap."
Remember, we're talking about what the "final straw" is that broke the camel's back. The final straw may not necessarily be the heaviest one. Just the last one.
If the game is tied in the 4th quarter and your QB got picked off for the 3rd time in a row, don't be surprised when even the rest of the team starts telling the coach it may be time to bench him. It's exactly what just happened to Biden.
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Nah. He should keep doubling down. I'm sure that won't backfire. /s
I mean, he’s a weird fucking loser
You need to focus on policy.
When has he ever done that? His magnum opus was crooked Hillary and lock her up.
Do they not know that he is mostly about slogans and talking shit?
He's always focused on policy. This is him focused on policy. His policy is "whatever Trump decides is best for Trump at any given moment," and he's so dedicated to it that he got the GOP to write it into their platform.
Why do websites think that "turning off my ad-blocker" or "paying for a subscription" are my only two options?
It's the internet. The option to x out of there and go read almost the exact same article elsewhere is always a third option.
Demands only work when you have content no one else does.
I especially like how they've always loaded the full page in the background behind their popup with their little ultimatum. So they've already paid the costs in bandwidth and resources to serve up the page anyway, only for me to just close the tab on them.
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That dumbfuck can’t back off. He’s unable.
Weirdest part is people being surprised...
They still don't get how much Joe was holding the party back. Anyone else would have seen these same gains
Sadly being good at governing doesn't mean being good at running in an election.
I was hoping that people could see trump presidency vs Biden presidency and see the difference, but it looks like that's not enough.
Having said that, I hope Kamala will be as good or even better than Biden in governing.
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Imagine all these people thinking Trump will read their tweets and take their advice
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Focusing in policy would tank him.
His whole appeal is that he has no coherent ideology, so you can project whatever views you have onto him.
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Trump will interpret this as "time to double down!"
Uuh. Every conservative I know irl can't stop boasting about how hard Trump is kicking Biden and Harris's ass
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