The Political Genius Behind Trump’s SOTU Theatrics

[mystery-ak]

The Political Genius Behind Trump’s SOTU Theatrics

The ranks of President Trump’s supporters are swelling with former Democrats, with independents, with blacks and Hispanics, and with former nonvoters. He has earned their trust and their enthusiasm through bona fide real-life achievements.

Karin McQuillan
- February 6th, 2020


President Trump’s political genius was on display in his 2020 State of the Union address on Tuesday, as much as were his many achievements from his first three years.

As the president began to roll out his introductions of guests in the gallery, with each one, he was doing a three-for-one. No person with a heart remained dry-eyed. The stories and the dramas were electrifying moments for normal people watching and sharing the guests’ sorrow, joy, pride, hope, and desire for justice.

These guests also conveyed a political meaning—an in your face challenge to the Democrats on key policy conflicts such as homelessness, abortion, school choice, honoring those who sacrifice for our safety and freedom, borders, and sanctuary cities. Trump was going for the hot-button issues, not by debating, but by showing their human face.

Each real-time drama demonstrated how the president delivers for real people, individual people.

Lastly, the pathos associated with each guest was paired on camera with the stony-faced Democrats unwilling to applaud. They didn’t applaud for all the great statistics showing the lowest black unemployment and lowest black poverty in history. They didn’t applaud Charles McGee, the 100-year-old World War II veteran and Tuskegee airman who President Trump announced he had honored earlier in the day with a promotion to brigadier general.

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[catfish1957]

Add acquittal, the IA fiasco, Biden's crash and burn, and Warren's hostile workplace law suit......

Dims aren't having such a good week.

[PeteS in CA]

Each of those moments forced a two-way choice on Dems: behave like decent human beings in moments Trump set up; behave like A-Holes. The Dems did what they are.

[dfwgator]

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

And Trump has emerged from this stronger.  He is now truly looking like a leader, who is standing firm against all the adversity directed against him.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

And Trump has emerged from this stronger.  He is now truly looking like a leader, who is standing firm against all the adversity directed against him.

I do hope he uses his second term in office to locate and groom his replacement who shares most of his values (the good ones).

[Cyber Liberty]

I wonder.  Was Fox the only network to pan the audience for response to the good lines in the speech?

[sneakypete]

I wonder.  Was Fox the only network to pan the audience for response to the good lines in the speech?

@Cyber Liberty

Nope! I happened to be watching it on some other channel that just happened to be on when I turned my tv on,and I saw the same things you did.

FWIW,I think it was either ABC or PBS.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I wonder.  Was Fox the only network to pan the audience for response to the good lines in the speech?

The House (and the Senate) control video broadcasting of committee meetings and floor activities and events @Cyber Liberty   C-Span (the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) currently provides the broadcasting feeds for the private networks and online streaming.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

And Trump has emerged from this stronger.  He is now truly looking like a leader, who is standing firm against all the adversity directed against him.

Agree ... and I would add one edit "who is standing firm against all the adversity directed against him and us"

@dfwgator

[Cyber Liberty]

The House (and the Senate) control video broadcasting of committee meetings and floor activities and events @Cyber Liberty   C-Span (the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) currently provides the broadcasting feeds for the private networks and online streaming.

Good to know!  I'm glad everybody got a good look at the Rats in the audience.  To me, that reaction is as important as the speech itself, and everybody watching got to see them snub the President, and his supporters.

[sneakypete]

Good to know!  I'm glad everybody got a good look at the Rats in the audience.  To me, that reaction is as important as the speech itself, and everybody watching got to see them snub the President, and his supporters.

@Cyber Liberty

Gonna be hard to forget "the witches in white".

[goatprairie]

Each of those moments forced a two-way choice on Dems: behave like decent human beings in moments Trump set up; behave like A-Holes. The Dems did what they are.

"The Dems did what they are."

Just imagine if Republicans sat on their hands while a Dem president honored one of the Tuskegee airmen.
The media would be howling about racist Pubbies who hate all black people.
The Dems sit on their hands, and nothing from the media.

[DCPatriot]

It was a tremendous night and speech.  Wiped my eyes more than once.

Had a dose of empathy for Nancy Pelosi however, when she complained that she felt like she was at an Awards Show...how dare you in the People's House.....this should have all been done in the White House....Rush Limbaugh??  Are you bleeping kidding me?????


....a very tiny dose.