@Right_in_Virginia
Maybe the most under reported statistic during last Tuesday's GOP Primaries was the fact that 20-25% of voters voted for "others". This despite Trump sewing up the nomination a full week earlier. Think about that.... Up to one in four voters were passionate enough about it to go out of their way, make it to the polls, and send DJT a message that he isn't wanted.
No direct attempt to knock you off your soap box, but Trump , et. al. had to realze and understand that giving conservatives the middle finger wasn't without risk. I know the sample size of this poll is small, but I do think that when a GOP nominee can only secure 17% of motivated enthusiastic supporters on any poll? That has to be a red flag.
Big headline the day after might be the GOTV efforts by the GOP failed at the presidental level.
Biden has his own problems also with his base and it’s over Israel versus Hamas
But it’s about the issues. Some of Trump supporters have created a fantasy about things like “he cares about how he looks in the history books,” which they never really defined what that means, except a lot of vague concepts, like “taking on the left” but it’s ultimately the policy positions and the record that gives an insight of how they would and have govern, and that has the greatest impact.
Trump’s legal issues have nothing to do with inflation and the border. Emotional voting never works. People did that in 2008 and it didn’t work out very well.
There was a report recently posted another thread of how devastating policies around Covid were. Both men who have responsibility in that want to have another chance to do it again. If Biden deserves criticism for the way he handled Covid, and he most certainly does, then Trump needs to be held accountable likewise
On inflation, Trump and Biden, see eye to eye. They both have no problem with massive deficits that require more currency printing to cover them. Until there’s a real effort at serious spending cuts, inflation is here to stay
On the border, there is a big difference between Biden and Trump, but not a lot of difference between Obama and Trump
On monetary policy, both Trump and Biden are the same
On the role of the federal government, both tend to believe in a more robust federal government.
On the economy, Trump is better on the regulatory front, but would offset that with more protectionist tariffs. I haven’t heard Biden say much about tariffs, but Biden also favors more regulations. So on the economy, it’s a draw.
On crime, Trump went to the left of Biden. In case some have forgotten Trump attacked Biden for the 1994 crime bill and criticized Biden for once calling criminals superpredators. That’s the kind of stuff you hear from AOC.
On judges, Trump would appoint more conservative judges than Biden would. For God’s sake, the woman Biden appointed to the Supreme Court recently lamented the fact that the first amendment hamstrings the government from controlling speech. You couldn’t get dumber than that.
On domestic energy development, Trump.
On free speech… Trump wants to go after news organizations that he feels are “unfair” to him and Biden at attempted to appoint the so-called disinformation czar
On foreign policy, Biden’s weakness has made the world into a more dangerous place.
On bailouts, both Biden and Trump are on board
IMO, our fiscal and monetary situation is the biggest threat facing this country long-term. And it ties into everything else. And both top of their tickets candidates are horrible on this issue.
I understand there’s that rush of watching liberal heads explode on election night should Trump win and I admit that I would be also curious to see how they react which is going to be pretty predictable. But then there’s governing after that. Trump still believes that he handled Covid just fine. But so does Biden.
So whether one is holding their nose and voting for Trump, or think Trump’s the best thing since Jesus Christ, the results of his policies are and will be the same. If we go into a trade war that trigger some kind of economic calamity, or are we go in to some kind of fiscal crisis due to his overspending and huge deficits, whether one held their nose or enthusiastically voted for him, doesn’t matter. The results are the same.
Taking on the left has to be more than calling them mean names, and making them mad on MSNBC
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