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gmr548

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  1. Recently relocated to the liberal hellscape of Seattle. Am dead.
  2. Unless he was shot at the first day he came onto the political scene then no. This is pretty standard Trump rally fare.
  3. They probably did overdo it a bit - cool thing about not being in a cult, you can admit when the party you generally support has a misstep - but it showed they learned from understimulating and having a prolonged recovery ala the first half of the 2010's. A smaller package probably would have been really threading the needle, but what we got was better than not doing anything. Inflation in the US was generally milder, sometimes much more so, than the rest of the world, and wages have risen even more. It is hard to be perfect but any reasonable person acting in good faith with the best interest of the country in mind would have taken this economic outcome if offered in 2021.
  4. NYT reported the teleprompter was off 20 mins ago lmao
  5. It's midnight eastern lmao. They really told him "just read the prompter and do the act for the first 20 mins. People will turn it off, go to bed, and you can be Grampa Simpson until you pass out!"
  6. But really though, how does this have anything to do with how you live your life? You don't have to buy into a party's entire platform 100%, but this is the only issue you've named after making a point to note you are a Republican. So if you're not into "Mass Deportation Now!" but the GOP's stance on immigration is what is driving your vote, what do you believe? Presumably the bill passed by the Democratic Senate and supported by President Biden after negotiations with Republicans and was only killed because Trump said he wanted to run on the issue did not go far enough, so what would? I'm really not here to fling shit at you, all my "fighting with strangers on the internet" energy is saved for Democratic dysfunction and people that think Jake Majors might get benched. But you're the one who made a point to twist yourself into a pretzel here. Just think is all I'm saying.
  7. For example... Guys. They had "Mass Deportation Now" signs. When people tell you who they are, believe them. Alright this is an outstanding bit
  8. I don't always like their takes but this speech is exactly what the Pod Save America guys said it would be: it was not a complete restart after the assassination as advertised. They tried to pin some unity rhetoric and theatrics related to the front and probably the end of the speech, and left all the normal Trumpy nonsense in the middle. Add to that you have a profoundly stupid, 78 year old man with a famously short attention span delivering a speech past 10pm and counting, and, well, yeah. Also I'm not here to fling poo but good god man, really think about your vote.
  9. Lol I'm convinced this is a bit. No way a Trumper could talk about unwarranted stimulus with a straight face.
  10. I think he's trying to pivot to the JD Vance defense, which is still bullshit but more articulate, but he's a 78 or whatever year old with mush brains and can't do it
  11. I mean, yeah, he should be doing due diligence.
  12. Icono is either a very good troll or needs to be reported to the FBI. That's the headline.
  13. It would be malpractice for him not to try to be prepared for a Trump administration.
  14. I heard on some podcast or news report or something that the speech is supposedly 90 mins. I assume that is wrong because it would be absurd, but if anyone could...
  15. You are watching a cult leader speak to a cult. I genuinely don't know that this will play well outside the 46%.
  16. "Today is the day Donald Trump truly became President of the United States. For realises this time. I promise." - The "liberal" media
  17. Something to keep in mind - Trump speaking at 10:30 pm EST was likely designed to keep his speech out of the limelight, because you have to be really invested in politics to stay up and watch it.
  18. Honestly, probably. We all bite now and then.
  19. What is success? Only extreme ideologues, partisans, and political junkies watch these things. They do not matter, especially these days. If you mean it was personally successful for you in that you were able to gargle a previously unfathomable amount of GOP balls, I love that for you.
  20. At the core of Trumpism, to the degree that there is such a thing, are his views on immigration and trade, along with orthodox Republican tax and regulatory cuts for the rich and corporations. His 10% tariffs and anything approaching mass deportation would make the post-COVID inflationary cycle look like child's play. He proposed the visas for degrees while pandering to tech money. He is willing to make that proposal because 1.) He'll tell anyone what they want to hear to get what he needs out of them; and 2.) He views IT workers much differently that the clearly racially motivated vitriol he has for migrants from Latin America. The visas for degrees bit is also bad policy that would actually accelerate the displacement of American workers in a way brown people coming across the border never has. If Trump follows his beliefs we will experience a recession on par with 2008-10, if not worse.
  21. Think of it this way: I mean, for fuck's sake, a board of Texas fans should understand the damage a backup QB can inflict.
  22. It'd also be a legitimate governance problem. Both houses of Congress have to approve a VP appointment. GOP House isn't appointing shit. So now we're operating with no VP, meaning among other things there's no one to break 50-50 ties on things like judicial votes that need to be passed the rest of the term, and Mike Johnson a heartbeat from the Presidency. And it's just a look of dysfunction. No thank you. Biden and team can govern, Kamala can campaign full time. She'd need to focus on that anyway.
  23. I'd also add that there being a slice of racists or misogynists in the electorate is not an inherent reason to not go forward with a mixed race, female nominee. That's "letting the terrorists win" so to speak. You go out in a sprint campaign that just got a shot in the arm, draw a contrast with Trump, and win over the ~10% of voters still undecided. If 30% of them break GOP due to a nonwhite woman on the ballot, you need to make sure you get the other 70%.
  24. On the undecided bit I am with you. I think there's a small but nontrivial chunk of voters that will move from D to R, or break from undecided to R, over race/gender. They are mostly men and mostly older. That's why I've mentioned my base case is that Kamala Harris, should she be the nominee, might be a half step back in horse race polling in the blue wall states in the short term. Not enough out there to really say though. It's possible likely gains among women, POC, and youth overcome that. I just don't buy a major defection from women given the widening split among men and women politically. In particular with younger voters. "Not another black president!" will sadly be a thing but 99% of those people are already proudly supporting Trump.
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