HB, it seems to me that his winning formula has been to get a large minority of the people so angry at the rest of the people that they will show up in greater numbers in the critical states on election day. It worked when his opponent was perhaps the most disliked woman in America. But he's not going to have the detested-opponent factor working for him this fall, as the opposition is much more united and fired up and the opposition candidate is much more likable. So he's got to get his base even angrier than they were in 2016. That's what he's doing in Tulsa today. That's why the National Guard troops are here. I wonder if the presence of the National Guard is going to be a staple of his rallies for the rest of the campaign. Who pays the bills for that?
I don't think that it being his only way to win justifies doing anything and everything that works. It escalates the anger on both sides. There are some tactics that candidates on both sides should foreswear.
My esposita just saw in "breaking news" that six of the POTUS' staffers setting up the rally have tested positive for exposure to COVID-19.
This is interesting but wildly speculative.
Let’s start with me making it very clear that I did not vote for POTUS in 2016 nor will I be voting for him this year. Just absorb that for one second.
First of all your assumption about minority and majority is faulty. Our country is a collection of states that each pick their winner and POTUS Won what, 32 of the 50 states? In that sense the election was not that close.
“He“ made the minority angry??. I think you are confusing cause-and-effect. There are a lot of theories books and other reading about how he won the election. Nearly all of them agree to some extent that the over the top PC climate- today most often referred to as The Woke or Triggered Culture- strongly contributed to the results because people were just fed up with the ridiculousness of what they felt was going on. They wanted exactly what they got which is a Washington outsider who was not a career long politician. Again remember I am not saying I agree with that I did not vote for him. Many against him insisted he was not capable not polished and not caring and you could make a great argument that they were proven correct. But he did not do that -that was created over many years before he ever came along as a candidate.
There are many that theorize that his current supporters represent a sleeping bear, the silent majority, or whatever you want to call it. I highly doubt it is a majority but I think it’s more substantial than you are giving it credit for. Their whole basis for being so energized is that the people with the microphones, the elites and the media are painting a picture every day of what a loser he is - how you should conform, and they realize that those people with the microphones do not speak for them or virtually anybody they know I highly doubt it is a majority but I think it’s more substantial than you are giving it credit for. Their whole basis for being so energized is that the people with the microphones, the elites and the media are painting a picture every day of what a loser he is and they realize that those people with the microphones do not speak for them or virtually anybody they know And don’t point fingers at this crowd and insist that they are dumb or racist and all the stuff that the media tries to sell because it simply is middle-class Americans or upper middle-class Americans with an education -who are not racist at all but feel that the country continues to go way too far to the left and socialism and they see POTUS as the only thing standing in the way for that to continue to evolve. And don’t point fingers at this crowd and insist that they are dumb or racist and all the stuff that the media tries to sell because it simply is middle-class Americans or upper middle-class Americans with an education in who are not racist at all but feel that the country continues to go way too far to the left and socialism and they see POTUS as the only thing standing in the way for that to continue to evolve. If he did not hold some of these rallies then they only thing they would see or hear in the majority of the media is a false premise which was proven by the 2016 election results.
Imagine- in theUSA, portraying a campaign rally as a bad thing. It is a perfect example of what that crowd finds so offensive- after just witnessing strong media and Dem political support for thousands to gather for a cause that turned into a “ war on police-something they find abhorrent. They see the death of free speech. Only those who comply can speak. If your words do not match the people with the microphones you are quickly chastise, fired from your job, and in some cases beaten within an inch of their life and they see that with their own eyes every single day. ( hint- don’t use google to try to find that video)
That has NOTHING to to with POTUS. They saw that before he ever entered the picture. They saw the calls for violence “ what do we want: dead pigs, when do we want them, now” and the POTUS at that one reacted to that with( paraphrasing) I don’t blame them- they are angry.
I could give many more examples.
Lastly, and again this is coming from someone who will not vote for POTUS, you are completely under selling the level of divisive Ness actually being generated intentionally by strong voices in the media. It is in their best interest for tribal politics to stand strong. Everybody has to fall into a group or category. That’s the main reason to exist each morning when they wake up and if you can’t see that I don’t know what to tell you
