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Klarkashton

(2,285 posts)
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 04:30 PM Aug 2024

"Moderate GOP" are saying trump should stick to the issues

Problem with that is they have no issues. Economy? The border that they caved to Trump on? Trump knows this, so he's going with the racist stuff.

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"Moderate GOP" are saying trump should stick to the issues (Original Post) Klarkashton Aug 2024 OP
Well, he has plenty of them... nt Gore1FL Aug 2024 #1
Get back to me when they say they won't vote for him senseandsensibility Aug 2024 #2
Bit late for that . . . hatrack Aug 2024 #3
This tells you Trump's rants yestersday at NABJ were not a strategy servermsh Aug 2024 #4
Nice Catch ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #6
Of course it was a strategy - Dump's strategy. But he's an asshole. Talitha Aug 2024 #8
Well they have no platform by choice, so whaddya to do ? OnDoutside Aug 2024 #5
The only issue Donald Trump has is himself. tanyev Aug 2024 #7

senseandsensibility

(20,398 posts)
2. Get back to me when they say they won't vote for him
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 04:34 PM
Aug 2024

I'll translate their mealy mouthed comments: I want tax breaks for my benefactors so I will support everything he does, but I will "speak out" when some of his words are too icky and might reflect badly on me.

servermsh

(1,406 posts)
4. This tells you Trump's rants yestersday at NABJ were not a strategy
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 04:37 PM
Aug 2024

And it is hurting these politicians in their own races.

ProfessorGAC

(70,613 posts)
6. Nice Catch
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 04:40 PM
Aug 2024

I've been saying the same since yesterday.
We're not talking about a strategic thinker here.
He's just an idiot with impulse control issues who, as an accident of birth, got a national podium.

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