If you can’t see how this is affecting suburban America, where trump had lost some traction, then that is fine but go check out the lines at the gun store today. I get why it makes you mad but don’t shoot the messenger - Biden needs to come out now and advocate military force to stop the looting. Otherwise trump is going to grab another bible and tell them what they want to hear.
That is the point. I am not talking about what I think or you think but assuming middle and suburban America is rationally analyzing these issues is what lead to 2016. Nobody saw it coming, no way America could elect him, polls, polls, polls. But he is playing the PR game. And rioting in the streets while some mayors just let it happen and advocating lockdowns while they are losing their jobs and homes...... playing right into his hand.
I really can't figure out where this stupidity comes from polling has shown that Ameircans are vehemently against military force being used by a wide margin, but sure, Jimbo wants to get his 66th and 66th guns to "protect his freedumbs" so I guess your oddly narrow incorrect view is a reason a candidate should do possibly the dumbest thing possible. I'm not sure what you do for a living, but I really feel like you're missing the chance to be a strategist in Trump administration. Its literally all the paste you can eat so you'll love it.
You ever think that the gun lines are long because people may be realizing that shit is getting even worse then they thought it would? You do realize that democrats buy guns too?
I missed the "gun lines" post. Yeah, dude, the way to speak to people who are buying guns is to tell them that you're going to mobilize the military against the citizenry...
I know black people are angry over systemic oppression and them being extrajudicially killed, but have you considered that white suburbia is angry about being inconvenienced?
How did polling workout for you in 2016? You think people are going to admit to strangers conducting a poll that they want trump to open fire on the looters? Biden needs to come out and advocate a very aggressive approach to the looters and a bold strategy to getting people back to work. Not because that is “right” but that is how you win this election.
How did polling workout for you in 2016? You think people are going to admit to strangers conducting a poll that they want trump to open fire on the looters? Biden needs to come out and advocate a very aggressive approach to the looters and a bold strategy to getting people back to work. Not because that is “right” but that is how you win this election.
No doubt. They don’t feel they are safe and being protected. And while they are outraged at what happened in Minn they are more concerned with the looting and rioting and the lack of ability to control and prevent the same. That is why trump is talking about when the looting starts the shooting starts .......
But what about 2016? Polls are pointless but some hilljack really feels strongly about stuff he can't prove.
He thinks people are buying guns bc of looting, not bc Trump is trying to put the US military into our streets.
It isn’t about the base. It is about the swing votes and if you stay in the echo chamber and just preach to your base then you will Simply enjoy the short term affirmation while you preach to the choir. But people who 12 months ago may have been convinced he was an idiot and needs to be replaced is now focused on who is going to bring back their jobs and protect them from riots etc. You can dismiss the mindset and call them dumb and ignorant if you like but that is political suicide.
It isn’t about the base. It is about the swing votes and if you stay in the echo chamber and just preach to your base then you will Simply enjoy the short term affirmation while you preach to the choir. But people who 12 months ago may have been convinced he was an idiot and needs to be replaced is now focused on who is going to bring back their jobs and protect them from riots etc. You can dismiss the mindset and call them dumb and ignorant if you like but that is political suicide.
Who are the swing voters and who is the military being engaged to fight? And why are we being forced to bring in the military. This isn’t about winning the votes of the radical elements of our society.
I have already responded to this. you can probably find a poll that indicates NY is handling the virus better than Florida.
We aren’t being forced to bring in the military. It’s a wildly unpopular move by an incompetent leader. Agreed. That’s why it would be asinine for Biden to support something only supported by radicals.
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The secretary of defense is opposed to it. “The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire situations. We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.”
It's also history. The insurrection act has been used fewer than twenty times, and only twice (Andrew Jackson in 1831 and Woodrow Wilson in 1914) has the president who used it won the following election. If anything, it's political suicide.