CP, your insights are in the bull’s-eye. I have been actively voting for 30 years, and this is so much more of the same- yet it feels like to the nth degree. The way they cling to decorum while Republicans treat them like garbage is really fucking hard to watch. They could’ve had a very calculated plan on how to come at this, narratively, from multiple angles. What we heard tonight is the speech of a man who is terrified of going to prison. He is doing anything and everything to divert attention, and the fact that there were Democrats in the room for the entire D-list award-winning performance is quite nauseating.
-center the families of murdered ppl at the hands if ICE
-center the survivors of Trump and Epstein (maybe outside the building, FFS!!)
In a world where the average person view media as reality the Republicans and Trump really know how to wield optics and leverage their media presence. I am just so shocked that dems can look at the national outcry to the ICE occupation of Minneapolis and the Epstein files and not make that the hammer of their messaging. They have no eye for how effective symbolism can be and their inaction will be the political bludgeon used to paint them as week.
Trumps speech will land with moderate and undecided voters in large part because the Dems gave them nothing to weigh it against.
CP, your insights are in the bull’s-eye. I have been actively voting for 30 years, and this is so much more of the same- yet it feels like to the nth degree. The way they cling to decorum while Republicans treat them like garbage is really fucking hard to watch. They could’ve had a very calculated plan on how to come at this, narratively, from multiple angles. What we heard tonight is the speech of a man who is terrified of going to prison. He is doing anything and everything to divert attention, and the fact that there were Democrats in the room for the entire D-list award-winning performance is quite nauseating.
-center the families of murdered ppl at the hands if ICE
-center the survivors of Trump and Epstein (maybe outside the building, FFS!!)
Agree, Trump appears keenly aware of how much he needs to steamroll
The do nothing dems back at it again.
They genuinely just did nothing lmao
Literally lol
Goddamn this hit the nail on the head.
In a world where the average person view media as reality the Republicans and Trump really know how to wield optics and leverage their media presence. I am just so shocked that dems can look at the national outcry to the ICE occupation of Minneapolis and the Epstein files and not make that the hammer of their messaging. They have no eye for how effective symbolism can be and their inaction will be the political bludgeon used to paint them as week.
Trumps speech will land with moderate and undecided voters in large part because the Dems gave them nothing to weigh it against.
Bro too real. Dems just continue to completely whiff OVER. and OVER. and OVER.
Worst part is that effective dems are always labeled as too extreme by their own party.
So why did you not help form the acts you mentioned. ALL are great suggestions, but like puffs of smoke now.