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> you're not allowed to say anything negative about Donald Trump Have you used Internet or watched American TV in last five years?

• lisper 6y ago
  Let me be more precise: if you're a Republican politician or a civil servant you are not allowed to say anything negative about Trump and hope to keep your job. If you are a Democratic politician you are not allowed to say anything negative about Trump without risking the loss of federal money and resources that you would otherwise receive. Anyone else is, of course, free to say whatever they want. (For the time being.)
  • AnimalMuppet 6y ago
    I don't know for sure, but I wonder if the Republican governor of a state like Massachusetts feels that way. He might get more votes if he spoke against Trump than if he didn't.
    • lisper 6y ago
      He would lose to a Trump-supported Republican primary challenger.
      • AnimalMuppet 6y ago
        He might. Not this year, though - the 2020 Massachusetts primary is history. And four years from now, will Trump care enough to support a primary challenger? Will Republicans care what gubernatorial candidate Trump supports? I mean, I guess if your ambition is to hold office for decades, then you might be concerned. But the downside seems minimal to me. (But then, I'm neither in politics nor in Massachusetts, so what do I know?)