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I tend to think that the "Trump will seize the presidency" is akin to the "Trump is a fascist" narrative which is only a hop and skip away from the "Trump is a
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
I tend to think that the "Trump will seize the presidency" is akin to the "Trump is a fascist" narrative which is only a hop and skip away from the "Trump is a Russian stooge" narrative.
Notice how little we hear from Democratic messaging about Russian interference or impeachment? Clearly this must not have tested well when they were vetting their messaging against test audiences.
My guess: the idea of some refused succession is all bluster and fantastic delusions of media-elite liberals, unable to imagine a reality that's not all-out emergency.
- angryasian 6y agoare you not paying attention or is everything he's saying, he's just joking
- taxicab 6y agoIt takes some next level cognitive dissonance to read an article where a republican party chairman is noted as confirming the story, and then respond by saying that it's all a Democratic hoax.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoI haven't a clue whether it's true or not - Trump himself could even admit it and it doesn't make much difference. I'm saying that the article and general character of these types of allegations fall in line with the previous four years of frantic searching for the magic phrase or story that'll finally banish Trump. It's more desperation than reporting.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoRepublicans were like this with Obama (birtherism). "Bush derangement syndrome" they called it with W. Republicans were like this with Clinton. I don't remember it before that. But it's been growing worse and worse with each president since Clinton.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoI suspect it’s the historic levels of party disaffiliation. Since parties largely lack an ideological foundation and their constituencies aren’t attached, they need to portray things as pure disaster and make clear will-to-power arguments, cast their opponents as devils, etc.
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