Quote (Skinned @ 15 Apr 2020 14:20)
With your description of Trump has been consistent from candidate to president. His performance has been the same his entire time. He inherited a growing economy that was his to fuck up. He signed on during a time of peace. Some legislation was passed that any warm body could have accomplished like Supreme Court judge nominations and criminal Justice reform...
His character throughout this whole ordeal has been constant. I can't see how anybody who voted for him before could have any reservations now. The people who voted for him aren't going to start thinking transgendered people are people and deserve bathroom breaks or that the cops should tone down shooting the blacks, or that workers are as important as owners and managers, or that their Mexican neighbors are ok being there. There will be plenty of dumb whites to get this guy re elected. And now there are the handouts, Bush 2 playbook.
The same dudes who re elected George Bush will re elect Donald Trump. Same fucking party, same people.
His performance might have been the same the entire time, but the conditions surrounding him have changed from 2016:
- economic and public health crisis due to coronavirus
- different issues being most salient at the time of the election. in 2016, it was mostly about cultural issues like feminism, blm, immigration. in 2020, it will be a lot more about healthcare, social security, how to get out of this crisis.
- people no longer able to project their hopes onto his presidency, he's a known commodity by this point
- he won the tipping point states in 2016 by just 0.7%, he doesnt have a lot of cushion
- his opponent this time around is less toxic to the white working-class
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Apr 15 2020 06:39am