Who gives a damn about his base and what they support (aka known as whatever the hell Trump does)?
My question is how do the people who are still voting GOP based on habit, don’t pay that much attention - but do to the horror of this past week probably are aware of this - and if they vote … will they be uncomfortable enough to break the habit of voting gop and start voting like an independent (and not for gop reps?)
I’m not sure even Trump himself would see this as an example of three-dimensional chess. He always seems shocked that he’s seen as a pariah and loose cannon.
As I said in the other thread: “We can’t stop you flying in, but we don’t have to help you leave the airport.” Give him nothing for police services.
It’s always all about Trump, and when the protests overwhelm this it will be more victimhood for his cult. “See, those damn Jews/urbanites/Demonrats can’t even tolerate his presence in a sympathy call! Both sides!”
Obviously, Trump insists on going to Pittsburgh (with and ‘h’) today as it is the only day that fits into his event schedule.
The amazing part is how stupid he is going to look with no locals or Republican officials joining him with headlines easily written,
President Unwelcome During Time of Grief.
Couldn’t be worse for him a week before elections.
The only day that fits into HIS schedule, which is about daily rallies around the country for Republicans. No concern for those who are mourning.
Of course not - ME , ME , ME , ME , etc .
( Respects to the relatives ) .
Laugh in the face of anyone that say that either of these women are decent human beings.
Trump believes in the Holy Trinity - Me,Myself, and I.
Maybe there won’t be enough security for him to leave the airport. He could stay there, spout off and fly away and no one will have noticed.
If he COULD take a hint, he’d resign! So don’t count on it.
This is the time for the MSM not to cover Trump’s visit.
Step up now.
He tries to wash blood from his tiny hands. Won’t work. He’s evil and everyone who can think straight knows it.
The base loves everything that liberals abhor, so this qualifies. He probably will wear a yarmulke with MAGA on it.
OMG, I hope not, but you made me LOL.
The initial internal polling must be in…and it is not looking good for Republicans to line up with Trump on this.
I would like to think that GOP politicians have a conscious and it kicked-in, but radicalizing their constituents has been a priority of theirs for some time now, so polling & elections are much more likely the answer. Wild speculation, but I suspect the WH reactions to these killings are not setting well with some the GOP base (probably loosing more women).
Inciting violence for use as a political weapon has consequences, sadly. In this case I am just hoping there are political consequences for this choice that might turn this around.
Patti Davis pretty much nailed it:
Davis pointed to moments when her father, Ronald Reagan, and his successors Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama offered “comfort and solace to a grieving nation,” and “we didn’t doubt that their hearts were breaking along with ours.” Trump, she added, “will never offer comfort, compassion, or empathy to a grieving nation. It’s not in him. When questioned after a tragedy, he will always be glib and inappropriate. So I have a wild suggestion: Let’s stop asking him. His words are only salt in our wounds.”
11 of them!
They rationalize to the nth … it’s not his fault, HE didn’t pull the trigger, rinse and repeat.
Ivanka and Jared crashed John McCain’s funeral when it was made clear by the grieving family they weren’t welcome then got pissy about not being seated in the VIP section. Now, they are at it again, except this time diktator don will be the one throwing a temper tantrum when the deceased and grief stricken friends and family “upstage him”. That is how they will see it and it will get ugly.