To beat Trump in 2020, Democrats will need to get down and dirty

ItzaGoal365 ^ | August 28, 2019 | Nesrine Malik, The Manchester Guardian

[2ndDivisionVet]

The president has made identity politics part of his vision – progressives must fight back on those same terms

The 2020 US presidential election is going to be about native entitlement. It’s going to be about race and immigration and deportation and Israel and every other wedge issue Donald Trump can summon to split the vote into “us” and “them”. He will become Chief Native, swelling his supporters’ sense of dominion over others less white. The campaign has already started; his social media presence has gone from ungainly swiping to a more coherent regular punching. He has in effect launched a cyber-bullying offensive.

Trump will reduce people to tears, from black TV anchors worn down by his racist attacks to Rashida Tlaib, reeling from the unexpected emotional shock of her Palestinian grandmother being dragged in the mud of Trump’s bear pit. He will tell Jews how to vote and nurture antisemitism while pretending to give a damn about Israel so that he can smear Muslim opponents. What was a prominent theme in the 2016 campaign, going after Muslims and immigrants, will become the only theme.

It might appear to be an unprecedented escalation, but Trump is only the latest Republican politician to leverage white identity politics for electoral gain, the only difference, as with everything else that sets him apart from his predecessors, is that he is not intelligent enough to do it subtly.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Black is white, up is down.

[chopperk]

THE DEMS ARE ALREADY DOWN AND DIRTY..

[Amberdawn]

Another case of racist projection from marxist scum.

[Widget Jr]

As if trying to impeach him for their own crimes was not down and dirty enough.

[rdl6989]

You can smell the panic on the left.

[Secret Agent Man]

Its not surprising they don’t think the socialists aren’t already typically operating down and dirty.

[nathanbedford]

The last refuge for scoundrels of the left is to play the race card.

From Nathan Bedford's About Page posted about 15 years ago.

Nathan Bedford's first maxim of American politics (posted repeatedly): all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial.

[nathanbedford]

The Manchester Guardian used to be the Republican newspaper of record in New Hampshire. The imprimatur of the opinion page of the Manchester Guardian used to be the brass ring. I believe the old gal who was the publisher died and the paper likely was sucked up by some mega publisher that simply went woke.

If my recollection is faulty please correct me.

[Luke21]

You sure that wasn’t the Manchester Union-Leader that was the big Republican paper?

[nathanbedford]

It appears that my recollection was in fact faulty, thank you for the correction. It seems that I had it right but about the wrong paper.

From Wikipedia (about the Manchester Union leader):

Founded in 1863, the paper was best known for the conservative political opinions of its late publisher, William Loeb, and his wife, Elizabeth Scripps "Nackey" Loeb.

Over the decades, the Loebs gained considerable influence and helped shape New Hampshire's political landscape.

[LeoWindhorse]

Ban & Outlaw the entire Democrat Party. Stand up a multi-million member Civilian Voluteer Militia , to enforce the ban. We will bring our own artillery and not be subject to Posse Commitatus

[thoughtomator]

[Richard Axtell]

I get it, down and dirty. They have been simply angels up till now, never even hinting at profanity, or fraudulent accusations of treason, or anything like that. Down and dirty, yeah, I got it.

[wastoute]

Finally we have someone who will fight them where they are.

[sauropod]

Trump will reduce people to tears, from black TV anchors worn down by his racist attacks to Rashida Tlaib, reeling from the unexpected emotional shock of her Palestinian grandmother being dragged in the mud of Trump’s bear pit. He will tell Jews how to vote and nurture antisemitism while pretending to give a damn about Israel so that he can smear Muslim opponents.

Nesrine Malik is on drugs.

Seriously, how do you say he will tell Jews how to vote and "nurture antisemitism" all the while "smearing Muslim opponents?" How is that sentence even a rational thought?

[DaiHuy]

Pot/kettle

[Liz]

Oh,, what a relief.......

Nesrine Malik is a British Sudanese columnist and features writer for The Guardian.
She was born in Sudan and grew up in Kenya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Now we know why this one is such an "expert" on US politics (cackle).

[KobraKai]

Pure as the driven snow, these poor Democrats, must reduce themselves to Trumps level and get ‘down and dirty’. They’ve been so positive and clean up to now.

It’s frightening that 60+ million of them believe this crap. We are dealing with a collective psychosis in this nation.

[NurdlyPeon]

You can smell the panic on the left.

I was going to use the word crazy.

[Vinnie]

Projection, the ‘rats middle name.