Posted on 08/20/2019 11:14:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Democrats are pretty desperate to beat President Donald J. Trump in 2020. He just packed a stadium in New Hampshire last week. His crowd attendance broke the previous record set by the world-famous singer, Elton John. With stats like that, leftists are going to try just about anything to convince the American voters that the president is unfit for the job. Their latest strategy? Claiming "The Donald" is addicted to Twitter.
The Daily Beast reports that the Center for American Progress has been telling candidates the best way to beat Trump is to frame him as ineffective. The group says the easiest way to show the cause of his ineffectiveness is to blame it on his Twitter.
via Daily Beast:
One of the party’s top think tanks has been privately encouraging lawmakers and candidates to attack the president for failing to deliver on the promises he made because he’s too consumed by social media. It is, undoubtedly, the first case of a campaign tactic geared towards turning a president’s online behavior into a liability; though rarely has a president’s reliance on—and use of—a media bullhorn been such a defining personality trait. Those pushing it have offered new polling data to bolster the idea that the argument will move voters.
Indeed, Navin Nayak, executive director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, told the Daily Beast that he thinks "only the hardest core Trump believers think he should spend more time on Twitter. But that is the reality of his presidency. For better or worse people think he spends most of his time on Twitter and the way he engages on it is mostly negative."
"Juxtaposing that becomes a very powerful way of underscoring how he has not accomplished anything economically for the American people," Nayak added. "Going after that is an effective way of attacking Trump without impugning the motives of anyone who voted for him."
True, the president tweets a lot. But the idea he hasn't been effective in the real world doesn't really add up. He's basically reshaped the judiciary, deregulated massive parts of the economy, and has had consistent real wage and job growth throughout his presidency. Likewise, Trump's Twitter feed does a lot of good for the presidency. He's pretty funny on it.
Leah covered his latest joke on Twitter in regard to Greenland:
I promise not to do this to Greenland! pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019
True, and what's really cool about Trump and Twitter is that the American people can talk directly to him (though I wonder if he actually reads the responses, since that are so many paid trolls defecating on his tweets).
Disclaimer: I lurk on Twitter but I don't participate.
I guess you probably haven’t noticed, Trump has been on offense since 2015.
“Scare him off of Twitter (not going to happen).
Convince Melania or Ivanka his tweets are uncouth and he should knock it off.
Convince Twitter to disable his account.”
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the CEO and president of Twitter was at the WH recently and everyone knows he’s a flaming lib who hates Trump. Looks like Trump made him an offer he cant refuse..
I guess my point was, they want to take away his Twitter so he can’t play offense as effectively, although the rallies he holds are a pretty good offensive weapon, too.
“Trump’s Addicted To Twitter!”
...Therefore, He’s a Witch! Burn Him!
Probably 60% of the US is addicted to twitter.
The DemonRats are addicted to hate and their culture of death.
so he could call it the fireside tweet
The Left is addicted to The New Crack. The kids call it “Trump’s Tweets!”
Hahaha. They officially have NOTHING!
Yesterday he had Alzheimer’s disease.
Trump’s tweets are very effective at getting his message out!
If you know people who are tired of Trump’s tweets, tell them to go clutch their pearls somewhere else.
He should oughta do only FireSide chats.
I shudda read ahead.
I shudda read in the middle; too.
Too bizee tweeting to “rug” the country? That’s Hugh and series.
Ooh! Some Demonicrats have figured out that belittling 50% of the population ain’t good election strategy.
You couldn’t pay me to twitter. I tried it. I hated it. I abandoned it.
Next they’ll be saying he threw ice cubes at someone at a party. Or, he had Jeff Epstein killed, to silence him about his pedophile romps on his island.
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