Posted on 09/27/2019 10:20:41 AM PDT by ransomnote
The cascade of tweets began at 4:56 a.m. on May 1, starting with the president’s criticism of the nation’s largest firefighters union’s endorsement of Joe Biden. Over the next two hours, more than 60 retweets bashing Biden and the firefighters’ decision would follow from Donald Trump's Twitter account.
The burst of activity came during a three-month period that reveals an extraordinary preoccupation with his potential general election rival, and provides a window into Trump’s thinking in the run-up to his fateful July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
At home and abroad, on Twitter, at campaign rallies, in interviews and even from the White House lawn, Trump spent an inordinate amount of time deriding Biden and insisting that the former vice president could not be ahead of him in polls — despite the fact that Biden has led the president in general election matchups in every major poll conducted in 2019.
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The Biden campaign concluded that, based on what it knew about the reelection campaign’s well-financed, sophisticated data operation, Trump’s reaction was a sign there was likely even more bad polling data about Biden’s appeal that didn’t get a public airing.
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“The one thing the president is well aware of is that in his base there are a lot of Obama voters,” the aide said, alluding to what he said was the president’s perception that Biden threatened his hold on those voters. “They’re union members, they’re rank and file. A lot of those times, if they were campaigning, Obama would send Biden out there.”
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Biden disappeared from Trump’s Twitter feed for a brief period in the run-up to special prosecutor Robert Mueller's July 24 testimony before Congress. The Zelensky call, in which the president asked the Ukrainian president to investigate the Ukrainian business dealings of Biden’s son Hunter, took place the next morning.
As it turned out, Biden would loom over the entire day. Aside from the president’s request — which would ultimately spark an impeachment inquiry — Fox News released a poll that day showing Biden with a commanding 10-point lead over Trump.
And hours after the call, Trump, his top political advisers and congressional leaders gathered in the White House for an extensive campaign briefing in which Trump adviser Bill Stepien highlighted Biden as a potentially formidable threat.
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NATASHA KORECKI needs to submit to drug tests before, during and after she comes up with fake news BS like this.
It’s ironic that they want to impeach Trump for Biden’s crimes in Ukraine.
WHAT MANIA?! He asked that corruption be investigated. The “mania” is in the Deep State and Left.
The TDS peeps who have done nothing but obsess over President Trump for 4 years now are claiming he obsessed over biden? Really? That’s just precious how they, the msm and ilk- project their weaknesses onto others-
Sorry msm/liberals- noone’s buying it- we see right through you- get over your TDS- and start working on improving the country instead of constantly trying to tear it down- thanks-
I doubt the president stays up at night worrying about Slow Joe as his Democrat opponent.
I think that the whistleblower, who is alleged to work for the CIA, is representative of a Leftist cabal within that organization. They are now taking their shot at Trump.
Or maybe it’s Biden they are after? If the Democrat objection is to US elected officials putting the squeeze on a foreign country (Ukraine), then how much worse are Joe Biden’s recorded statements at the CFR? If this is bad enough to take a president down, then an ex-VP is surely going to federal prison for his earlier activities.
Frankly, I don’t see either happening. Impeachment & removal from office has never happened, and the Democrats always manage to skate on any serious charges. So what is the game here? Damage Trump & get Biden out of the race.
How does that ‘win’ the 2020 election for the Democrats? The only way it can help is if it opens the door for a currently undeclared candidate to get into the race. Michele? Hillary (again!)? Cuz, none of the munchkins currently in the race has the goods to beat Trump while espousing socialism as their platform.
bttt
Stalinists lie. Always
Their bias is extremely easy to discern. <<<
yup...and if I had my way....Id let Sarah pick my targets../s
Puke
That, plus they want to block Trump from getting to the bottom of what what has been going on in Ukraine. Trump recalled the Trump hating ambassador to Ukraine last May because she was blocking those efforts. The dems are accusing Trump of what they did.
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