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Dear Democrats, Here’s How to Guarantee Trump’s Reelection
The Politico Magazine ^ | June 25, 2019 | Charles Sykes

Posted on 06/25/2019 1:59:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

You’ve got a historically unpopular opponent in the White House, but there are nearly a dozen ways you could still blow this.

To: All Democratic candidates

As you prepare for your first debates later this week, some unsolicited thoughts on what you could do to blow this election. With 20 of you clamoring for attention over two nights, the opportunities are abundant for you to kick off the primary season with an easy win for the president.

This might seem impossible. Donald Trump remains historically unpopular because the past three years have cemented the public’s image of the president as a deeply dishonest, erratic, narcissistic, Twitter-addicted bully. As a result, a stunning 57 percent of voters say they will definitely not vote to reelect him next year and he trails Democratic challengers in key states. Trump himself seems to have given up on swing voters, instead focusing on ginning up turnout among his hard-core base. But, as columnist Henry Olsen points out, this is unlikely to be successful because millions of “reluctant Trump voters” from 2016 have already shown a willingness to bail on him by voting for Democrats in last November’s midterms.

Even so, Trump could still win reelection, because he has one essential dynamic working in his favor: You. Trump’s numbers are unmovable, but yours are not. He doesn’t need to win this thing; he needs for you to lose it. There are millions of swing voters who regard Trump as an abomination but might vote for him again if they think you are scarier, more extreme, dangerous, or just annoyingly out of touch....

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Historically unpopular? Then why are his rallies so huge? When do the lies stop?


21 posted on 06/25/2019 4:36:34 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Polluted co.


22 posted on 06/25/2019 4:44:41 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Excellent satire!


23 posted on 06/25/2019 5:44:04 PM PDT by upchuck (No muzzy is fit to hold public office - their cult (religion) is incompatible with the Constitution.)
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To: ground_fog

Sykes ex-wife was on Trump’s list of SCOTUS candidates ... she left him when she caught him sucking fetid farts out of roadkill on Wisconsin country roads ...


24 posted on 06/25/2019 5:48:28 PM PDT by CreviceTool (A Good Samaritan with a handgun saved my life...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Unpopular President? Really...?


25 posted on 06/25/2019 7:33:11 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Salvey
But, as columnist Henry Olsen points out, this is unlikely to be successful because millions of “reluctant Trump voters” from 2016 have already shown a willingness to bail on him by voting for Democrats in last November’s midterms.

Yeah, this didn't happen.

26 posted on 06/25/2019 8:07:21 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Charlie is a never Trumper and a fake conservative.


27 posted on 06/25/2019 10:53:13 PM PDT by ADSUM
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