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Op-Ed: Trump’s secret weapon against Biden is — boat parades?!?
Los Angeles Times ^ | Aug. 15, 2020 | Joel Stein

Posted on 08/23/2020 8:56:01 AM PDT by euram

In June, more than 1,000 boats formed a flotilla of Trump supporters that stretched out for eight miles along Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway near Mar-a-Lago, many of them flying “Trump 2020: No More Bullshit” flags.

And earlier this month, Donald Trump Jr. invited his Facebook followers to join him in a boat parade off the Hamptons in Long Island organized by Boaters for Trump and led by a 63-foot sportfishing yacht named Team Deplorable.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; boating; boatrally; trump
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1 posted on 08/23/2020 8:56:01 AM PDT by euram
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To: euram

Conservatives have boat parades. Liberals burn down cities.

Quite a contrast.


2 posted on 08/23/2020 8:58:30 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
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To: euram

Yeah, a better alternative is Biden’s people burning, looting, and murdering.


3 posted on 08/23/2020 8:59:10 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: euram

Just sent a Trump flag to my friend in NC for his pontoon.


4 posted on 08/23/2020 9:12:06 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: FoxInSocks

this from Michigan

https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2020/08/22/trump-supporters-share-enthusiasm-during-trumptilla-boat-parade/3421358001/


5 posted on 08/23/2020 9:12:41 AM PDT by euram
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No doubt that because of “WP” PDJT supporters can afford boats. Just ask john f’n kohn-heinz-kerry............. Oh, wrong party. :-)


6 posted on 08/23/2020 9:13:24 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: euram

Hey Joel, it’s a grassroots thing.


7 posted on 08/23/2020 9:15:42 AM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
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To: euram

Portland, Portland had a boat rally for Trump.


8 posted on 08/23/2020 9:18:38 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Legalize Hydroxychloroquine)
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To: euram

Wore my ‘deplorable’ t-shirt all over town yesterday. Even went into lefty territory. No comments were made.


9 posted on 08/23/2020 9:20:10 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: euram

Slow Joe is slow, just like his supporters, they organized a Biden golf cart parade, Trump supporters have been doing that for 5 years now. Nice they finally caught up to 2015


10 posted on 08/23/2020 9:27:26 AM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: mylife

Exactly - they don’t get what real enthusiasm looks like. They assume everything must be bought and paid like every phony thing they do.


11 posted on 08/23/2020 9:28:05 AM PDT by FightforFreedomCA
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To: euram

Their just jealous.


12 posted on 08/23/2020 9:29:12 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (NuRulz)
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To: euram

If it wash’t for the benefits of looting, how many people have held a boat parade, or any grassroots event, for Biden?


13 posted on 08/23/2020 9:29:34 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Who stole my tagline? It was here yesterday.)
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To: euram

It’s a smart idea, at least nobody can fault him for violating social distancing.

Although in one case, they got some hapless incompetent boater to capsize his boat during a Trump parade, so they could blame Trump for it.


14 posted on 08/23/2020 9:32:26 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: euram

I guess the point isn’t “the boat parade.” The “thing” is not relevant. What is relevant is the grass roots nature of it. There was little in terms of advertising or “coercion” in a marketing sense (in other words, there was nothing in it for the participants, other than being in it.)

The sheer numbers speak volumes.


15 posted on 08/23/2020 9:32:50 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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The Author Joel Stein is such a reasonable person don’t you think....sarcasm to the extreme


16 posted on 08/23/2020 9:36:51 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: FightforFreedomCA

Trump is merely passing on the word.


17 posted on 08/23/2020 9:37:30 AM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
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To: FightforFreedomCA

Trump is merely passing on the word.


18 posted on 08/23/2020 9:37:30 AM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
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To: euram
Stein argues that only the elite have boats.

Dude. It's Florida. EVERYBODY has a boat!

19 posted on 08/23/2020 9:41:06 AM PDT by Drew68
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I am in Alabama. Most boat owners I know are working class regular people. They had a huge Trump boat parade down on the coast several weeks ago. My son was there. There have also been numerous parades on lakes here too. We have a lot of water here in Bama.


20 posted on 08/23/2020 10:03:41 AM PDT by Himyar (Comes A Stillness/ God Bless Robert E. Lee)
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