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Sen. Lindsey Graham: Trump 'Hurting His Chances' at Reelection by Fixating on 2020 Loss
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Posted on 02/13/2022 8:53:40 PM PST by frankis4liberty

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To: frankis4liberty

WHY does this guy/gal get so much attention? He’s pretty much always wrong, plus he’s one of the most unattractive humans in DC.


61 posted on 02/14/2022 2:41:33 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: frankis4liberty

The people of SouthCarolina need to fixate on replacing Senator Graham with someone who has a conservative spine.


62 posted on 02/14/2022 2:50:38 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

I just want to see this weasel swing . . .


Oh, he’ll swing all right. It’s a question of which way.


63 posted on 02/14/2022 2:58:19 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: frankis4liberty

Seems like Graham is fixated.


64 posted on 02/14/2022 3:29:31 AM PST by freespirit2012
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To: frankis4liberty

Pansy Graham is sitting pretty in his safe seat collecting his gigantic pay and enjoying gold star healthcare. Of course, he’s okay with moving on.


65 posted on 02/14/2022 3:37:43 AM PST by dsat4life (Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty . . . who was, who is, and is to come!! Amen!)
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To: Vendome

I know many. This focus will just result in another Democrat victory in 2024.


66 posted on 02/14/2022 3:49:51 AM PST by nbenyo
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

I’m convinced that our side doesn’t really want to win in 2024. Then after we hand Biden a second term, we’ll say that it was due to fraud…


67 posted on 02/14/2022 4:13:32 AM PST by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength. )
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To: JayGalt

Keep tilting at those windmills. Anyone with an ounce of objectivity can see that it isn’t going anywhere significant. Nobody of consequence is going to go to prison, and neither Congress nor the Supreme Court are going to wake up one morning, reverse the 2020 election, and declare Donald J. Trump the winner.


68 posted on 02/14/2022 4:19:06 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( .)
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To: Rocky
Fixing the holes in the election system - especially the ridiculously lax absentee voting procedures from 2020 - very important.

That's different from re-arguing the results from 2020.

69 posted on 02/14/2022 4:23:41 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( .)
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To: frankis4liberty

I reached this same position a while ago. So Graham agrees with me. The best tactic for Trump to play now, since there is zero chance of the election being overturned, is to publicize the unfolding evidence of election tampering by Clinton in 2016. And as evidence of fraud from the 2020 key states mounts, make sure to focus on the facts as they are established. Let people react to that, and draw their own conclusion as to how honest 2020 really was.

Nobody at this point will have their opinion changed by simple assertions on his part that “we wuz robbed!” and it just makes him sound obsessed, not a good sound for the independent vote—which is disgusted already with Biden and ripe for the picking.


70 posted on 02/14/2022 4:56:43 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
President Trump will not ignore the voters who know their votes were discarded in a stolen election.

Even Democrats know the election was corrupted and a significant number of them question election integrity because even Democrats want their vote to count.

"Better luck next time" is propaganda from the Left.

71 posted on 02/14/2022 4:59:15 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits
I'd imagine that most of Trump's hardcore support feels as you do. But there are a lot of people who voted for him in 2020, and a lot of swing voters, who don't.

If you think his best strategy to win in 2024 is to appeal to his core support by focusing on the 2020 election, and alienate the rest, I suppose that's fine. You just better hope that his core support alone is enough to win in 2024.

72 posted on 02/14/2022 5:08:17 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( .)
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To: frankis4liberty

Trump’s agenda would be …

Fix the economy
Fix the military
Kill wokeism

Then enact as much revenge as humanly possible to hold evil accountable.


73 posted on 02/14/2022 5:11:53 AM PST by TiGuy22
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
I'd imagine that most of Trump's hardcore support feels as you do. But there are a lot of people who voted for him in 2020, and a lot of swing voters, who don't.

If you think his best strategy to win in 2024 is to appeal to his core support by focusing on the 2020 election, and alienate the rest, I suppose that's fine. You just better hope that his core support alone is enough to win in 2024.

So...it's only President Trump's "hardcore" supporters who were cheated? Swing voters don't resent their vote being stolen? It's only his "core support" who'd support him in 2024?

How much is your company paying you to post propaganda on social media?

74 posted on 02/14/2022 5:16:57 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits
The old "if you disagree with me you must be a Democrat plant or paid disruptor" angle, eh?

The people who voted for Trump in 2016 and/or 2020 are not monolithic. Some were Trump supporters from the beginning, some only voted for him because they though the alternative worse, and everything in between. They don't all agree on every issue. Some of those people want him to run again in 2024, and some don't. But if he does run, he is going to need to retain as many of those total votes as possible, and hopefully pick up more independents as well.

Assuming that every Trump voter thinks exactly the same about the 2020 election is being closed-minded.

75 posted on 02/14/2022 5:39:09 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( .)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

So you, “basalt” (Post 19), “stanne” (Post 39), and the others sat around in a meeting. After the team shared their preferred pronouns, you went through canned narratives for “Orange Man Bad”. You also agreed which user account would make the first statement and which would follow up with “True Dat!” and “You Go Nonbinary!”.


76 posted on 02/14/2022 5:40:44 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

People are going to jail for voter fraud. Several states are working through charges. Multiple communities are changing election law to prevent fraud and malfeasance. Cozy relationships where officials are paid offs to break and subvert existing law have been revealed. It is early days to be dogmatically asserting that there will be no punishment.
You are the ostrich here, not I.
No one has a crystal ball but sweeping cheating under the rug is treasonous and leads to breakdown of the people’s trust in Government and spawns more malfeasance. President Trump is doing the right thing to protect and defend America & our Constitution by insisting that the obvious fraud is exposed. It is that insistence that is driving the process, encouraging soul searching and the movement to more transparent and accountable elections. You cynicism may impress you but it appears more like apathy and a malignant fatalism to me.


77 posted on 02/14/2022 5:59:06 AM PST by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

“Whining about it 4 years after the fact isn’t going to win him any votes.”

Whining? Just forget about massive voter fraud. The voters don’t have a right to actually select their president. Let bygones be bygones. Who cares if the country is being destroyed by a demented old fool?

Be a good boy Trump and keep your mouth shut for the good of the country and don’t dare let the public know their vote never counted.

What a lousy attitude.


78 posted on 02/14/2022 6:12:48 AM PST by BushCountry (Jeffery Toobin is the only person at CNN that keeps his hands to himself.)
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To: frankis4liberty

These can all be true at the same time:
1. The 2020 fiasco highlighted big problems with voting that MUST be corrected before the 2022 elections
2. Trump’s public voice will be most effective with the most voters if he is primarily talking about a positive agenda for the future (in contrast with the obviously insane Democrat agenda)
3. A lot of somewhat-conservative and independent voters will be turned off if all they hear this election cycle is Trump focusing on the past, on the stolen 2020 election.


79 posted on 02/14/2022 6:30:15 AM PST by JustTheTruth
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To: BushCountry

Do you really believe you’re going to convince a majority of Americans, and sufficient majorities in Congress, to actually overturn the election and install Trump into office before the 2024 election?


80 posted on 02/14/2022 7:44:58 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( .)
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