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The Democrat Plan to Pump and Dump Trump
The American Spectator ^ | May 14, 2023 | David Catron

Posted on 05/15/2023 7:03:26 PM PDT by chickenlips

It’s clear that the Democrats and their corporate media partners believe President Biden’s best chance of remaining in the White House after 2024 is to assure that his Republican opponent in the general election is former President Trump. To that end, they have launched the political equivalent of the old “pump and dump” investment scam in which fraudsters disseminate false information to artificially drive up the price of a stock and suddenly sell off their own shares when its “value” peaks.

The process of pumping up Trump’s stock began on March 30, when the news broke that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had convinced a grand jury to indict him. The dubious legality of the indictment combined with breathless media coverage had the desired effect. The percentage of Republicans who favored Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination immediately shot from the low 40s to well over 50 while Trump’s lead over his closest competitor for the GOP nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, doubled.

When all the Sturm und Drang associated with the Bragg indictment began to fade from the news, the corporate media did its best to keep pumping up Trump’s stock. Countless news outlets reported the “surprising resilience” of Trump’s rebound in the polls. This wave of stories culminated in the recent Washington Post/ABC News survey ostensibly showing Trump leading Biden by 6 points in a hypothetical 2024 matchup. According to the write-up in the Post, the survey contained even more bad news for our aging Chief Executive:

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaign; democrats; election; trump
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I believe the Dimocrats are using the 2016 election playbook and are feeling assured of a different result this time around.

The CNN townhall was no accident and probably went as expected by the leftist media. Trump gloriously dominated and fed red meat to the base which will help him in the primaries. Unfortunately he likely came across to many independents and women as a petulant child which will hurt him in the general election.

1 posted on 05/15/2023 7:03:26 PM PDT by chickenlips
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The CNN townhall was no accident and probably went as expected by the leftist media. Trump gloriously dominated and fed red meat to the base which will help him in the primaries. Unfortunately he likely came across to many independents and women as a petulant child which will hurt him in the general election.

Interesting, that did not occur in 2016 and Trump was just being Trump during that election as well.
2 posted on 05/15/2023 7:05:00 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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“...came across to many independents and women as a petulant child which will hurt him in the general election.”

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Only in the fevered hopes and dreams of enemies of truth and justice.


3 posted on 05/15/2023 7:09:03 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-AaA)
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Those woman and independents should get the same FBI treatment Trump got.

Then poll them..


4 posted on 05/15/2023 7:11:07 PM PDT by delchiante
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To: chickenlips

Another DNC AI ChatBot.

Ignore it, and it will go away.

Please don’t feed the AI ChatBots. They are not human. Their only purpose is to distract you from REAL issues, like the 13,000 illegals FJB is actively transporting into the USA daily.


5 posted on 05/15/2023 7:11:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Trans republicans hate President Trump.. They will never be For MAGA..something about “conservative principals”. And the golden bull


6 posted on 05/15/2023 7:11:46 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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The reasons for liking Trump are sufficiently real.

Trump is the only president we've ever had with the guts and the brains to take on the biggest villians in the world AND the resources to stay alive while doing that.

7 posted on 05/15/2023 7:14:17 PM PDT by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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We should welcome more CNN Trump townhalls. AND MSNBC should help out.

free campaign stops and TV time and advertising for Trump.

Let’s see if the Trump GOP adversaries decide to help out, and I would hope that Karl Rove brings his white boards with him to those townhalls.


8 posted on 05/15/2023 7:14:44 PM PDT by adorno
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The problems with this speculation about this Democrat plan are two fold. Trump’s voters no longer care what the press or Democrats will do in the next election. Second, the Democrat’s vote fraud machine from 2020 will not go away out of buyer’s remorse over Biden.


9 posted on 05/15/2023 7:16:51 PM PDT by Widget Jr (🇺🇸 Trump 2024 🇺🇸)
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I think as the country falls apart, everything will backfire on them.


10 posted on 05/15/2023 7:17:01 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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Interesting, that did not occur in 2016 and Trump was just being Trump during that election as well.

A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. The anti-Trump sentiment then was nothing like the unbelievable mindless anti-Trump frenzy of hate that exists among the Left now.

11 posted on 05/15/2023 7:20:09 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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If we just vote for the moderate GOPe candidate that kowtows to the Democrats - then this time we can win!


12 posted on 05/15/2023 7:22:20 PM PDT by Skywise
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They believe the only way they can beat Trump is if he is in jail - preferable on sedition charges. This would be even easier if we were at war and they could charge him with going against American interests.

By then, all the cards would be on the table - the only question is - how are they played and who is bluffing.

For America - this is unchartered territory - and being played for all the marbles.


13 posted on 05/15/2023 7:22:47 PM PDT by impactplayer
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A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. The anti-Trump sentiment then was nothing like the unbelievable mindless anti-Trump frenzy of hate that exists among the Left now.

So prove that means his electability suffers from this?

The Left has not grown in size, and whether or not they are losing their minds concerning Trump has no effect whatsoever where the 2024 election is concerned.

I would argue, counter to what you have posted, that more and more Republican and Independent voters want Trump to run and win and that has always been where Trump leads.

You're blowing smoke and you know it.
14 posted on 05/15/2023 7:23:45 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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That is why I believe somebody whispered in saint Desantis’ ear.. gear up we intend on jailing Donald Trump..

One would think the holy lawyer, saint Desantis would have some remarks about the Durham report..

15 posted on 05/15/2023 7:27:48 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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That is quite a conspiracy theory. CNN had the host of the town hall grill Trump but CNN packed the audience with pro-Trump supporters to make him look? That's lunacy.

If the Democrats weren't scared to death of Trump, they wouldn't have had Alvin Bragg file phony charges against him, the FBI wouldn't have raided his home and New York wouldn't have changed their laws to allow the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit.

16 posted on 05/15/2023 7:29:48 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Just mythoughts

Desantis has commented on the Durham report. Maybe you should have checked before commenting.


17 posted on 05/15/2023 7:33:00 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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And… I do not watch tb news. And thus far no saint Desantis supporters have posted the holy grail


18 posted on 05/15/2023 7:35:16 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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Trump was the petulant person when he first got into the race. He is much better at being the needed choice..after biden has made enemies with his inyourface destruction.

biden is making enemies with every bus load of illegals brought to a city or suburb. they are angry at what he has done with their surroundings.. it isn’t safe. they are putting illegals in classrooms in El Paso.. in hotels and moving veterans out...

this country has been a safety net for all who come. it has been the greatest nation. people have to be awakened from their comfort.. and bus loads of illegals from all over the world and not knowing who or what they are.. is waking people up in a hurry. everything biden has done has been Wrong and detrimental to all of us. it won’t go well at all! by November, it will be the dems last mistake... they are understimating the people who run his country...the workers who keep things going. .


19 posted on 05/15/2023 7:36:10 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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Petulant child? I saw nothing of the sort in the debate. I’m sure you find Obama, Biden, GWB. John Kasitch abd on, less petulant?


20 posted on 05/15/2023 7:36:54 PM PDT by vivenne
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