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Buttigieg says Trump's war on socialists won't work
CNN Politics ^ | April 4, 2019 | Zachary B. Wolf

Posted on 04/04/2019 11:28:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

"We're going into the war with some socialists," President Donald Trump told an adoring audience of Republican congressmen this week, sharing his assessment of the coming election and saying he had a new theme for his campaign.

"I love the idea of 'Keep America Great' because you know what it says is we've made it great now we're going to keep it great because the socialists will destroy it."

Saving the country from fears he's stoking about socialism has become his main strategy to demonize Democrats, and he's seized on the rise of self-described democratic socialists like Bernie Sanders, the independent Vermont senator running for president as a Democrat, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new congresswoman who introduced the Green New Deal.

Other Democrats, from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Former US Rep. Beto O'Rourke have made clear they're not socialists, but capitalists with caveats. There's something to Trump's attacks. In a recent NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll, 50% of US adults said they viewed socialism either somewhat or very negatively compared to just 18% who said they had a positive view of socialism. Just 25% of people in that poll said they'd be enthusiastic about or comfortable with a socialist presidential candidate while 72% said they would be uncomfortable or have some reservations with a socialist presidential candidate. That was the least popular candidate attribute tested, although there were clear reservations about a candidate over the age of 75.

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1 posted on 04/04/2019 11:28:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mayor Buttplug.


2 posted on 04/04/2019 11:29:46 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Running under “The What?” ticket.

2020 DNC Tickets:
“The Who?” (The latest no-names picked by the MSM)
“The What?” (Butplug and AOC)
“The Where?” (Hillary)
“The Why?” (NeverTrump)


3 posted on 04/04/2019 11:34:02 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can CNN really be this stupid? Do they think giving 24/7 to a Marxist queer called ButtGig is going to help their anti-American agenda?


4 posted on 04/04/2019 11:34:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not only will it work (to go to war with socialists), it is the only thing that will.

The best defense against an invasion of socialism is to reveal the truth about it.

An informed public will rise up against this evil which, under the promise of free stuff and empty virtue signaling, ultimately offers only slavery of the masses.

Socialism is a con game. Those selling the con are seeking authority and wealth at the expense of the masses.

5 posted on 04/04/2019 11:35:55 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

His dad was a hardcore Marxist. And he does it in the poop hole with other men.


6 posted on 04/04/2019 11:40:22 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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This is what socialism results in. Lots of Ketchup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59DcWJbsLYo


7 posted on 04/04/2019 11:42:32 AM PDT by Boomer (Islam and the democrats are the biggest threats to the American way of life.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Watch out for this guy:

https://www.neonrevolt.com/2019/03/31/they-want-the-keys-to-the-kingdom-unmasking-obamainwhiteface-petebuttigieg-with-the-help-of-sorosrentboy-franklinleonard-qanon-greatawakening-blacklistanon-neonrevolt/


8 posted on 04/04/2019 11:43:46 AM PDT by Revel
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Didn’t Kruschev say pretty much the same thing?


9 posted on 04/04/2019 11:47:49 AM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Buttigieg is desperate to have Donald Trump attack him. The best way for him to raise his profile amongst Democrat voters is to be insulted by the President. Trump is killing him by ignoring him.

Buttigieg will get more and more outrageous in his trolling in an attempt to provoke a response. I suspect President Trump is programmed to ignore anybody as insignificant as the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana.


10 posted on 04/04/2019 11:48:11 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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“...In a recent NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll, 50% of US adults said they viewed socialism either somewhat or very negatively compared to just 18% who said they had a positive view of socialism....”

At the end of the day... the Nazis - you know, the National SOCIALIST German Worker’s Party - were Socialists too.

My old man went to Europe to shoot them, back in the 1940s.

Just sayin’.


11 posted on 04/04/2019 11:55:16 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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“...Buttigieg is desperate to have Donald Trump attack him....”

Nah.. He’s just secretly attracted to an Alpha Male...


12 posted on 04/04/2019 11:55:57 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Synagouge of Satan needs to be destroyed.


13 posted on 04/04/2019 12:01:11 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No it really will work.


14 posted on 04/04/2019 12:06:46 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Democrat nominees can’t win with just the female votes. Stupid white women and america-hating Black women won’t do it. Hispanic and Black men wont vote for a fudgepacker.


15 posted on 04/04/2019 12:07:50 PM PDT by montag813
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To: NFHale

There is no coexistince with these people, they need to be destroyed.


16 posted on 04/04/2019 12:09:11 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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Well, if Trump’s war on socialists won’t work, then OURS WILL, and they will like it a lot less than the one Trump would wage.


17 posted on 04/04/2019 12:09:21 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This idiot should have had his family name changed to Takeitupthebuttandgiggle years ago. If this clown gets ANY national traction, it will signal that the America in which we old farts grew up is officially over and the Founders will rise from their graves and join the contractor repainting the White House BLACK. Better yet, PINK! That said, we should have known it was just a matter of time.
18 posted on 04/04/2019 12:13:41 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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There are certain immutable truths. Here are a few:
1- Socialism is fundamentally evil because it seeks absolute control over individuals.
2- Control over individuals must be exercised by leaders of socialism to succeed in their political endeavors, and in the vast majority of cases, that control morphs into totalitarian rule.
3- Socialism fails because the principles it must employ to operate run in diametric opposition to human nature.
4- Democrats in America frequently and routinely lie about their intentions, which often involves their commitment to socialism.


19 posted on 04/04/2019 12:20:26 PM PDT by RatRipper
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To: Boomer

I like how the for sale items are spread out in a vain attempt to make the shelves look well stocked...

A Cuban immigrant friend mockingly praised Castro for keeping the price of beef so low...As a result of the price controls there wasn’t any beef to buy, but the prices were low...

That’s Socialism...It’s a trap; and it works because the mice never seem to understand why the cheese is free...


20 posted on 04/04/2019 12:21:54 PM PDT by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
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