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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Sun May 12, 2019, 11:27 AM May 2019

Adam (Schiff) Tells Trump That His Reelection Is Not Going To Happen

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/12/adam-schiff-trump-lose-2020.html

Posted on Sun, May 12th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Adam Tells Trump That His Reelection Is Not Going To Happen



Rep. Schiff responded to Trump on ABC’s This Week, “That’s not going to happen, and I don’t think this country could survive another four years of a president like this who gets up every day and tries to find new and different ways to divide us. He doesn’t seem to understand that a fundamental aspect of his job is to try to make us a more perfect union, but that’s not at all where he’s coming from, and he’s going to be defeated. He has to be defeated because I don’t know how much more our democratic institutions can take of this attack on the rule of law.”





Adam Schiff was right

The political energy in this country is focused on defeating Donald Trump. Our body politic has institutionally reacted to Trump’s corruption like it is trying to reject a bad organ to save itself. Trump can bluster and claim that he is going to be reelected, but so far, the energy is not there. His crowds are straggling out of his rallies while he is still talking. Trump has done nothing to expand the electoral map, as swing states that he carried in 2016 are showing signs of slipping away from him in 2020.

His”great economy” hasn’t been good for working people. Healthcare is an issue that is on everyone’s minds, and the nation seems ready to move on from Trump and back to stability.
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Adam (Schiff) Tells Trump That His Reelection Is Not Going To Happen (Original Post) babylonsister May 2019 OP
Love Schiff. CrispyQ May 2019 #1
It's a CORPORATE ECONOMY. Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #11
If you keep being told over and over again by Trump, the RNC, NewJeffCT May 2019 #15
Trump Trash will be ... GeorgeGist May 2019 #2
K & R! Iliyah May 2019 #3
Adam Schiff is presidential material. LakeArenal May 2019 #4
I agree! But right now he's needed in the House FakeNoose May 2019 #6
He's so reliable. LakeArenal May 2019 #8
Best line of all: "His crowds are straggling out of his rallies while he is still talking" George II May 2019 #5
So Mr.Schiff is Wellstone ruled May 2019 #7
I saw parts of his rally in the Florida panhandle ... CatMor May 2019 #9
YES! Adam Schiff is right. This is the way we need to be speaking.... Viz May 2019 #10
I don't know how much More I can take, let alone the country. He has pitted citizens against each Pepsidog May 2019 #12
K&R 2naSalit May 2019 #13
I'd be worried about Trump if patphil May 2019 #14
I'm not trying to trigger positive thinkers but rainin May 2019 #16

CrispyQ

(36,464 posts)
1. Love Schiff.
Sun May 12, 2019, 11:33 AM
May 2019

I have a hard time believing that middle class Americans are feeling this great economy that the news reports on every day. I'm not. The DJIA means nothing to me.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
11. It's a CORPORATE ECONOMY.
Sun May 12, 2019, 01:53 PM
May 2019

It has no bearing on everyday wages, but it IS having a bearing on everyday prices. And it's increasing the wealth inequality between the rich and everyone else.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
15. If you keep being told over and over again by Trump, the RNC,
Mon May 13, 2019, 10:52 AM
May 2019

and most of the media that the economy is great, it will start to sink in with people.

Time and again, I see the Republican talking head say that the economy is great, nothing else matters, and the Democratic talking head will respond with something like, "Sure, the economy is good, but..."

90% of the people listening won't hear anything after the "but"

Even if the people are doing only ok, or just getting by, if they think the economy is great, they have the hope that a better job or a bigger pay raise is right around the corner.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. K & R!
Sun May 12, 2019, 11:45 AM
May 2019

I'm one to believe that pissing t-rump off is key because he can't handle the truth.

- He is a business failure (1 billion and much more in the hole)
- Losing the Presidency (fear, indictment)

t-rump is already insane and getting more insane. With that, he will do whatever to keep power and continue to steal taxpayer's money. That is why he needs Russia. That is why he needs the Republican party.

There are cracks in the Republican party. McTurtle only care about himself. When he sees t-rump losing support, McTurtle will cover himself.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
6. I agree! But right now he's needed in the House
Sun May 12, 2019, 01:08 PM
May 2019

His confidence and leadership are sorely needed to get us out of Chump's and the GOP's mess.
First things first.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. So Mr.Schiff is
Sun May 12, 2019, 01:12 PM
May 2019

about to drop the Hammer on Poniz-Don. So the Congressional Recess is going to be all about Public Testimony by all those People whom Ponzi-Don threw under the Bus.

First to go,Billy Barr. Next will be Mnuchin.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
9. I saw parts of his rally in the Florida panhandle ...
Sun May 12, 2019, 01:13 PM
May 2019

and it proves he is certifiably insane. I could not believe what I was hearing out of his mouth. Adam Schiff is spot on. The insane trump has got to go for the good of this country.

Viz

(56 posts)
10. YES! Adam Schiff is right. This is the way we need to be speaking....
Sun May 12, 2019, 01:28 PM
May 2019

Trump is much like the wizard in The Wizard of Oz. We give him power when
we repeat the idea that he is indestructible. He is really a broken down little man
with no power behind the curtain.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
12. I don't know how much More I can take, let alone the country. He has pitted citizens against each
Sun May 12, 2019, 02:27 PM
May 2019

other, divided states, and marriages. Even his daughter in law, Jr.’s wife couldn’t take it anymore and took their 5 kids and left him. She couldn’t take his politics anymore. Miserable human beings, Trumpers and Republicans.

patphil

(6,176 posts)
14. I'd be worried about Trump if
Mon May 13, 2019, 10:41 AM
May 2019

he actually tried to expand his base.
But, he thinks 41% approval will get the job done.
I don't think math is his strong point.
If the Democrats play the impeachment card correctly, that will probably drop down into the mid to high 30's.

The impeachment battle won't be won in the Senate, it will be won in the hearts and mind of the people of this country.

Patrick Phillips

rainin

(3,011 posts)
16. I'm not trying to trigger positive thinkers but
Mon May 13, 2019, 11:33 AM
May 2019

when Schiff says "he will be defeated...he has to be defeated", he doesn't sound as certain as some here seem to think. He is only certain that our republic will go down if he is reelected. And, it will. Schiff is not certain of the outcome of this election.

I think that trump can win with 40% support, because we still transmit election tallies over the web. It's a cyberwar we're up against and we're not prepared.

I believe Hillary won, possibly in a landslide, and yet he won HUGE upsets in all the states he needed to win an electoral college victory. People are naive if they don't believe this can happen again.

She lost Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania - states where she was polling very well and favored to win...states she needed for an electoral college victory.

In the Mueller report, these states are mentioned. Why? Is it helpful to know information when you are engaged in hacking the vote?

From the Mueller report: [quote] Manafort briefed Kilimnik on the state of the Trump Campaign and Manafort’s plan to win the election. That briefing encompassed the Campaign’s messaging and its internal polling data. According to Gates, it also included discussion of “battleground” states, which Manafort identified as Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. [endquote]

From the Mueller report: [quote] Later, in a November 5, 2016 email to Kushner entitled “Securing the Victory,” Manafort stated that he was “really feeling good about our prospects on Tuesday and focusing on preserving the victory,” and that he was concerned the Clinton Campaign would respond to a loss by “mov[ing] immediately to discredit the [Trump] victory and claim voter fraud and cyber-fraud, including the claim that the Russians have hacked into the voting machines and tampered with the results.” [endquote]

I'm not trying to be debbie downer, but we need to be smart here. Only one side is playing by the rules and it's not working.

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