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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 07:42 PM Mar 2020

Is he having a laugh?



There’ll be plenty of time for voters to judge
@realDonaldTrump
& his handling of the Coronavirus crisis, including the first weeks when he sent dangerously misleading signals by downplaying the threat. But now doesn’t seem the moment for negative ads.


This fucking moron did nothing for weeks when America could have flatten the curve. People have and will die because of it. Today he is still blaming a 'Chinese' disease and 'fake news'. But we should give him a break? That is some kind of special.
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Is he having a laugh? (Original Post) Soph0571 Mar 2020 OP
Great for Biden's ads!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2020 #1
"The Angels go to sleep while the Devil leaves his porchlight on" Midnight Writer Mar 2020 #2
Yeah. You know what? No. Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #3
Why leave trump lies about the situation unchallenged? empedocles Mar 2020 #5
I will read it again, because maybe there was a typo Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #6
I'm sorry. I still don't see it. Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #10
Trump is appearing on TV everyday praising himself for his heroic actions during the outbreak. Jim__ Mar 2020 #4
Silence is consent. dalton99a Mar 2020 #7
Wrong wrong wrong... lame54 Mar 2020 #8
Sorry, Mr. Axelrod, I'm going to have to disagree. Goodheart Mar 2020 #9

Tucker08087

(621 posts)
3. Yeah. You know what? No.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:03 PM
Mar 2020

It’s NEVER the right moment. Don’t talk about gun violence. It’s too raw. Don’t talk about the murder of transsexuals. It’s too soon. Don’t talk about a predator being voted onto the Supreme Court. It’s too upsetting. Don’t talk about a deadly virus that Trump purposely used and put our lives at risk for his own personal gain. It’s too distasteful. I’m TIRED of doing the right thing. You know what they would do if the shoe were on the other foot. One only needs to go back to their tweets during Ebola, which was handled excellently, to see their negative attacks against President Obama.
And this isn’t negative. It’s truth. He’s still only giving such a tiny amount of information that people are not responding to the threat appropriately because he is making the threat seem minuscule. People need to know that he’s lying. They need to understand the danger. The truth about Trump IS negative. It always has been.
If this isn’t the time, well then, when the hell is?

Tucker08087

(621 posts)
6. I will read it again, because maybe there was a typo
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 11:56 PM
Mar 2020

But I never considered, or thought about, or I even implied that I was leaving. But I will read it again. I tried to a few web options, but as I trying to put my words on paper, and I have been here enjoying adult beverages, So I will explain tomorrow whatever the misunderstanding was, but never fear I did not intend to ever give up or ever leave, and I’m sorry you thought I

Tucker08087

(621 posts)
10. I'm sorry. I still don't see it.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 03:59 PM
Mar 2020

I was simply saying that I’m tired of always trying to be nice, always following what the media thinks we should be doing and saying. No. It’s time to tell the truth. Is this political? Not really. This is the truth, and it will save lives. Trump makes it political because his goal is to be divisive, but everything he has done is negative, and we tiptoe around trying to be “decent.” Well, he’s not decent, and if we point out his lies and ineptitude, we aren’t being negative or political. We are being honest and, in this case, saving lives. It’s time. Is it uncomfortable? Maybe? Not nearly as uncomfortable as suffocating to death while your lungs fail. It’s time. Speak often and loudly. That’s all I was saying. I never implied that I was leaving, although as a chemo patient, the chance of leaving this world is always present, more so now. But I’ll die as a Democrat. Pretty sure that’s how I came into this world, too.

Jim__

(14,059 posts)
4. Trump is appearing on TV everyday praising himself for his heroic actions during the outbreak.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:43 PM
Mar 2020

No! We should not give him a free-hand to spread any lies he wants.

lame54

(35,259 posts)
8. Wrong wrong wrong...
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:00 AM
Mar 2020

Instead of fixing this he is campaigning, rewriting history and making empty promises that lose precious time as people wait them to come through

Call him out because he is not leading

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