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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,957 posts)
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 05:44 PM Sep 2020

A strong majority of Americans are already dismissing Trump's October surprise

Donald Trump will have to come up with a different October surprise now that basically no one but his cultists trust anything he says about the coronavirus.

More than 190,000 U.S. deaths into the pandemic and less than two months out from Election Day, 62% of Americans believe the Food and Drug Administration—under pressure from Trump—will rush approval for a coronavirus vaccine that may not be safe, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll.

The poll, taken from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3, found 85% of Democrats, 61% of independents, and even 35% of Republicans worried that a rushed COVID-19 vaccine under Trump might not be safe or effective. What’s astonishing is that fully 62% of the public already distrusted a Trump-era vaccine even before Trump’s latest taped confession to journalist Bob Woodward, when he deliberately lied about how deadly the coronavirus is.

Notably, women were far more skeptical of a Trump-era vaccine than men in the poll, with 70% of women and 55% of men saying they feared a rushed process.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/10/1976408/-A-strong-majority-of-Americans-are-already-dismissing-Trump-s-October-surprise?detail=emaildkre

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A strong majority of Americans are already dismissing Trump's October surprise (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
I don't think that's the october surprise he had in mind. I think giuliani BComplex Sep 2020 #1
He could always nuke the N. Koreans Chainfire Sep 2020 #2
It's likely tied to the Russia "investigation" SoCalNative Sep 2020 #3

BComplex

(8,049 posts)
1. I don't think that's the october surprise he had in mind. I think giuliani
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 06:18 PM
Sep 2020

was going to spring some sort of scandal about Biden and his son in Ukraine. That's, of course, not going to fly, either.

Of course, he might have Bill Barr try to ARREST Joe Biden, but that would bring down the house.

There aren't too many bows he has left in his quiver that could out-do the insanity he's already rained down on this country.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)
3. It's likely tied to the Russia "investigation"
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 08:35 PM
Sep 2020

that caused a resignation due to it being pushed through to release before the election.

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