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2016 Postmortem

morningfog

(18,115 posts) Wed May 4, 2016, 01:06 PM May 2016

I don't like Hillary's "Stop Trump" ad or argument. It assumes he is the default winner

and that it is up to HIllary to stop him.

That is poor framing that empowers and elevates Trump. He doesn't have to be "stopped." That was the republican fight, to stop him from becoming the nominee. For the general election it is promoting Democratic policies. It is perfectly fine to hammer the dangerous of the republicans and Trump, in particular. But, we aren't "stopping" trump. He is not the presumptive winner of the White House to be challenged. He is not an incumbent president.