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With that in mind, the president is hoping to rev up his MAGA rallies as soon as possible in an effort to rally his base.
The president is also eager to resume political travel in June, including holding his signature rallies by the end of the summer in areas where there are few cases, advisers said. Trumps political team has begun discussions about organizing a high-dollar, in-person fundraiser next month, as well as preliminary planning about staging rallies and what sort of screenings might be necessary, according to Republican National Committee officials and outsider advisers, the report adds. One option being considered is holding rallies outdoors, rather than in enclosed arenas, a senior administration official said.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/trump-glum-and-shell-shocked-as-coronavirus-pandemic-cripples-his-re-election-efforts-report/|]
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The petulant man baby is planning to risk covid spread at his MAGA rallies, because he craves the attention and of course he thinks this will see him through in November. Heh. I can see how that will back fire. Open up the rallies in places with few cases (if there is any such place any time soon) and that local community will be a hotspot in a hot minute. And the only determining factor for the virus showing up in numbers is that a MAGA rally took place? Trump spreading the virus and killing people, literally, not a good look for re- election prospects me thinks.
ehrnst
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Expect more incidents of violence and harassment involving MAGATs.
ewagner
(18,964 posts)struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)he's has been killing off his own voters.
hlthe2b
(102,236 posts)by including their link as well? They were the actual original source, after all, of the original reporting and it is to all our benefit that they get the clicks as well.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-deaths-mount-trump-tries-to-convince-americans-its-safe-to-inch-back-to-normal/2020/05/09/bf024fe6-9149-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html
Shermann
(7,413 posts)Clicky clicky clicky please!
Rawstory is at it again.
PJMcK
(22,035 posts)Who needs their shit on their device?
You're right, hithe2b: pay tribute to the original source since they did the hard work of reporting.
Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)Raw Story...I have an online subscription to WAPO...not everyone does...RS helps get news out too.
Nature Man
(869 posts)can just do his fucking job and LEAD.
But he isn't capable. Everything he ever ran, he ran it into the ground.
King Shit.
malaise
(268,967 posts)PJMcK
(22,035 posts)When Trump loses-- for the second time, mind you-- he will not go quietly or politely. There will not be a concession speech. It will be an angry screed, just like every other time the asshole opens his mouth/anus.
malaise
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He'll be sent packing and will run the way he ran from Vietnam. Hopefully that CV shit will sort it out.
AleksS
(1,665 posts)Yup. He knows he (and enablers like Barr and McConnell) will only have from Nov to Jan to save his orange corpse from prison, so I expect a very very rough ride those months. Cornered rats are the most dangerous.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)An "angry screed" about how he was under appreciated and harshly treated - oh, and media, media, media isn't too hard to imagine. He's angry on a "good" day!
Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)..."That was some crazy shit!"
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)sop
(10,167 posts)It remains to be seen how many people will actually turn out for Trump's events. I'm guessing only a handful of the most hardcore MAGATs will show up. The POS will look like a fool addressing empty venues.
McKim
(2,412 posts)I hope so for their sakes. It is really sad how he has mesmerized these low information folks and used them to make his friends and family even richer.
sop
(10,167 posts)machoneman
(4,006 posts)aka Covid Party.
Isn't that a thing now among the maggots?
Squidly
(783 posts)And just film a closeup of him. Make those 50 sign non disclosure agreements so they cant say how many were actually.there. Heck, they will probably give each one a $100 bill as a sweetener. Pipe in some crowd noise and cheering and all of a sudden he has THE BEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL RALLY EVER!!
Chainfire
(17,536 posts)may make him feel better, but he is going to have to find a way to rally the few folks in the middle. That is going to be harder on him than third grade arithmetic was.
MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)GOOD ONE!!!
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)And the more the atmosphere in Agent Oranges White House resembles that of Fulgencio Batistas coterie just before Havana fell to the Castro insurgents, the better.
At least the Trumpies dont have to worry about being put against a wall and shot.
sop
(10,167 posts)Batista escaped with his family, and $millions looted from the cuban people.
I dont believe that ex-President Trump and his circle have to worry about immediate arrest after his successor takes the Oath of Office on January 21st. There will still be time to make a run for the airport (Although I doubt Agent Orange would be welcomed in either Havana or Santo Domingo).
RainCaster
(10,870 posts)Russia? Putin knows how stupid DFT is.
Saudi? The Prince only wants influence, DFT has none.
Philippines? Duterte doesn't respect a drug-dependent loser.
NK? Maybe, if he brings a plane full of food with him.
Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)Vladimir Vladimirovich could detail some obliging fellow to point some of them outyou know, that object of interest down and over there. See, that one! Just lean over and...
Oops.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)He's OUT on January 20, 2021.
trump doesn't have a dog. Poor Blondi.
Lock him up.
(6,928 posts)lanlady
(7,134 posts)to an American version of what befell Romanian dictator Ceaucescu and his wife.
Melania ought to relate to that, she's from Eastern Europe.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)He can blame the virus for his loss
Think about it though, I think he was going to lose virus or not. Imagine how he would have dealt with that!
He has a sad because he is unpopular. He has a sad because he has bad ratings. He has a sad because he is losing to an Obama guy. He has a sad because he cant hold his Nazi insult festivals
He does not have a sad because Americans are dying. He is way too busy feeling sorry for himself
-Laelth
SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)unpopular and to boot, an extremely inept president at that (except for a few diehards (pun wasn't intended at first, but after I typed it, I thought about it, and said, yeah, include it)).
His die hard supporters will continue to show up (those that he or his cronies paid for to attend), and thus, will continue to die for his idiotic and misguided belief that he's popular, etc.
Kind of sad and pathetic that he's more concerned about his popularity vs. the CV deaths and illnesses impacting this Country. People won't forget this (his pathetic and childish behavior).
Jedi Guy
(3,185 posts)In an alternate reality where the pandemic never occurred, he might very well have won re-election. Economy was doing well (on paper, if not in practice), unemployment was down, stock market was up... those are all powerful factors working in favor of an incumbent. None of them had a damn thing to do with Trump's "leadership," of course, but rightly or wrongly, the electorate credits/blames the President for the state of the economy in the moment.
With the economy in tatters and facing the worst situation since the Great Depression, and with Covid-19 running rampant due to Dolt 45's utter failure in leadership... his prospects for a second term are not good. However, they're not zero, either. Assuming that his goose is cooked and that Biden will win with ease is a bad idea, in my opinion.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)You are right
Maybe wishful thinking on my part
I felt those 80,000 votes he won by were gone
not fooled
(5,801 posts)his re-election changes would have been good. People wouldn't blame him for the virus emerging, but rather judge him on his response.
Even though he never deserved re-election (let alone election), the power of incumbency likely would have carried him through.
He had to really, really screw this up to torpedo his chances. And he did.
Not that with putin's help he couldn't still get installed again.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)See post 40
Wonder what Putin is up to now?
He has always been one step ahead but this virus mighta monkey wrenched his scheming
Jedi Guy
(3,185 posts)If by some miracle he'd risen to the challenge and handled it really well, his re-election would be almost guaranteed, I think. Of course, he's Trump, so handling anything well is not in his wheelhouse.
I think he might have been in halfway decent shape even with the job he's done... if he hadn't minimized it, claimed we had "tremendous control" of it early on, called it a hoax, proposed cockamamie remedies, etc. By downplaying it as much as he did, he screwed himself bigtime.
People can forgive a President for being wrong, but it's a hell of a lot harder to forgive a President for being that drastically wrong. Or, as in this case, for deliberately obfuscating and misleading the public regarding the true threat the virus posed.
PCIntern
(25,541 posts)if you were writing a conspiracy novel then this would have been a remarkably creative way of getting rid of him and his criminal crew
Jedi Guy
(3,185 posts)I suppose it's entirely possible that, since he got no traction by insisting that the virus originated in a Chinese lab, he might pivot and try to assert that the Democrats purposely unleashed the virus in order to boost their odds of beating him in the election. Or maybe it was the Deep State! Oh, or I bet it was Russia. Yeah, it was totally Russia. They helped Hillary in 2016, after all. Or it was the Deep State Russian Democrats, and they were in cahoots with the Reptilians and the Grays! The truth is out there!
PCIntern
(25,541 posts)Aristus
(66,328 posts)That's how I was on Election Day 2016.
How does it feel, asshole?
secondwind
(16,903 posts)try to do what is necessary to keep Americans from dying.......... ugh
secondwind
(16,903 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)When the trump depression comes from his and the Republicans dragging their feet , and they're stalling getting direct checks going to the people . Trumps intentionally making it all worse, and causing the spread of this virus to increase, and with pence too. Neither wear masks, or follow CDC guidelines, and watch what trump starts doing soon. He'll shut down reporting numbers to hide his failure with this virus, then claim it's great again, and all because of him. The truth will be the opposite showing more people he's nothing but a serial liar and a corrupt treasonous criminal working for Putin because he's broke and in deep debt to him. Saying people with gunning storming anywhere are good people is very telling of his intent to incite violence.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)And please do it quickly.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Butterflylady
(3,543 posts)I say let him live at least 4 years in torture, just like we have.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)essme
(1,207 posts)That he will throw a tantrum, and declare that he just cannot work with Democrats anymore-- and resign.
I think he already would have, except that he has been essentially kicked out of NYC. If he could have gone to his real home, he would have. I don't think he wants to move to FL.
DFW
(54,369 posts)Please a minority to the detriment of the majority, and the majority will not be pleased.
Is it THAT difficult to grasp?
zeusdogmom
(991 posts)Stick a pacifier in his pie hole and change his diaper. What a pathetic looser.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)Re-opening baloney. Small businesses are paying themselves and planning bankruptcy to escape debt. Equity has no benefit in an age of total debt. Debt is the new equity, the more debt the better.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)He needs serious, long term help.
Tink41
(537 posts)That's all he had to do, was the right thing. Probably win by a landslide. But that's ok we'll take it. Keep putting yourself first.
Hotler
(11,420 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Get your supporters to come out in droves to sit or stand right next to each other and chant and yell. Great idea! Do it!
I'll watch from over here.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)according to Trump.
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Sure, there are those deniers who currently attend protests, but most people on both sides of the political spectrum have to be shy about large crowds and will find an excuse not to go to a rally, even one held outdoors. How much fun would it be to spread out over a large area?
A lightly attended rally is not something Trump wants to see. so it robs him of his #1 campaign tool.
machoneman
(4,006 posts)the corwds may be as even those dummy MAGATS may stay home. Just like his Inauguration Day pics on the Mall. Lots of (ahem) white space!
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)The feds have a 10-mile restricted zone in place on the dates of Chump's outdoor activities. They might get a chance while its forming, but not of the "during".
GusBob
(7,286 posts)What is Putin going to do to help him win?
The blame China game comes to mind
Getting into the voting machines does too
Edit: I mean specifically with respects to the virus
For instance would Putin try and fix the US economy ?
Or has Trumps disaster already accomplished his mission?
Or does Putin go for the kill now
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)We would see that either way
I guess I meant specifically with respects to the virus
paleotn
(17,912 posts)He's simply delusional and luckily his own worst enemy.
But he could have been on a glide path to reelection, if he's listened to experts back in Dec. / Jan. and championed a competent response to Covid-19. From a purely political standpoint, the virus could have been a god send for his reelection chances. America deals with the virus in a science based, effective manner like some of our East Asian allies, while Europe and China burn. All of his past boorishness and stupidity would have been forgotten in the minds of many. But thankfully, no. He stayed true to form and caused a disaster of biblical proportions that will burn into the Fall and beyond, killing who knows how many Americans and completely destroying even the remote chances he had for reelection.
His polling looks awful now even by his own standards, and that's driven just by the daily news. Wait until the Dem election machine hits full steam and all that stored political ammunition gathered over the last 4 years, now leavened with the pandemic, is unleashed. He will lash out in his usual self destructive, idiotic manner, making the impact even worse. If anything, he's consistently stupid.
But for we Dems, this is no time to let off the accelerator. It's time to redouble and triple our efforts. This is a take no prisoners, all is fair, fight to the death and he must be completely destroyed. Not just in the swing states, but everywhere. And not just to take the White House and the Senate, but to crush his brand of populist fascism and destroy the Republican party for at least a generation. My hope is this is the beginning of the end of modern Republicans and in the coming years the party becomes a footnote in history.
crickets
(25,969 posts)lanlady
(7,134 posts)I would only add one thing - I hope this destroys the Trumps (all of them) for once and for all, together with the careers of their enablers.
Martin Eden
(12,864 posts)Resume the MAGA rallies ASAP with his voting base crammed into crowded venues (no PPE masks, of course).
This unintentional form of voter suppression is called KARMA.
packman
(16,296 posts)and how many of his fans are wearing face masks to it.
Alex4Martinez
(2,193 posts)Screen everyone coming in, though.
Be sure everyone is a 100% DIE hard Trump fan.
And no kids.
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)"What about my rallies? I need my rallies!!"
niyad
(113,283 posts)ecstatic
(32,701 posts)Who from drump's inner circle is providing this info and why?
I think it's a method of distracting us so that we don't push for election security, voting rights, and multiple safe methods of hassle-free voting (including vote by mail).
The signs and red flags are clear: He is already projecting on to Democrats his plans to cheat. He is protected by the most corrupt attorney general in modern history, which guarantees he will get away with anything he does. But he's not just relying on putin. Now we've seen drump openly call for a state to nullify election results. What will republican governors do when he calls for votes to be ignored this fall? States are allowed to ignore the popular vote and select a candidate. It turns out our Constitution is a mess, full of loopholes
Reality Check 2020
(2 posts)He will declare the election is rigged. He set that up last time thinking he would lose and didn't have to use it. This time he will. He has the supreme court just like bush did. We can get in the streets and protest just like we did in 2000. The difference is this time ,the armed thugs will come out in force. The armed lockdown protest are just a trial run for post election day. Remember when Capital Hill Republican staffers stopped the legal vote counting in Florida in 2000. What they are planning for 2020 will make that look like child's play. We can talk polls and races but the fact is he is going nowhere and there is no way to get him out when he goes that route. Democracy is really in danger folks and we need to start thinking about this possibility.
Yeehah
(4,587 posts)Let nature take its course.
SergeStorms
(19,199 posts)I want to see MAGAts falling over each other. I want to see them hugging and kissing each other over their great leader's perfect response to the corona virus. I'm talking BIGLY RALLIES, with tens of thousands of howling MAGAts at each one!
Then I want Joe Biden's supporters to vote by mail, or social distance voting in person with all available PPE in use. That would be a fitting conclusion to corona virus discussion in politics.
Raftergirl
(1,285 posts)if he and his administration had actually taken steps real steps to combat CV 19 way back in January. But, he and his whole administration are so incompetent, in every department, that they were too stupid to recognize what their denials were going to cause.
Now they cant even pivot to correcting all their dumb moves to make a difference and are just doubling down on their stupidity.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)tRump offers special favors and even America itself for sale to the highest bidder.
Botany
(70,501 posts)80,000 now dead and closing in on 100,000 dead and 1.5 million cases.
And it is all on Donny, Fox News, and their acolytes. And don't forget
another great depression. So much winning. So big of a hoax.
From a Trump Tweet this am. "We are getting great marks for the handling of the CoronaVirus pandemic ... "
BComplex
(8,049 posts)What a fool. I hope he gets infected if he's not already. That's a hard lesson, but one he needs to learn.
Problem is, if he lives through it, he'll likely be more arrogant than ever, thinking he's god's chosen one, like the evangelicals have been telling him.
helpisontheway
(5,007 posts)together and watch the numbers increase dumb@ss.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Lesser known is that the Lord has a sense of humor. "When we make plans, the Lord laughs" is our go-to when chaos breaks out around here.
Chump's ratings up. Stock market up. Immigration down. Oil prices down. Impeachment incomplete. All things were heading in Chump's favor 'til the Big Guy upstairs chuckled and said "Not so fast, buddy!" BAM! He sends COVID to slam on the brakes.
Skittles
(153,156 posts)it's his pathetic NON-RESPONSE to the virus that is hurting his chances
Hekate
(90,671 posts)No masks allowed. Have a banquet and let the liquor flow so it relaxes everybody's inhibitions. Don't worry about the servers, because every one of them will be healthy, right?
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Just focus on himself and how rude it is for the dead and unemployed to hurt his re-election
He is so vile it is unspeakable