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Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)
Fri May 22, 2020, 08:33 AM May 2020

"I get tested daily. I don't have to wear a mask."

Not an exact quote, but close enough for hand grenades.

This one will explode in Trump's face. Not exactly a winning message when he's trying to cajole/force workers back into the workplace and consumers back into the physical marketplace, without having a robust and fully functioning public health system, including ample easily accessible testing, already in place.

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"I get tested daily. I don't have to wear a mask." (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo May 2020 OP
trump's narcissism at its best beachbumbob May 2020 #1
Another case of grab what you can and everyone for themselves. bullimiami May 2020 #2
Patient Nero, the zero. C_U_L8R May 2020 #3
+1 GeorgeGist May 2020 #7
Do you think enough trumpers are smart enough to understand? irisblue May 2020 #4
Nope sellitman May 2020 #6
Very few will get it. Tom Rinaldo May 2020 #8
I bet he'd wear one made out of Ivanka's underpants. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #5
I get tested several times a day to see if I remember my password. Does that count? LiberalArkie May 2020 #9
It should. Tom Rinaldo May 2020 #11
I'm OK, you can go to hell, in other words Maeve May 2020 #10
Yes, exactly. That is what he is directly communicating here Tom Rinaldo May 2020 #12

bullimiami

(13,084 posts)
2. Another case of grab what you can and everyone for themselves.
Fri May 22, 2020, 08:39 AM
May 2020

This is trumps moral compass, always has been.

sellitman

(11,606 posts)
6. Nope
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:32 AM
May 2020

They think he was sent here by G-D.

It's pretty scary almost half the population here are raging idiots.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)
8. Very few will get it.
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:49 AM
May 2020

It's not just a matter of native intelligence, "brainwashing" of sorts plays into it too. But there aren't enough "true Trumpers" out there to reelect him on their own. Trump counts on political tribalization to get him over the top, harvesting enough votes from those who distrust Democrats, but who don't necessarily love him, in order to win. He keeps making it harder for those types to hold their noses and vote for him.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)
12. Yes, exactly. That is what he is directly communicating here
Fri May 22, 2020, 10:05 AM
May 2020

even if he is too self absorbed to realize it. The message comes through loud and clear.

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