'Trump's Re-Election Chances Are Going Down in Flames.'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

How Trump's Divisive Rhetoric Could Hurt Republicans in November

On Monday morning, a few hours before President Donald Trump lambasted Joe Biden’s supporters as the “radical left working to get the Anarchists out of jail” and told governors they were “weak” for failing to crack down on protesters, his aides were emailing supporters with a memo that sought to cast the President as a unifying figure.

“Message of the day,” read the subject line of Monday’s talking points from the White House, which are circulated to supporters as guidance to talk to the press and were obtained by TIME. “President Trump: we are working toward a more just society, but that means building up, not tearing down.”

This may be the message some Republicans want Trump to telegraph at this moment of crisis, but it bears little resemblance to what Trump has actually been saying. As the protests over George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer turned violent across the country last weekend – including in Trump’s backyard – the only time the public heard from the President was on social media in a series of divisive posts. He called the protesters in Minneapolis “thugs,” raged against the media for “doing everything within their power to foment hatred and anarchy” and continually slammed Democratic officials, who he said let the protests spin out of control.

The discrepancy between the President’s incendiary rhetoric and the line GOP members are expected to tow has once again exposed the fine line Republicans have been forced to walk since Trump took over the party. For years, they’ve uncomfortably shrugged it off. But with Trump’s re-election bid underway, even some Republican stalwarts have acknowledged that Trump’s latest reaction to a national tragedy could have disastrous electoral implications in November.

Even before Floyd’s death unleashed this wave of racial unrest, the President was facing dueling economic and public health crises precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic. Some Republicans already thought the combination was dangerous for Trump’s prospects. Now they think the addition of racial tensions could prove fatal — and hurt GOP lawmakers seeking re-election in their own state races. An ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted last week found that Biden holds a 5-point lead over Trump, even when factoring in low voter turnout, and that Trump’s disapproval rating had increased by 7 points since late March. Polls in key states where Democrats are trying to flip Senate seats, like Montana, Maine and Arizona, showed Republican incumbents trailing before the protests started.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-election-chances-going-down-153129445.html

While I generally agree with the article let's not get complacent.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Which is why we wont be allowed to vote by mail or count the votes or have

internet on the day of the election and on and on and on.

PUTIN and rump and Moscow Mitch will do AnYTHING to avoid justice so we better not only not be complacent we better ASSUME they will stop us from voting somehow.

[0rganism]

2. observe the comment section - notes from a parallel universe

lots of "law abiding" and "silent majority" type stuff blaming Democrats for not cracking down on urban unrest
of course it's from yahoo, so i'm not surprised;yahoo is a haven for inbred fascists

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Should you be worried about "complacency"..........

read some of the "posts" in response to the article!

MY GAWD, we have SO much work to do!!