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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 12:20 PM Jun 2020

For some reason Trump's double digit unemployment and widespread bankruptcies ...

just don't seem to be resonating with voters, weird huh?

Maybe Trump's record shattering numbers of new COVID-19 cases after bullying Governors into allowing crowds to gather will have better luck connecting with voters ... assuming they aren't among the ones killed by Trump's incompetence .

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For some reason Trump's double digit unemployment and widespread bankruptcies ... (Original Post) Snake Plissken Jun 2020 OP
Focus on the Covid D_Master81 Jun 2020 #1
The only people stupid enough to give Trump a pass on anything we vote for him regardless. Snake Plissken Jun 2020 #4
I suspect his voters love the fact that old folks are dying dalton99a Jun 2020 #2
I hate to say it - but that horrible thought has been nagging at me as well. alittlelark Jun 2020 #6
By the end of July Pantagruel Jun 2020 #3
Oh, it's resonating all right...with the ones unemployed... brush Jun 2020 #5

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
1. Focus on the Covid
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 12:23 PM
Jun 2020

Many voters I think will give Trump a pass on the economy given much of the unemployment number is because of Covid shutdowns. We must focus on his inept handling of that crisis which may then begin to resonate that had he handled Covid better the economy would be in better shape.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
4. The only people stupid enough to give Trump a pass on anything we vote for him regardless.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 12:26 PM
Jun 2020

Right now up to 30,000,000 people are unemployed and that number will grow significantly in the Red states. I doubt they will be feeling benevolent towards Trump regarding how bad he fucked up the economy.

dalton99a

(81,068 posts)
2. I suspect his voters love the fact that old folks are dying
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 12:25 PM
Jun 2020

Think inheritance, life insurance. And they don't even have to go say goodbye.

alittlelark

(18,886 posts)
6. I hate to say it - but that horrible thought has been nagging at me as well.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 12:49 PM
Jun 2020

I'm sure it's not ALL of the covidiots, but certainly some.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
3. By the end of July
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 12:26 PM
Jun 2020

Joe Sixpak should start to get squirmy as the palliative effects of the stimuli run out.

brush

(53,472 posts)
5. Oh, it's resonating all right...with the ones unemployed...
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 12:38 PM
Jun 2020

and with business owners forced into bankruptcy.

Believe me. They're feeling it.

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