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brooklynite

(93,835 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:10 AM Jul 2020

Democrats not worried about Trump use of Federal Agents as political tactic

But while Democrats have expressed dismay at the use of federal law enforcement in Portland, Ore., advisers to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his Democratic allies seem mostly unconcerned about the impact of Mr. Trump’s tactics politically, even as protests escalated and spread over the weekend.

For one thing, the president’s dire warnings of a dark Democratic-run future is in dissonance with the reality that the current unrest is happening during his own Republican tenure.

“The sense of disorder that Trump is promoting as a national threat actually works against him because it reinforces a sense that America under Donald Trump is a country in disorder and disarray,” said Geoff Garin, a pollster who works for a leading Democratic super PAC, Priorities USA.

For another, Democrats believe the issue of violence at protests is being perceived by many voters as a distraction by Mr. Trump from his faltering pandemic response and the economic downturn.

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beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
2. Biden's tact is the correct path with dealing with this as afterJanuary, the
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:48 AM
Jul 2020

investigations and prosecutions will start on all involved

Hotler

(11,353 posts)
4. Don't bet on it. I was hoping for investigations and prosecutions of Bush/Cheney but,
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 10:41 AM
Jul 2020

all I heard was now is not the time to point fingers and, they walked away.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
3. traitortrump could be testing troops for an 'emergency declaration' and takeover.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:57 AM
Jul 2020

Should not 'let it ride' much, imo.

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