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They want us to tone down the rhetoric, but Trump is a clear and present danger to our democracy! (Original Post) surfered Jul 2024 OP
Telling the truth about Trump might get him killed? Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #1
Good one. surfered Jul 2024 #2
Even more so now than ever before. B.See Jul 2024 #3
"Toning down the rhetoric"... appmanga Jul 2024 #4

Irish_Dem

(82,336 posts)
1. Telling the truth about Trump might get him killed?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 07:51 PM
Jul 2024

So we have to tell lies to keep him safe?

appmanga

(1,531 posts)
4. "Toning down the rhetoric"...
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 10:02 PM
Jul 2024

...doesn't mean not telling the truth. The only thing Democrats have to commit to is to do what they've been doing: sharing the truth about Donald Trump's record, statements, and actions. Democrats aren't pushing conspiracy theories or ghost stories. Trump saying he wants to be a dictator was a true statement. Project 2025 is a real document. Trump actually added three people to the Supreme Court who he felt would assist in overturning Roe v. Wade and Trump has bragged about that. Trump really suggested ingesting bleach or inserting UV light into the body as ways of getting rid of COVID. A million people did die of COVID and he did downplay the dangers of the disease, and he did discourage the use of masks and social distancing.

Trump has encouraged violence in his political speech.

Democrats have no reason to not to continue to tell the truth about Trump's past and his intentions of the future, and part of that truth is his admiration for authoritarians and his desire to be one. If the people who've wasted so much time talking about Biden's age spent that time talking about Trump's deficiencies, they wouldn't be worried about not winning the election. The most important thing you can do as a political candidate in this country is tell people the truth. The vast majority of our fellow Americans will make their electoral decision on facts if they are given to them. Democrats need to trust that.

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