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(52,227 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:11 PM Jul 2020

'Fish always flop around before they die': Trump's panic over the election perfectly explained on...

‘Fish always flop around before they die’: Trump’s panic over the election perfectly explained on MSNBC

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/fish-always-flop-around-before-they-die-trumps-panic-over-the-election-perfectly-explained-on-msnbc/

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace on Friday reported on the “panicky behavior” exhibited by President Donald Trump as coronavirus fatalities continue to surge while the economy is in shambles.

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“It is the kind of language resonant of conspiracy theorists, cranks and defeated candidates, not an incumbent living in the White House. Never before has a sitting president of the United States sought to undermine public faith in the election system the way Mr. Trump has,” Baker wrote. “He has refused to commit to respecting the results and, even after his election-delay trial balloon was panned by Republican allies, he raised the specter on Thursday evening of months of lawsuits challenging the outcome.”

David Jolly, we served as a Republican congressman representing Florida, explained what we are seeing.

“There’s a saying in politics that fish always flop around before they die — you see candidates engage in erratic behavior when they know they’re going to lose,” he explained.


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'Fish always flop around before they die': Trump's panic over the election perfectly explained on... (Original Post) unblock Jul 2020 OP
Jolly has it nailed... Yup hlthe2b Jul 2020 #1
Did you hear Trump True Blue American Jul 2020 #2
Be careful though, he's a damned catfish. mobeau69 Jul 2020 #3
I have this image of a beached whale. Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #4
Should we dynamite the carcass? ChazInAz Jul 2020 #5
LOL! Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #6
Golf ball in his blowhole... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #7

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)
1. Jolly has it nailed... Yup
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:13 PM
Jul 2020

and this from a soft-hearted person who feels bad even with fish in this situation. Trump? Not so much.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
2. Did you hear Trump
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:16 PM
Jul 2020

Screeching there would be bloodshed in every community if Joe Biden was elected. One guy was just shaking his head wondering how he could get out of there. The little one shook his head yes. Both in uniform.

Dem2theMax

(9,651 posts)
4. I have this image of a beached whale.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:02 PM
Jul 2020

The kind that someone finds after it's been on the beach for a week. Stinky, rotting, no longer breathing.

Don't know why that image just popped into my head.

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