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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
19. They are likely being asked.
Sun May 31, 2020, 02:41 PM
May 2020

It should be a group effort from the three living former Presidents. If President Obama goes it alone, that gives Trump a juicy target with which to excite his base, if Presidents Bush and Carter are part of the same appeal, that cuts the legs from under a claim against President Obama by Trump.

Doing nothing is not going to win him any new votes. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #1
Watch his polls over the next week. They will go up. There are enough Doodley May 2020 #3
I think you are spot on. I was shocked this morning when a Trump supporter doc03 May 2020 #5
The racists are already with him StarfishSaver May 2020 #8
Let's watch his poll numbers. I hope I am wrong. Doodley May 2020 #17
Please please think of the racist! linda52 May 2020 #12
Agree Cosmocat May 2020 #14
Doubtful. nt fleabiscuit May 2020 #20
tRUMP doing his best to do his worst isn't going to win him any votes either but then he didn't abqtommy May 2020 #2
I must disagree yes he will always keep his base but the more riots and burning of doc03 May 2020 #4
I must disagree with you, but that's ok. Lets compare notes when this and tRUMP are all over. abqtommy May 2020 #9
"OK if the protests go on forever." He will love it if there is still unrest around election time mitch96 May 2020 #6
Yep. He's even throwing gas on the fire. gulliver May 2020 #7
I doubt that it is a really good chance. Blue_true May 2020 #13
I agree on all counts. I wish former presidents would step in, especially Obama. gulliver May 2020 #18
They are likely being asked. Blue_true May 2020 #19
People seem to believe this is bad for Trump. tman May 2020 #10
No leadership and racist tweets are helping him! linda52 May 2020 #15
Someone mentioned the reaction of on the fence voters yesterday. Blue_true May 2020 #11
"... one thing voters will not tolerate is anarchy in the streets." Mariana May 2020 #16
What he is going to do and was going to do long before they murdered this man is Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #21
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