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AdamGG

(1,877 posts)
Tue Nov 2, 2021, 08:36 AM Nov 2021

Would it be better for Democrats if Dump had not been taken off of Twitter? [View all]

I've wondered, as Biden's poll numbers have dropped over a barrage of right wing media attacks based in nothing, if it might almost have been beneficial for people to have seen the daily stream of chaotic toxic nonsense spewing from Trump for the last 10 months.

He has zero self control and it contributed to his being unre-electable. I was overjoyed to have him silenced, but in retrospect, his omnipresent insanity was a boost to Joe Biden. Allowing Trump to appear on the sidelines may have helped his cause rather than hindered it. When Afghanistan was happening, it may have even helped Biden to have Trump spewing comments that were so hateful and absurd, that Biden looked measured and reasonable by comparison.

Maybe we might actually be better off with Trump having the opportunity to actively damage himself every day and remind people of the complete piece of shit he is and the moral bankruptcy of the Republicans. They might have had more trouble dodging the Jan. 6 committee if Trump was still ranting his unhinged comments about it.

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Too much chess. Not enough Battleship. Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #1
Just a fucking little to soon after 10 fucking months to determine Biden fucking "unelectable" ... marble falls Nov 2021 #2
? I don't see that in the OP. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #4
Maybe a pronoun confusion makes this clumsy ... marble falls Nov 2021 #7
I see what you mean - when you leave off the headline, it reads quite differently. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #10
"Has zero self control and it contributed to his being unre-electable" AdamGG Nov 2021 #11
No, because in MAGAt word being hateful and absurd isn't a bug, it's a feature. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #3
Yes, in MAGAT world, but where did that get him in the overall polls as time went on AdamGG Nov 2021 #12
Absurd. Do you miss Trmupy's ramblings? Twitter has every right to throw the asshole out. FSogol Nov 2021 #5
No. Channel the MAGAts into tRump's app and then let it collapse like the other RW media Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #6
No. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #8
No. His campaigning helps the Democrats. Hence his non appearance in VA themaguffin Nov 2021 #9
No . ... Lovie777 Nov 2021 #13
The people who might or might not vote for him or candidates closely associated with him muriel_volestrangler Nov 2021 #14
Exactly. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #20
So you prefer having the public sphere, the airwaves, the daily newsfeeds, the very air we breathe, niyad Nov 2021 #15
I've had a nice few months with him gone Ritabert Nov 2021 #16
Anything that hinders his lying campaign is a plus. Xavier Breath Nov 2021 #17
No. His Tweets radicalize his followers, but Democrats do need a PR strategy. Doodley Nov 2021 #18
I don't think so, because Trump has this way of garnering attention ismnotwasm Nov 2021 #19
I certainly agree that the banning was deserved and that his lie firehose was bad... AdamGG Nov 2021 #21
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