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Sun Feb 14, 2021, 01:04 PM

10. Seriously?

No. They are not skittish animals. They are people who have made choices.

I'm fine with them staying right where they are. We don't need them.

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94 replies	Author	Time	Post
How can we reach out to Trump voters? [View all]	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	OP
You can't (nt)	Mattgoetznolovefromm	Feb 2021	#1
Welcome to DU, and the conversation.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#3
I am going to call it	MOMFUDSKI	Feb 2021	#63
anti abortionists are racist at heart.	Claire Oh Nette	Feb 2021	#76
As a volunteer escort for Planned Parenthood	NoRethugFriends	Feb 2021	#94
With a ten foot pole	soothsayer	Feb 2021	#2
Agreed.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#5
I agree	Walleye	Feb 2021	#8
Yep	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Feb 2021	#61
They are now a cult.	NameAlreadyTaken	Feb 2021	#4
Here's how I did it. It was the easiest thing I ever did when I realized what they believe and value	Autumn	Feb 2021	#6
Now you're talking. Keep them away from the Dem party...	brush	Feb 2021	#71
Funny how whenever we talk about appealing to Black and Brown voters, we're shouted down with	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#81
You can but you need to	melm00se	Feb 2021	#7
Seriously?	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#10
You sure?	melm00se	Feb 2021	#45
We already picked off the sensible ones in the 2018 Blue wave.	brush	Feb 2021	#66
Yes, I'm sure	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#75
Those skittish animals attacked our capitol.	SlogginThroughIt	Feb 2021	#78
We don't	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#9
True, the reach should be policy based.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#16
There is no "reach" as far as I'm concerned	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#26
Yep. Every time we have extended our hand,	GoCubsGo	Feb 2021	#70
How about with a Sledgehammer?	maxrandb	Feb 2021	#11
Sledgehammer?	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#13
The answer is as you presented. Joe GOES BIG.	Irish_Dem	Feb 2021	#12
Agreed. eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#14
You can't teach stupid new tricks!	imanamerican63	Feb 2021	#15
True, but actions that lead to progress will speak.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#18
This message was self-deleted by its author	brush	Feb 2021	#62
Correction: In office 6 days shy of 1 month. He's working hard...	brush	Feb 2021	#64
I would suggest using dimensional lumber.......	lastlib	Feb 2021	#17
So true and to the point.	brush	Feb 2021	#59
There are voters who voted for Obama and Trump	andym	Feb 2021	#19
Well argued. eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#21
To me, Beto had an excellent strategy for coming so close against Cruz	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2021	#20
Yes, deep canvassing is one method we must use.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#23
Let it go. We already picked off the reachable ones in the 2018 Blue wave.	brush	Feb 2021	#55
What do you think they want? Guess any of them? Cuz I agree	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2021	#67
We can't reach out to them	calguy	Feb 2021	#22
This!	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#30
So ture.	brush	Feb 2021	#53
Free university or technical college for their kids and lower Medicare age to 60 and increase	LaMouffette	Feb 2021	#24
Excellent additions.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#25
Those are Democratic policies which help the 99%, which includes...	brush	Feb 2021	#52
"They'll surely take the benefits"	llmart	Feb 2021	#69
Agreed. Same here.	brush	Feb 2021	#72
I suspect you are right about them still voting Republican. It's very hard to fight party loyalty.	LaMouffette	Feb 2021	#93
Ever see the movie Malcolm X	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#27
Some do, but not all.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#28
With all due respect, bullshit	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#32
Well said. Such a strategy greatly risks alienating Black and POC voters...	brush	Feb 2021	#43
If Trumpism isn't a cult, it's a religion to his supporters.	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#44
Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#34
Yes. For some reason they fear	Mr.Bill	Feb 2021	#88
I value	llashram	Feb 2021	#29
I won't. They don't deserve any outreach.	Ferrets are Cool	Feb 2021	#31
They deserve ridicule and scorn.	roamer65	Feb 2021	#33
Trump was not a transformative figure...	Moostache	Feb 2021	#35
Thank you. So well said.	brush	Feb 2021	#42
We might disagree on the percentages.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#47
Reach out with what? Facts? Reality? Truth? Ideas? Words? History?	hatrack	Feb 2021	#36
We already picked off in 2018 most of the sensible trump voters.	brush	Feb 2021	#37
+	Clearly fogged in	Feb 2021	#92
I really don't think we can reach "Trump voters" who are raging hypocrites. And we can try to	CTyankee	Feb 2021	#38
Agreed. And those are exactly the ones that we might reach.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#49
I grew up in segregated Dallas, Texas. Went to segregated schools.	CTyankee	Feb 2021	#56
You can reach some people who voted for Trump by fixing the economy.	Poiuyt	Feb 2021	#39
100% agreed. eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#50
Republicans, stay away from me.	EndlessWire	Feb 2021	#40
Pitchforks?	KatyMan	Feb 2021	#41
"Reach out to Trump voters"? Really?	Bettie	Feb 2021	#46
The research indicates the primary source of anxiety	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#48
Demonstrating the difficulty.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#51
LGTBQ people and POC had no or virtually no power in the thirties and forties.	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#54
I agree, we should go big. Let our actions speak for us.	JudyM	Feb 2021	#57
Not a GD thing	GOPistheEnemy	Feb 2021	#58
I'm writing a booklet	Mersky	Feb 2021	#60
Funny, and well written. eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#82
We govern well	Sympthsical	Feb 2021	#65
They think HRC ate babies.	LizBeth	Feb 2021	#68
I have a Brother in Law who is a biker, 2nd amendment is everything type	ismnotwasm	Feb 2021	#73
Yeah, I know similar such people	Mersky	Feb 2021	#74
Yes, those and non voters	ismnotwasm	Feb 2021	#79
That is truly sad.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#83
I think people who are culturally intrenched like that are unreachable politically	ismnotwasm	Feb 2021	#89
Witha fist and a right hook?	SlogginThroughIt	Feb 2021	#77
We need to bring back the part of the past where we got things done.	gulliver	Feb 2021	#80
One part of the problem is "the Hastert rule".	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#84
Psychotropic drugs? Until they emerge from fantasyland, they're lost forever.	Vinca	Feb 2021	#85
If they are too stupid to understand what a disaster Trump was	Mr.Bill	Feb 2021	#86
Domesticated turkeys, looking up at the rain? eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#87
We could agree to become racists. Racism explains most of them. n/t.	NNadir	Feb 2021	#90
A fist	Ani Yun Wiya	Feb 2021	#91

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