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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:33 PM Jul 2020

Senator Thom Tillis Says Voters Should Back Trump Because Life Was Good Before COVID-19

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has a message to people thinking of abandoning President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in November’s elections: Remember how fine life was before the coronavirus pandemic?

The GOP incumbent, facing what polls show is a tough re-election race this fall, argued that voters should judge his party based on the economy’s performance before the spread of the disease ― and not the Trump administration’s bungled handling of a public health crisis that has resulted in the deaths of more than 130,000 people and left about 30 million unemployed Americans. Most GOP leaders ― including Tillis ― have been unwilling to publicly hold Trump accountable for the failed response.

“The stakes are very high this election, but you know why I know we’re going to win?” Tillis asked in a Friday night speech at the North Carolina Republican convention, which was held virtually because of the spread of coronavirus. “Because people remember how good their lives were back in February.”

Pressing his point, Tillis said, “Can you imagine if we had had a Democrat president and a Democrat majority in the Senate and the House, what our economy would’ve looked like at the worst possible time? At least we had that economy to buttress us while we fight and ultimately win the COVID war.”

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/coronavirus-thom-tillis-trump-222940689.html

Hey Goober Tillis, we did have a Democratic president and a Democratic majority. That's why Trump inherited such a good economy from Obama.

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Senator Thom Tillis Says Voters Should Back Trump Because Life Was Good Before COVID-19 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
He has really got his nose up MF45's butt in hopes he'll get re elected kimbutgar Jul 2020 #1
After the treatment of President Obama? Fuck you with a hacksaw with no lube buddy! Brainfodder Jul 2020 #2
Life was good before Trump. SharonAnn Jul 2020 #21
Life was good for who(m)? Collimator Jul 2020 #3
Nah, you were useless, fuckwit, highly paid prostitutes before. And Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2020 #4
He is just against washing his hands. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #5
He's only highlighting what an idiot he truly is. What a scumbag. NT SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #6
A timely reminder of the Lincoln Project's Thom Tillis ad: Tanuki Jul 2020 #7
Well we would've had 1.75 trillion dollars more available ibegurpard Jul 2020 #8
If you just ignore that iceberg thing and the sinking, the Titanic was a lovely cruise. n/t Yavin4 Jul 2020 #9
maybe it was better? (not really) .. It comes down to .. "What have you done for me lately, baby" Srkdqltr Jul 2020 #10
Fuck Off tommy boy spanone Jul 2020 #11
+10000 Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2020 #12
Yeah, sure matt819 Jul 2020 #13
Trump's inaction made covid-19 way worse than what it should be in the u.s. uponit7771 Jul 2020 #14
I read this statement by Tillis a couple days ago peggysue2 Jul 2020 #15
This was Trump's test and he failed horribly. C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #16
NC has a lot smart people. Repug Tillis isn't one of them. nt NCjack Jul 2020 #17
Um, Life Was Good In 2011-2016 ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #18
Life was better under Obama Retrograde Jul 2020 #19
The kids in the cages say otherwise malaise Jul 2020 #20

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
3. Life was good for who(m)?
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:38 PM
Jul 2020

And if Biblegod approves of Trump so much and hand selected him to be president, why did he send a plague?

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
5. He is just against washing his hands.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:41 PM
Jul 2020

That's the same idiot who is against restaurant workers having to wash their hands after they take a crap.

He is disgusting.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
8. Well we would've had 1.75 trillion dollars more available
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:46 PM
Jul 2020

Money that went to inflate stock prices instead of into consumers pockets.

Srkdqltr

(6,297 posts)
10. maybe it was better? (not really) .. It comes down to .. "What have you done for me lately, baby"
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:52 PM
Jul 2020

Lately hasn't been so good.

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)
15. I read this statement by Tillis a couple days ago
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 03:02 PM
Jul 2020

Unbelievable! He and maybe the Trump campaign itself is relying on amnesia to win? How great things were back in February means forgetting our current peril but also every rotten decision Trump and the GOP has made since Day 1. Btw, we entered an economic recession in February.

Babies in cages, anyone? Racist rhetoric gone off the rails, the defense of Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville (very fine people), the sickening performance in Helsinki, just to name a few. What about the murder of African Americans at the hands of our police, on tape, no way to pretend it didn't happen? Whatta we get? Oh yes, it's terrible but white people are murdered, too.

Republicans are counting on the Kool-Aid and QAnon voters for an absolute embrace of their madness.

I agree with those who have noted that there are two pandemics raging in the country: the Covid-19 pandemic and a pandemic in craziness. Both appear highly infectious.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
16. This was Trump's test and he failed horribly.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 03:09 PM
Jul 2020

These Trump cheerleaders are sounding more and more pathetic.

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