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Cattledog

(5,914 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:07 AM Sep 2020

The Strongman Con: How to stop worrying about Trump stealing the election

Are you freaking out about Donald John Trump's week-long stream of statements to the effect that he won't cede the presidency if he loses in November? Has your stomach not been the same since he talked about wanting to "get rid of the ballots"? Are you so tired by 2020 and so sleepless, so tortured by nightmares of Trump staying in the White House by force that you have no energy to help get out the vote that could crush him in a landslide?

Then you, my friend, may be an unwitting victim of the Strongman Con. Trump is reportedly laughing behind the scenes at how much of a fuss he's kicked up with his democracy-defying act. All the attention is on him again: just the way a narcissist likes it. His opposition, which far outnumbers his supporters, is terrified: just the way his base likes it. Don the con, perpetual perpetrator of scams and bankruptcies and frivolous lawsuits, past master at making himself and his company look bigger and meaner than they actually are, thinks he's getting away with it again.


https://mashable.com/article/trump-election-democracy/?fbclid=IwAR2gO53tm4Tmqq_vQ0H_-gS30clhYaaIqF4Ki9ewdeKa8V_f2J8-WtDU4-I

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The Strongman Con: How to stop worrying about Trump stealing the election (Original Post) Cattledog Sep 2020 OP
Yes! He loves having that kind of impact on people. He gets off on it big time. nt NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #1
MAGAt base is active bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #2
Just weeks ago he told MAGAts to say "12 years" because it would make people mad. live love laugh Sep 2020 #3
Trump is doing everything possible to suppress the Democratic vote dlk Sep 2020 #4

bucolic_frolic

(43,166 posts)
2. MAGAt base is active
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:16 AM
Sep 2020

I've seen roads painted with Trump 2020, and Craigslist community is riddled with vile tripe ... anyone want to do some flagging? I mean "All lives splatter ... liberals are road pizza" "Liberal hunting permit" ... and CL just lets it float by. I think if enough flag they remove them but the hatred is out there, not just on Tweetie and Fakebook.

live love laugh

(13,109 posts)
3. Just weeks ago he told MAGAts to say "12 years" because it would make people mad.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:29 AM
Sep 2020

Too much attention is given to these pronouncements of a liar.

dlk

(11,566 posts)
4. Trump is doing everything possible to suppress the Democratic vote
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:44 AM
Sep 2020

This includes discouraging Democrats from voting in an election he would like to steal. Defiance and voting is the best antidote to his machinations.

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