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UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 10:54 PM Oct 2020

Trump is terrified -- and could exploit his COVID-19 infection to further destabilize the election:

How will President Trump’s revelation that he tested positive for COVID-19 affect the presidential race? Acclaimed journalist, author and activist Naomi Klein warns that the Trump campaign is likely to exploit the news. “We need to be prepared for the president using the fact that he’s having to cancel campaign events for two weeks to try to further delegitimize elections,” she says.

I think we need to remember that this president has been campaigning for reelection since the day after he was inaugurated and since he started circulating false photographs of the rallies that supposedly greeted him. He has had plenty of time to campaign. He has done nothing but campaign for reelection since he became president.

So, I think that, you know, we’re seeing a lot of Democrats sending thoughts and prayers this morning. You know, I really think we should see Trump getting COVID as the epidemiological equivalent of a mass shooting, where the shooter opens fire on the crowd and then turns the gun on himself. This is not a tragic accident. It is a crime scene and should be treated as such.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trump-is-terrified-and-could-exploit-his-19-infection-to-further-destabilize-the-election-naomi-klein/



Biden needs to keep the pressure on the GOP. The Democratic Party can take the Senate if the voters vote!

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Trump is terrified -- and could exploit his COVID-19 infection to further destabilize the election: (Original Post) UCmeNdc Oct 2020 OP
Won't work if we vote. He screwed himself. Hoyt Oct 2020 #1
depends on if he is actually infected nt msongs Oct 2020 #2
Donald Trump has just rendered himself irrelevant Blue Owl Oct 2020 #3

Blue Owl

(50,523 posts)
3. Donald Trump has just rendered himself irrelevant
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:19 PM
Oct 2020

Only the dumbest of the slack-jawed mouth-breathers will listen to him now

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