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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
How Trump's Biden mania led him to the brink of impeachment
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/27/trump-biden-impeachment-005123The cascade of tweets began at 4:56 a.m. on May 1, starting with the presidents criticism of the nations largest firefighters unions endorsement of Joe Biden. Over the next two hours, more than 60 retweets bashing Biden and the firefighters decision would follow from Donald Trump's Twitter account.
The burst of activity came during a three-month period that reveals an extraordinary preoccupation with his potential general election rival, and provides a window into Trumps thinking in the run-up to his fateful July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
At home and abroad, on Twitter, at campaign rallies, in interviews and even from the White House lawn, Trump spent an inordinate amount of time deriding Biden and insisting that the former vice president could not be ahead of him in polls despite the fact that Biden has led the president in general election matchups in every major poll conducted in 2019.
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The Biden campaign concluded that, based on what it knew about the reelection campaigns well-financed, sophisticated data operation, Trumps reaction was a sign there was likely even more bad polling data about Bidens appeal that didnt get a public airing.
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The one thing the president is well aware of is that in his base there are a lot of Obama voters, the aide said, alluding to what he said was the presidents perception that Biden threatened his hold on those voters. Theyre union members, theyre rank and file. A lot of those times, if they were campaigning, Obama would send Biden out there.
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Biden disappeared from Trumps Twitter feed for a brief period in the run-up to special prosecutor Robert Mueller's July 24 testimony before Congress. The Zelensky call, in which the president asked the Ukrainian president to investigate the Ukrainian business dealings of Bidens son Hunter, took place the next morning.
As it turned out, Biden would loom over the entire day. Aside from the presidents request which would ultimately spark an impeachment inquiry Fox News released a poll that day showing Biden with a commanding 10-point lead over Trump.
And hours after the call, Trump, his top political advisers and congressional leaders gathered in the White House for an extensive campaign briefing in which Trump adviser Bill Stepien highlighted Biden as a potentially formidable threat.
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The burst of activity came during a three-month period that reveals an extraordinary preoccupation with his potential general election rival, and provides a window into Trumps thinking in the run-up to his fateful July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
At home and abroad, on Twitter, at campaign rallies, in interviews and even from the White House lawn, Trump spent an inordinate amount of time deriding Biden and insisting that the former vice president could not be ahead of him in polls despite the fact that Biden has led the president in general election matchups in every major poll conducted in 2019.
-snip-
The Biden campaign concluded that, based on what it knew about the reelection campaigns well-financed, sophisticated data operation, Trumps reaction was a sign there was likely even more bad polling data about Bidens appeal that didnt get a public airing.
-snip-
The one thing the president is well aware of is that in his base there are a lot of Obama voters, the aide said, alluding to what he said was the presidents perception that Biden threatened his hold on those voters. Theyre union members, theyre rank and file. A lot of those times, if they were campaigning, Obama would send Biden out there.
-snip-
Biden disappeared from Trumps Twitter feed for a brief period in the run-up to special prosecutor Robert Mueller's July 24 testimony before Congress. The Zelensky call, in which the president asked the Ukrainian president to investigate the Ukrainian business dealings of Bidens son Hunter, took place the next morning.
As it turned out, Biden would loom over the entire day. Aside from the presidents request which would ultimately spark an impeachment inquiry Fox News released a poll that day showing Biden with a commanding 10-point lead over Trump.
And hours after the call, Trump, his top political advisers and congressional leaders gathered in the White House for an extensive campaign briefing in which Trump adviser Bill Stepien highlighted Biden as a potentially formidable threat.
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Trump's terrified of Biden.
And it's interesting that Politico is now also noticing something I pointed out last week, about that Fox News poll showing Biden with a 10-point lead being the same day as the Zelenky call.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287293554
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How Trump's Biden mania led him to the brink of impeachment (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
OP
You Do Realize That His Cronies Have Been Investigating Warren But Can't Find Anything
DrFunkenstein
Sep 2019
#4
George II
(67,782 posts)1. The troika that terrifies trump: Obama, Clinton, Biden.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
peggysue2
(10,819 posts)2. The timeline on all these events . . .
is very damning for Trump. What really intrigues me is the Paul Manafort pardon connection because that is apparently where all of this started with the Biden attacks being glommed onto the overall 'plot' to protect Trump from additional disclosures (Manafort's displeasure of sitting in jail, possibility of loose lips) and shore up Trump's reelection prospects for 2020. Trump and his enablers know all too well what they face once he's pushed out of office.
So, that next-day call to Zelensky is certainly not a coincidence. Because coincidences don't exist in politics.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(144,884 posts)3. This isn't a Democratic issue or a Republican issue. This is a national issue.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DrFunkenstein
(8,745 posts)4. You Do Realize That His Cronies Have Been Investigating Warren But Can't Find Anything
Trumpworld Anxiety Grows Over a Rising Elizabeth Warren
Republicans are wondering why there is so little critical coverage of the senator and why the stories out there are making next to no dent.
We all push out the bad Warren stories but they dont go very far, one Republican strategist said.
The frustration Republicans are beginning to feel about Warrens non-stick nature was picked up repeatedly in interviews with 10 Republicans, including Trump campaign and White House officials, associates of the president, and other GOP operatives with knowledge of the situation.
These sources stressed that the anti-Warren effort within GOP circles hadnt fallen off since the DNA snafu.
Indeed, everyone from officials on Trumps 2020 re-election campaign, to the Republican National Committee, to a select group of opposition researchers have been sifting through her record in search of vulnerabilities.
But with few punches landing, the worry is that Trump may have already taken his best shot, and that Warren will end up looking increasingly formidable for having bounced back.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-and-elizabeth-warren-trumpworld-anxiety-grows-over-the-massachusetts-democrat
Republicans are wondering why there is so little critical coverage of the senator and why the stories out there are making next to no dent.
We all push out the bad Warren stories but they dont go very far, one Republican strategist said.
The frustration Republicans are beginning to feel about Warrens non-stick nature was picked up repeatedly in interviews with 10 Republicans, including Trump campaign and White House officials, associates of the president, and other GOP operatives with knowledge of the situation.
These sources stressed that the anti-Warren effort within GOP circles hadnt fallen off since the DNA snafu.
Indeed, everyone from officials on Trumps 2020 re-election campaign, to the Republican National Committee, to a select group of opposition researchers have been sifting through her record in search of vulnerabilities.
But with few punches landing, the worry is that Trump may have already taken his best shot, and that Warren will end up looking increasingly formidable for having bounced back.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-and-elizabeth-warren-trumpworld-anxiety-grows-over-the-massachusetts-democrat
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Gothmog
(144,884 posts)5. Desperate Donald Trump knows that Joe can beat him
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(296,775 posts)6. trump is so Stupid.. his own worst
enemy. His jealousy and fear of Joe Biden certainly did lead him right here.
Mahalo, highplainsdem!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden