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Amid wave of cultural change, Trump tries to stir a backlash
The Associated Press ^ | June 20, 2020 | by Julie Pace (D-AP)

Posted on 06/20/2020 3:43:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON -- It was June 2015, and Democrats felt the nation’s political and cultural winds blowing their way. The Supreme Court ruled in President Barack Obama’s favor on landmark gay marriage and health care cases. The White House was awash in rainbow light, a symbol of a liberal cultural takeover that seemed unstoppable.

The following year, Donald Trump was elected president, propelled by a revolt of voters who weren’t on board.

As he barrels toward the November election, Trump is again positioning himself as the spokesperson for voters resisting a new wave of cultural change, ready to ride any backlash from the protests calling for racial equality and police reform and this week’s Supreme Court rulings extending protections to gay workers and young immigrants.

“THE SILENT MAJORITY IS STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE,” Trump tweeted Friday, aligning himself with those who believe their voices are increasingly missing from the national dialogue.

In truth, Trump has never had support from a majority of Americans, nor has he seen a political imperative in trying to. He lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton in 2016 but offset that by boosting turnout in crucial Midwestern battleground states among disaffected, largely white, voters. That’s the same narrow path he’s trying to replicate against Democrat Joe Biden.

Yet Trump’s efforts to harness the culture wars to mobilize many of those same voters in 2020 may be more difficult than it was four years ago. Polls show that some of the cultural shifts that took hold during Obama’s presidency have continued during Trump’s tenure, signaling that his election alone couldn’t hold back the evolving views of an increasingly diverse nation.

As a result, Trump has found himself out of step in recent weeks, even with some of his usual allies.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; journalism; media; narrative
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1 posted on 06/20/2020 3:43:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There needs to be a backlash or freedom on the United States is done.


2 posted on 06/20/2020 3:45:01 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The backlash occurred in 2016


3 posted on 06/20/2020 3:45:57 AM PDT by silverleaf (Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let’s just divide the country into urban areas and suburban/rural areas and get it over with. Let the Marxists brats play in the kitty litter box and we will go along our way taking care of business and living in true peace. Nice thought eh? Unfortunately these scumbags are going to have to be defeated and eliminated. Literally.


4 posted on 06/20/2020 3:48:53 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dear Julie, President Trump does not have to stir a backlash.

His support is sincere and you, my dear, are still THE ASS PRESS.

And that is all you will ever be.

Regards.


5 posted on 06/20/2020 3:49:18 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What’s happening isn’t a “wave of cultural change.”

It’s domestic terrorism.


6 posted on 06/20/2020 3:49:29 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow, it’s a Chelsea Clinton clone.


7 posted on 06/20/2020 4:01:38 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I won’t click. Is this labeled as commentary?


8 posted on 06/20/2020 4:02:23 AM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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defending drug addicted criminals who are too stupid and brain dead to resist arrest is cultural change??..arson, looting is too??....attacks on Police are too?.....i see the dumb asses in the media are falling for the phony “KENT STATE” fake “outrage” angle. They never learn...


9 posted on 06/20/2020 4:02:34 AM PDT by basalt (w.h.)
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To: Crucial
He lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton in 2016 but offset that by boosting turnout in crucial Midwestern battleground states among disaffected ,largely white, voters.

The question the press never asks: Why were they disaffected? Remember, the election swung to Trump because enough voters who voted Obama in 08 and 12 decided to vote for Trump in 16. Nobody in the MSM ever thought to ask these people what made them change their minds.

10 posted on 06/20/2020 4:02:54 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people -Socrates)
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The "liberal cultural change" is being shoved down the throats of the majority by judicial fiat.
11 posted on 06/20/2020 4:03:01 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Backlash = rule of law and decency.


12 posted on 06/20/2020 4:03:34 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Backlash = rule of law and decency.


13 posted on 06/20/2020 4:03:34 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: gogeo
Is this labeled as commentary?

Nope.

14 posted on 06/20/2020 4:03:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: basalt
i see the dumb asses in the media are falling for the phony “KENT STATE” fake “outrage” angle.

They aren't "falling for" it. They are actively creating it and promoting it.

15 posted on 06/20/2020 4:04:15 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Rioting, massive vandalizing, looting, burning, robbing, terrorizing, and murdering. This cultural change is being led by Democrats in general, and highlights in specific the weak and cowardly female police chiefs, mayors, and governors letting it happen. And standing on the sidelines, applauding, is a very stupid female columnist named Julie Pace.


16 posted on 06/20/2020 4:11:26 AM PDT by Enterprise
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This is the "cultural change" these Marxist MSM traitors are pushing.


17 posted on 06/20/2020 4:13:08 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Trump is again positioning himself as the spokesperson for voters resisting a new wave of cultural change

Cultural change huh?
Is that the new name for arson, looting, destruction of property, tearing down statues, murder, anarchy and mayhem?

18 posted on 06/20/2020 4:18:06 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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gonna be very interesting to see how this all plays out...to have mayors and governors openly supporting lawlessness and cowering to mobs....got a feeling a very nasty “collision” is about to take place. Buckle up everybody...


19 posted on 06/20/2020 4:19:15 AM PDT by basalt (w.h.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These aren’t worth reading anymore. I will read news but not silly hit pieces that contain nothing useful. The rest of you enjoy :-)


20 posted on 06/20/2020 4:21:10 AM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of tihe Republic is at stake. We now know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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