Posted on 08/20/2019 11:14:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Democrats are pretty desperate to beat President Donald J. Trump in 2020. He just packed a stadium in New Hampshire last week. His crowd attendance broke the previous record set by the world-famous singer, Elton John. With stats like that, leftists are going to try just about anything to convince the American voters that the president is unfit for the job. Their latest strategy? Claiming "The Donald" is addicted to Twitter.
The Daily Beast reports that the Center for American Progress has been telling candidates the best way to beat Trump is to frame him as ineffective. The group says the easiest way to show the cause of his ineffectiveness is to blame it on his Twitter.
via Daily Beast:
One of the party’s top think tanks has been privately encouraging lawmakers and candidates to attack the president for failing to deliver on the promises he made because he’s too consumed by social media. It is, undoubtedly, the first case of a campaign tactic geared towards turning a president’s online behavior into a liability; though rarely has a president’s reliance on—and use of—a media bullhorn been such a defining personality trait. Those pushing it have offered new polling data to bolster the idea that the argument will move voters.
Indeed, Navin Nayak, executive director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, told the Daily Beast that he thinks "only the hardest core Trump believers think he should spend more time on Twitter. But that is the reality of his presidency. For better or worse people think he spends most of his time on Twitter and the way he engages on it is mostly negative."
"Juxtaposing that becomes a very powerful way of underscoring how he has not accomplished anything economically for the American people," Nayak added. "Going after that is an effective way of attacking Trump without impugning the motives of anyone who voted for him."
True, the president tweets a lot. But the idea he hasn't been effective in the real world doesn't really add up. He's basically reshaped the judiciary, deregulated massive parts of the economy, and has had consistent real wage and job growth throughout his presidency. Likewise, Trump's Twitter feed does a lot of good for the presidency. He's pretty funny on it.
Leah covered his latest joke on Twitter in regard to Greenland:
I promise not to do this to Greenland! pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019
I LOVE what he does to the media with his tweets.
They can’t think of enough nonsensical remarks about them.
And I love reading them.
He drives the news narrative and they HATE it.
But look a squirrel, er Trump tweet.
Kinder gentler Conser/eftist ideology.
The smoke and mirrors ‘third-way’.
That’s all it amounted to.
Bush was handing the keys over to the One World Odor.
He and the democRats watched as the nation melted down, totally screwing with the reputation of Capitalism.
The concept that brought us the greatest civilization in the history of the planet, was set up to fail and take the blame.
Those guys were all in on it.
It’s hard to fathom the damage those people did to Capitalism, and the major party that reportedly revered it, not to mention stalwart Conservatives who supported it most, for real.
There are some good addictions. I’m so glad he tweets. The msm can’t lie and twist his words. I can read his remarks and think my own thoughts about it. I don’t need the msm to tell me what to think. He’s a straight shooter - and doesn’t sway with public opinion. What a man. What a president. And I thank God he’s here for such a time as this. We are blessed.
...rooted in slavery and oppression, including capitalism, the consumption of sugar, and the U.S.'s rejection of 100 percent government-funded health care.
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