After nearly a decade of being forced to take Trump seriously, Democrats increasingly call BS on the whole charade

Sure, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy — a would-be dictator on day one who has called for terminating the U.S. Constitution so he can hold onto power even after losing a free and fair election. But while draped in the rhetoric of populism, Trump and his MAGA movement are not actually popular; the man himself has never won more votes than the person he ran against, a majority of Americans twice rejecting him and his off-putting cult of personality. That he was ever president is more or less because a few thousand swing voters in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania thought it would be fun.

President Joe Biden won in 2020 largely by promising to a return to normalcy and baseline competency. In 2024, Democrats are making a similar argument but more forcibly: They’re pointing, laughing and dismissing Trump and his circus as a total freak show to which we can’t return.

  • @[email protected]
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    59 months ago

    This just comes off as circle jerking. I doubt any Republicans really care what Trump is called.

    • Jesus
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      99 months ago

      It’s not just what he is called, it’s what their beliefs are called. And their beliefs are fucking weird.

    • @[email protected]
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      79 months ago

      But they do care what they are called. And when you support a weird, corrupt, philandering pedophile, people will rightfully point it out.

      • @[email protected]
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        19 months ago

        After eight to ten years it’s calling him weird that gets under their skin? Lol, I love your optimism.