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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 04:27 AM Jul 2017

If you want to defeat Trump and the GOP you have to defeat

FOX news, Breitbart, Rush, etc. Plus the Russians.

It is easy to see Trump only cares about placating his base. Why? Because he only needs these numbers of votes to win. The Russians will flip a bout 10% of the count to Trump and the GOP in every election going forward. My observation.....

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Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
5. Kris Kobach and Pence, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the hundreds of millions they spend,
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 07:01 AM
Jul 2017

and much, much more.

The Chamber is often overlooked, but they spend a lot of money on state and local elections where $25,000 can assure victory. Their membership is vulnerable to boycotts. We need a very active and coordinated full court press!

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
6. #FakeNews, us vs. them, our version of reality against the MSM/CNN/NBC
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 07:15 AM
Jul 2017

is a strategy of division. It's a propaganda war. Trumpers are creating their own
news and bludgeoning common sense truth with it, and Trumpers are buying it.

So yes you do understand the problem.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
7. Beating Republicans is simply allowing them to experience
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 07:25 AM
Jul 2017

the consequences of their vote.

Just yesterday I heard a story about a small plant being moved to Mex. The workers begged the Trump admin to save their jobs. They got silence and now their jobs are headed across the border. Welcome to your new world of low-paying, no benefit jobs where you can be fired for any old reason.

Really, Democrats need to stop trying to save today's Republican voters from themselves.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
8. But, if only one of those can be defeated...
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 07:44 AM
Jul 2017

...they all will fall. They are dependent upon each other to survive. If FOX falls, and they are slipping, it will affect right-wing media across the spectrum. If one is discredited, they all will be discredited.

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