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To sum up what the Trump campaign appears to be attempting to do, it’s to paint Joe Biden and the Biden family, targeting Hunter Biden in particular, as totally corrupt. This goes all the way back to Trump’s attempts to blackmail Ukraine into smearing Biden through his son. He perceived Biden as his strongest opponent back then and was trying to take him out pre-emptively. He’s returned to that strategy.
These are standard tactics for Republicans. Character assassination is how they delegitimize Democratic candidates - and immunize themselves against comparable counter attacks, especially when justified. (Trump talking about corruption is a case in point.) Trump is also trying to replay his 2016 campaign which built on years of GOP smears against Hillary Clinton, including multiple fake scandals.
And if it isn’t fake scandals, it’s scare talk about what Democrats will do. They’ll destroy jobs. They’ll bankrupt the country. They’ll impose Sharia law. They’ll turn the country into a socialist hell hole, take away guns, let dogs have same sex marriage with cats, shut down churches, open the borders, turn black criminals loose in the burning cities, erase the suburbs - and get rid of all the cows.
Sound crazy? The crazy has no bottom on the right wing. Anything except running on their actual record — Trump’s constant bragging/lying about what he’s never done and will never do is a case in point. That’s why they keep throwing out distractions and changing the subject.
These are standard tactics for Republicans. Character assassination is how they delegitimize Democratic candidates - and immunize themselves against comparable counter attacks, especially when justified. (Trump talking about corruption is a case in point.) Trump is also trying to replay his 2016 campaign which built on years of GOP smears against Hillary Clinton, including multiple fake scandals.
And if it isn’t fake scandals, it’s scare talk about what Democrats will do. They’ll destroy jobs. They’ll bankrupt the country. They’ll impose Sharia law. They’ll turn the country into a socialist hell hole, take away guns, let dogs have same sex marriage with cats, shut down churches, open the borders, turn black criminals loose in the burning cities, erase the suburbs - and get rid of all the cows.
Sound crazy? The crazy has no bottom on the right wing. Anything except running on their actual record — Trump’s constant bragging/lying about what he’s never done and will never do is a case in point. That’s why they keep throwing out distractions and changing the subject.
Get ready for the sh*t storm. It's happening. It's what they do. It's all they have. It won't stop.
The final debate between Trump and Biden was revealing — but first a PSA. This is a long post that is a bit link heavy, so the tl:dr summary is this: The Republicans have no ideas, no governing ability, and nothing but the desire to hang onto...
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