Many 'lost' voters say they have found their candidate in Trump
Ted Wade hasnāt cared about politics enough to cast a vote in a U.S. presidential election for almost a quarter of a century, back when he supported Ross Perotās independent candidacy in 1992.
But Republican Donald Trump's 2016 White House bid has motivated Wade to get involved and he plans to support the real estate mogul in Nevadaās nominating caucus next month. Trump is a "non-politician" who can fix the "chaos" in Washington, he says.
About one in 10 Americans who plan to cast a vote this election will do so for the first time in years, if ever, and Trump holds a decided edge with them, according to polling by Reuters/Ipsos.
āIām tired of the chaos between Democrats and Republicans and want to give somebody a try who I think can make a difference,ā said Wade of Trump.
The 51-year-old has already switched his affiliation from Democrat to Republican and even attended a Trump campaign event in Las Vegas. He has told his three older children to get involved in the elections, although he did not say whether he wanted them to vote for Trump.
Trump, the Republican front-runner, has made targeting ālostā voters such as Wade a focus of his campaign. His anti-immigrant rhetoric and protectionist trade proposals have helped him to fashion a message tailored to reach Americans alienated by the endless enmity between the political parties and who, because of declining economic prospects, may feel like neither party has done much for them.
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People have said that his numbers probably don't represent the number of followers.
I would have to agree. I mean, just LOOK.
In the nearly three-and-one-half years since your OP, Trump has broken all records when it comes to lying to Americans.
"ON JANUARY 20, 2017, Donald Trump uttered his first falsehood as president of the United States.
"It came early in
his inaugural address. 'Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth,'
he said. 'Politicians prospered, but the jobs left, and the factories closed.'
"By the time Trump finished speaking, heād said
seven more things that didnāt stack up.
"Later in the day, he told employees at the CIA that 'even the media' admitted his inaugural crowd had been 'massive,' stretching 'all the way back down to the Washington Monument.' Very clearly,
this was not true, either
."
After 10,000 āfalse or misleading claims,ā are we any better at calling out Trumpās lies?
How many of those who believed Trump's lies in January of 2016 still believe he is different from other politicians?
Excellent. You dweebs are still chasing after snowflakes. Show me your chart on Obama.
Donald lies about the weather. Obama lied to people about their healthcare.
Trump lies about a lot more than the weather. He lied about the tax cuts, promising working Americans thousands of dollars in tax cuts. Instead, these people are having to pay thousands of dollars in taxes, instead of receiving a refund. The $200 a month they received in withholding reductions, have translated into tax liabilities in excess of $5000 to the IRS - far more than their withholding was reduced. Middle class taxes have gone up to pay for reductions in corporate taxes.
Speaking of which, corporations are asking for billions of dollars in tax breaks on infrastructure costs for their businesses and plants on the grounds that they're creating jobs, but why should the working people of New York be required to fund the roads, subways and infrastructure projects required to house a campus of 50,000 people, and the infrastructure required to provide access, housing, and service industries to that many NEW workers in that area.
Trump promised he'd put an end to illegal immigration, but the only thing he's put an end to is prosecuting employers who hire illegal immigrants. Of course he'd have to file charges against his own company since stories come out daily about how the Trump Corporation knowlingly hired illegal workers, and how they abused them for unpaid overtime, lack of benefits, and generally paid them less than American workers who are protected by minimum wage and employment law. The Obama administration was going after these rich criminals and Republicans don't like it when the people who benefit most from illegal immigration are punished for both encouraging illegal immigration, and profitting from the abuse of vulnerable people. This is the ultimate abuse of power.
Trump lied about his campaign's ties to Russia, about his willingness and enthusiasm for the assistance he received from the Russian government. He's now busy lying about the level of that well-coordinated assistance. It wasn't a "couple of ads on FaceBook", it was a multi-million program using polling data on Republican voters which Paul Manifort handed over to Konstantin Killimnik, and which Russia used to directly contact over 29 million American households, which is more than 1/3 of the American electorate.
Trump lied about the Caravans. They aren't George Soros funded invasions of terrorists and gang members coming in hoardes to vote for Democrats. They're middle class families running from the narco terrorist invasion of gang members from the United States who have overrun and destroyed the fragile democracies where these people lived. Many of the refugees which the Trump Administration has turned away, have returned home and being killed.
Trump's lies about the Caravans and his white nationalist rhetoric have lead to two synagogues being attacked by white supremacists, and a third potential attacker was arrested by the FBI, not long before the New Zealand attack. His threats to build the wall and close the border are driving the surge of people currently crossing the border. They fear he will close the border, and they've seen how his efforts to slow the numbers of people cross at ports of entry are creating hardships and driving the increase in illegal crossings.
Trump's policies have created a humanitarian crisis at the southern border, and he has now rewarded those for-profit prison companies who "donated to the inauguration fund" with some $200 million in taxpayers' money which would be better spent on education, infrastructure, and healthcare for the American people. This is $200 million that Trump is giving to his rich guy friends to lock up families in prison camps along the southern border. People who would not even be at the southern border except for Trump ranting about building a wall and closing the border.
Then there's Trump's lies about health care. Better, cheaper, healthcare for all was the promise - on Day 1 of his Administration. We still haven't even seen Trump's plan. He says he'll unveil it AFTER the election. That's the bullshit line he used before the 2016 election, and like his tax returns, we still haven't seen it.
I watched the Barr hearings today. Barr doesn't even need to bother to show tomorrow, although I will definitely watch and see if he dares show his face on Capital Hill again. Barr disgraced himself, admitting he lied to Congress not once, but twice, when he said that Mueller had no problem with his conclusions, despite what his letter said. Yeah Right!!!
But best of all was his hemming, hawing and the total stuttering meltdown Barr had when asked if Donald Trump have ever ordered him to prosecute someone. William Barr is not the attorney for the American people or the Constitution of the United States. William Barr is Donald Trump's Attorney General. He's the guy that even makes someone as low-down, racist, and ass-kissing as Jeff Sessions look like a decent human being in comparison. William Barr cleared Donald Trump without reading the Mueller Report, without reading the evidence, and as a strictly political move, and then he tried to cover it for it by saying that it was "his report" to do with what he chose.
Niiiiiice!!!!!
