08-31-2020, 11:17 PM
(08-31-2020, 10:45 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: That was in response to my comment to him that Trump lacks a platform, so I disagree that Trump knows what to do within this context.
He didn't really have a platform before, but I get your point.
Quote:From a campaign strategy point of view, though, this hinges on voters believing Trump has no control over this nation as President, which is a really bad campaign strategy for a sitting president: "I am impotent". I don't think that's a good strategy.
Here you couldn't be more wrong, and the Dems own strategy is why. 99% of the violence has occurred in areas run heavily, if not exclusively, by Dems. The poster child for the riots, Portland, is probably the most left leaning area of the country. When Trump sent in Federal law enforcement to end over two months worth of nightly rioting the left leaning media and politicians tripped over themselves in a rush to label him a despot who was suppressing the people. When the Feds left the riots continues nigh unabated, and in fact have gotten worse. So, I think you're looking at this issue from a partisan, "I wish this were true", point of view. When a far left pundit like Don Lemon realizes these riots are a horrible look for the Dems it's got to be readily apparent.
As I said a long time ago, the Dems really painted themselves into a corner. By ignoring the not infrequent violence and dismissing concerns about the "largely peaceful" protests they put their fate in the hands of criminal rioters, looters and arsonists. They also, along with the media who largely excused or mitigated the behavior, significantly enabled them. It is here that your side of this position becomes inconsistent, and thus no longer viable from a logical point of view. You can't claim Trump emboldens "x" people to act in "x" way and then completely ignore the culpability of Dems engaging in the exact same behavior, just not in as bombastic a fashion. This riots are severely damaging the Dems chances, they won't be forgotten soon, and the Dems know it.
