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.

  • BleatingZombie@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Serious question. Why do we need “attacks” at the ready? We don’t need to stoop to their level

    Edit: I’m not trying to be a centrist with this. I just think it (somewhat) encourages more internal strife and I’m a little afraid a civil war (or maybe something less dramatic) is coming. I can tell you I’ve never had my mind changed by somebody who treated me poorly. I still respect everybody’s opinion who disagrees with me, though!