DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023
Thom Hartmann warns that Trump is following the fascist playbook by goading his supporters to violence. And it wasn’t just WWII-era fascists – Orban is doing the same thing in Hungary today.
Story after story tells us that Trump is winning the 2024 presidential race. What they don’t tell you: Those same polls show that if Trump is convicted, his support drops several points. The media informs less than it manipulates.
The media will soon have to give up its game of pretending other Republicans challenging Trump have any chance of winning. Annoying twerp Vivek Ramaswamy has cancelled his ad buys in Iowa and New Hampshire. Pudding Fingers Ron’s campaign is also circling the drain, in large part because DeSantis has spent more on private jets than on television ads. I suppose these guys are candidates because Trump proved that you don’t have to 1) know anything or 2) do any work in the job.
The floor’s yours.
Trump’s insurrection is ongoing….It was never crushed and still needs to be.
Vivek doesn’t have a shot… he is playing the token minority roll and is either ignorant or has made peace with being a stool pigeon. Ron is running a vulture campaign, he just needs to keep his name in circulation on the off chance that trump does get convicted in the next 10 months (less optimistic on this front ).