Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2

[Rick Plant]

'The cake has been baked': Ex GOP lawmaker says there’s almost nothing Trump can do to fix coronavirus mess




Former Republican Congressman Charlie Dent said on Thursday that it appears far too late for President Donald Trump to do anything that will improve the public health disaster that has occurred under his watch.

During an interview on CNN, Dent explained that the president’s poll numbers have taken a dive thanks to both his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and his decision to send federal officials into cities against the wishes of local elected leaders.

When it comes to the pandemic, Dent believes that the president has boxed himself in, and will have no choice but to suffer the consequences.

“The cake has been baked on the pandemic and his response,” he said. “I don’t think there’s much he can do to improve it right now.”

He also doubted that Trump’s “law and order” campaign of storming cities with federal officials would help him either.

“This law-and-order stuff that he’s talking about right now, sending in federal agents into cities, you know, without the consent… of the state and local officials is very problematic,” he said. “It has to be done collaboratively.”

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[Paul May]

I bet Royell can't even begin to explain what he stands for.

We know from his abominable behavior on this forum that he; (1) couldn't care less about the 143.000 + covid deaths and plays down the corona crisis, (2) constantly denies reality by dismissing everything he doesn't like or can't deal with as "fake news", (3) cheers on Trump as he is unleashing armed thugs, pretending to be law enforcement, on the American people and enjoy it when people get beaten up, (4) has no problem with a Nazi like repressive Government actively trampling the constitution and people's rights, (5) defends Bill Barr as he makes a complete mockery of our justice systems and abuses his powers as AG.

But beyond that.... crickets.

All Royell really seems to stand for is suppression and domination of the American people, corruption and a complete breakdown of law and order. That's one hell of an American!

Could not be said any better. Well done Martin.

[Royell Storing]

  I guess Dem. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler forgot to wear his "White Privilege" badge last night at the RIOTS. LAW ENFORCEMENT Knows NO PRIVILEGE when confronting a MOB of Law Breaking Rioters. "Law & Order" is a "Winning, Winning, Winning" Issue for Pres Trump. Trump 2020 Rolls On!

[Paul May]

Republican Group Uses Trump's Own Words Against Him In Searing Swing-State Ad

Ed Mazza

A group of Republicans opposed to President Donald Trump has taken out a TV ad in the battleground state of Arizona calling out the administration’s failures on the coronavirus pandemic.

Arizona has been hit especially hard, with more than 150,000 cases and almost 3,000 deaths.

The new ad from Republican Voters Against Trump, airing on Fox News in the state this week, shows how Trump has consistently underestimated the toll. It concludes with a damning quote from Trump himself: “I don’t take responsibility at all.”

Trump made the comment in March when asked about his administration’s failure to deliver tests and other essential supplies early in the pandemic.


Trump won Arizona by more than 3 percentage points in 2016, but polls this year show Joe Biden holding a slight but consistent edge. The current FiveThirtyEight average has Biden up by 2.7 percentage point in the state, which has 11 electoral votes.

Republican Voters Against Trump said the spot is in conjunction with its $10 million campaign. Many of the organization’s ads highlight the voices of rank-and-file GOP voters who have turned on the president. The group says it has more than 500 anti-Trump video testimonials from Republican voters.

Another anti-Trump GOP group is also out with a new video hitting the president’s indifference to the rising death toll, among other issues.

The spot from the Lincoln Project ― co-founded by George Conway, husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, and other longtime GOP insiders  ― also uses the president’s own words against him:

[Paul May]

The pandemic rages away in Florida. Unfortunately for the POTUS he CANNOT win re-election without winning Florida. The winner of Florida has won the past 6 presidential elections. So how’s it looking?

Current Florida presidential polling as of July 22nd.

According to FiveThirtyEight.com, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 6.4%, 48.9% to 42.5%. The site ranks the relative strength of each poll based on past performance, but there’s been only been one statewide poll of Florida ranked “B” or higher in the month of July (YouGov, which had Biden ahead 48%-42%). For a state that means as much as Florida, the dearth of polling so far is interesting.

And since the peninsula is a state that’s struggled with containing Covid-19 as much as any other, more recent polling is likely to be more accurate as citizens decide whom to blame and praise with their support considering the current lockdown and state of the nation.

[Paul May]

Job picture worsens. Millions more file for unemployment.

Updated at 9:39 a.m. ET

New claims for unemployment benefits rose to 1.4 million last week — the first increase since March, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

In addition, claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which helps people who are self-employed or who don't qualify for regular benefits, went up nearly 20,000 to about 975,000.

The increases are a sign that the labor market is deteriorating as businesses around the country close their doors again in response to an intensified coronavirus pandemic. And the upticks in filings come as Congress debates whether to extend federal unemployment insurance related to the pandemic, which expires in days.

Storing isn’t commenting. Why would he? He’s been claiming the economy is coming back. He’s likely out “consulting”. His neighbor is considering a new lawn mower.

[Paul May]

The base continues to crumble. Day by day. Storing remains MIA.

Regretful Trump voter apologizes to the entire world for supporting ‘that monster’

Sky Palma

In a video posted to YouTube that’s garnering a fair bit of attention, a self-described former Trump supporter confesses that she owes “the world” an apology for voting for Donald Trump in 2016.

“I decided in probably January or February when I heard that the first case of coronavirus was in Venice, I said to everyone around me that if it’s in Venice, it’s in the United States. … the [Trump administration] didn’t take it seriously from the very beginning.”

She went on to chronicle Trump’s repeated downplaying of the virus — “All this B.S., that I knew at the time was B.S.,” she said, adding that Trump’s rhetoric on coronavirus has turned into “full blown delusions.”

“At that moment I decided that he no longer has my vote.”

[Paul May]

And the news just keeps on coming....

Fox News Legal Analyst Issues Chilling Warning About Trump's Portland Crackdown
Lee Moran

Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano slammed the Trump White House’s deployment of militarized federal agents to Portland, Oregon, in a new op-ed that warns of America’s slide into totalitarianism.

Napolitano wrote in the column published on Fox News’ website Thursday that “there is nothing lawful or orderly” about the aggressive tactics Department of Homeland Security officers are wielding against people protesting racism in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Unidentified federal agents in tactical gear, sent by President Donald Trump to “quell” unrest, have been using excessive force, tear-gassing crowds and bundling protesters into unmarked vans. The strongarm tactics, defended by Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli, are “unlawful, unconstitutional and harmful,” said Napolitano.

“Portland is in America, right? What’s going on here?” asked Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge.

Napolitano has frequently criticized Trump. He even said there was “ample evidence” to remove the president from office following his impeachment for Ukraine misconduct.

He suggested the actions of the militarized agents in Portland would “chill others from public dissent.”

“This is how totalitarianism begins,” he cautioned. “The feds claim that federal property needs protection and the folks assigned to do so need help. When help arrives, it does so by surprise, under cover of darkness and shielded by anonymity. Then, the reinforcements beat and arrest and harm protestors because their bosses in Washington do not approve of the protestors’ message.”

“Public dissent against the government is a core personal freedom. It is as American as apple pie,” Napolitano continued. “It was integral to the creation of our republic. Government repression of dissent is totalitarian. It is as un-American as the governments against which we fought world wars to preserve our core freedoms.”