"Old and quite weird": Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it

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"Old and quite weird": Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it
salon.com

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.

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Does he have a cat? If you have the resources to have people take care of all the minor annoyances of having a loving furry friend (dog or cat) that you can call your own and still simply choose not to - you are fucking weird.

He doesn't like animals. Remember when he was almost eaten by a bald eagle? And he's strangely phobic of sharks.

Doesn't like animals, doesn't drink due to dead alcoholic brother (Fair enough.), only eats fast food due to a fear of poisoning

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38651623

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-loves-mcdonalds-afraid-of-being-poisoned-2018-1

Doesn't exercise because he thinks people are powered by batteries

https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/politics/donald-trump-exercise/index.html

TbF, the science on exercise is pretty limited at best. Nobody seems to agree if it's a good or a bad idea. There's lots of open room for speculation on this. 🙄 It's really just like that argument the dems tried to make about cigarettes being bad for you or there not being dragons at the edge of the earth.

There's no argument on whether exercise is good for you, it unequivocally is. Exactly how much you really need, and what kinds, and what specific benefits it has are somewhat debated, but the mere fact of it being beneficial is not in question.

It’s only as proven as the leftist theory that you shouldn’t smoke cigars.

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only eats fast food due to a fear of poisoning

That's like wearing a suit of armor during a thunderstorm because you're afraid of being hit by lightning.

Breath of the Wild taught me this is a bad idea.

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Animals are good judges of character. No wonder they hate him.

I did not know about the eagle bit but I think that's a bit poetic. It didn't actually get him on the nose, did it? Because that would just be too many metaphors.

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