"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

JUST IN: A source familiar with the president's condition tells reporters:

“The president’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We’re still not on a clear path to a full recovery.”

— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) October 3, 2020

xp for fuck's sake y'all. this is a glorious moment, just enjoy it.

THANK YOU

"Guys, Mussolini is a monster, but we must remember he is a human being..."

not bullet proof?

MATH PANTS ON

I guess the appropriate Nixon reference is "What did the President breathe, and when did he breathe it?"

place Hands To Heaven video here

Might be time for the Biden camp to rethink pulling those negative ads. https://t.co/CxdyXJAFfr

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 3, 2020

How are mainstream repubs spinning early Xmas so far? I haven’t kept up today.

by "mainstream" do you mean "those without covid"? because that number is shrinking.

Who will Pence pick as lame duck VP? My guess is Hayley but only if she can spin it as a way to elevate her profile and not as the terminal, apex of her political career

Ivanka

(not least because they could still use all the Trump/Pence merch but just turn it upside-down)

One point in favour of an early checkout for trump is it would be disastrous for Republican turnout in senate elections.

Ok, so if he has known he's been positive since at least Wednesday morning, that means they went days without notifying the Biden campaign, or anyone else, not least that New Jersey fundraiser, that they were potentially exposed.

Fuck these dangerous and incompetent ghouls.

or was that just more timeline confusion because these assholes lie about everything and can't be trusted?

From ye Post:

Maryland Republican Party tells supporters to go to Walter Reed to ‘stand with the president’

Yes. Stand really, really close.

Doesn't Biden have a Secret Service detail? Didn't they inform his campaign of the president's status?

lol

xpost they should all lay hands on him.

I understand Biden needs to be respectful right now but he needs to hit this shit hard if/when he recovers

Yes, Christie!

Biden can stand down for the weekend, it will be fine.

the thing thats worth considering is that biden, dem establishment, tv news et al really believe this sanctimonious loser bullshit, not that theyre exactly sincere but they believe that this is how you perform politics and its the winning and good poltics, and tbf it has won for them theyre all powerful and wealthy, it just loses for the rest of us

strong rushing the country into war with iraq vibes

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — AP source: President Trump was administered supplemental oxygen at the White House on Friday before going to hospital.

— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) October 3, 2020

Curious as to what sensible alternative there would be to “Wish you a speedy recovery!” from the dems right now? “Lol suck it!”?

That video he posted before leaving for the hospital was totally a deepfake wasn’t it?

Maybe shot a bit earlier before condition degraded?

Curious as to what sensible alternative there would be to “Wish you a speedy recovery!” from the dems right now? “Lol suck it!”?

― circa1916, Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08 PM (six seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

trump got the virus by being completely cavalier and callous which is the same way he killed 200k people which are also his prime personality traits its the most obvious thing in the world

hes not fit to lead

i mean if the want to have a lil prayer weekend fine but the dems better start asking questions soon or theyre just going to be doing trumps campaigning for him

OK dude

alright

Yeah, you’re not saying anything any of us disagree with, but I’m just not clear on what kinda road you think dems should be taking here other than the half-sincere “tactful” one they’re taking now?

Dems should offer polite condolences for his disease and hammer him on everything else. Just stay on message.

Well maybe “what did he know and when did he know it this week?” Might be worth getting into just spitballin

Oh yes

I fully understand their hands are kinda tied here but it’s not like Trump contracted some rare blood cancer, it’s a disease he’s taken every measure to spread to as many people as possible, and I think the Dems need to push the whole “you dishonest assholes knowingly put our candidate at risk” angle

I don’t think it matters a ton what the democrats do btw. Purely in terms of short term electoral politics the smart move is probably not to interrupt him.

If he knew he was positive before the bedminister event, that is a major scandal.

Yeah, one in a million major scandals. I’m not sure anyone cares anymore.

I don’t think it matters a ton what the democrats do btw. Purely in terms of short term electoral politics the smart move is probably not to interrupt him.

I think people would care that he is knowingly spreading the virus. All of us have overturned our lives to prevent the spread. People have given up everything.

Also talking about covid is implicitly extremely damaging to all republicans so by all means do that

Jobs. Businesses. Time with loved ones.

caek otm on all counts

I think people would care that he is knowingly spreading the virus. All of us have overturned our lives to prevent the spread. People have given up everything.

I don’t think it matters a ton what the democrats do btw. Purely in terms of short term electoral politics the smart move is probably not to interrupt him.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:26 PM (three seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

trump is def in to say the least a very tough spot in many ways but it would be dangerous if everyone is just all pray for the president come together as a nation, someones at the very least gotta be asking questions about when he was diagnosed, why they werent wearing masks at any events, and it wldnt be bad to point out that the trumps shitty behavior has not only got himself sick but killed 200k americans, im not saying biden himself should be jumping on this but the dems have to keep campaigning

^^ this too

Totally. There is no need for performative/sincere thoughts and prayers stuff. Xp

I think what the gop has done is so bad that thoughts and prayers would almost be damaging to the democrats with so many people who’ve sacrificed so much. If you can’t say anything mean don’t say anything at all.