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

if you've lost Erick Erickson...

Talked to a friend who lost two relatives to COVID and she is so angry with the President. Then had the same conversation with a different person. I get the sense outside the Twitter bubble that it isn’t going over well.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 6, 2020

and as soon as he gets back, he declares all negotiations over?

is he throwing a pissy fit because not every single democrat had positive things to say about his ongoing superspreader status?

I think the massive dose of 'roids is having side effects with his syphilitic dementia.

I'm starting to think it's just a mob-style bust-out. He knows he's gonna lose the election so he's burning the whole place down around him.

hey Andy, shut the fuck up

i'm doubling down on my long suggested prediction of escape to russia with his inner circle

it's so dumb, it has to happen

Potential preview of things to come, eventually. This morning we got a note from my daughter's piano teacher apologizing for the appearance of a few Trump/Pence signs on her front lawn overnight, emphasizing not just how Trump's very name is something to be ashamed of, but also that's it's a prank-ready punchline, like subscribing someone to Fat Ass Monthly magazine or something. I mean, are there places in this country, even in deep red states, where the appearance of a *Biden* sign on someone's front lawn would actually require an apology? Extra security, perhaps, but not panicked emails to piano students.

It's funny that when someone like Erick Erickson decides it's time to figure out what's going on "outside the Twitter bubble," he turns, not to polls of hundreds of randomly selected people, but to a couple of friends of his.

i'm doubling down on my long suggested prediction of escape to russia with his inner circle

Russia is not going to let his COVID-riddled ass across the border

hear me out: he thinks "no stimulus unless I WIN" is going to make his numbers go up because that's the sort of power move that worked for those businesses he ran into the ground

you lost me at "he thinks"

snap

Claudia Conway is Q for people who own over $150 in notorious RBG merch

— patrick (@redford) October 6, 2020

Therefore he is not?

xp

hear me out: he thinks "no stimulus unless I WIN" is going to make his numbers go up because that's the sort of power move that worked for those businesses he ran into the ground

i keep going back to how unfairly he has been treated throughout this whole time

I think America is going to respond really well to "you'll get nothing and like it"

_hear me out: he thinks "no stimulus unless I WIN" is going to make his numbers go up because that's the sort of power move that worked for those businesses he ran into the ground_

I've been saying it since the beginning, if you want to understand people's reaction to Trump you really need to spend less time studying Mussolini or whatever and more time studying families with abusive fathers.

— Michael Tae Sweeney (@mtsw) October 6, 2020

lol that’s gotta be it.

for a brief second I wondered if maybe he understands that the likelihood of him winning is incredibly low, and figured why not fuck everything as much as possible on the way out (v much in keeping with his party and cohort)

but nah. it’s DEAL TIME BABY

including one where Trump is photoshopped onto Rambo's body

Oh yeah I saw this one on the road, the caption was "No man, No Woman, No Commie Can Stump Him".

"Stump" is such a bizarre choice on any level, especially paired with the iconography of noted quiz show champion Rambo.

i spend so much time thinking about how much i hate Trump for being a fascist, racist asshole, that i never really sit down and process what an absolute fucking dumbass he is.

like it's not news that he's a complete moron! i used to be a real hot pencil at doing impressions of Trump interview transcripts! but the real-life horror of the last four years has sorta blotted out my day to day comprehension of the fact that one of the dumbest people i've ever beheld is the President of the United States.

I’ve thought of the angle in that tweet a lot but didn’t want to be caught betting on the favorite.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-agrees-to-fdas-guidelines-for-vetting-covid-19-vaccines-11602011953

Doesn't Trump know he could just not run? That would be the perfect end, if the night before the election he just says fuck it and quits.

yeah the "abusive dad" thing came across pretty loud and clear during the debate

the reason why I somewhat suspect he is doing this as a political move is because this is exactly the sort of dumbass strategy he's been tweeting about since Obama was president

he needs to close his eyes and never open them again. COVID in teh 12th round, $20 wager. who's taking wagers?

I truly don't understand this, and nor do a number of people who advise the president. It's like he's trying to lose. https://t.co/GNOwrZEhx9

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) October 6, 2020

You’re still a hot pencil to me Doc

he's going to lose and say he was mis-advised and then give out the addresses to all of his aides after they leave the White House.

and twitter will ban him.

and suddenly @the2ndrealdonaldtrump will show up.

this is going to end up like Who Shot Mr Burns?

”No Woman, No Commie Can Stump Him"

poet and a prophet

WH economic adviser Stephen Moore on Trump walking away from stimulus talks:

"From a political and a policy standpoint, this was a shrewd move .

"A deal on the Pelosi plan would have completely divided the Republican Party on the eve of the election."https://t.co/PevJsXZOSb

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) October 6, 2020

wonder if publicly saying WE ARE DOING THIS FOR POLITICAL REASONS is gonna help them in November

pic.twitter.com/VfhWsCCELd

— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) October 6, 2020

Yes, by all means, keep the GOP united so they can all sink into the ocean together on election night.

honestly this might be the worst week any political campaign has ever experienced and it's entirely self-owns

the composition of that photo is incredible

like it's looking like all the early voting might have actually been good for Trump

they're morons if they think scuttling stimulus negotiations will have positive political results

Vice President Pence is requesting that no plexiglass dividers be placed on his side of the stage during the vice presidential debate in Utah against Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Wednesday, according to The Washington Post.

The Biden campaign said Monday that plexiglass dividers would be installed on the debate stage in Salt Lake City.

...Marc Short, chief of staff to Pence, said his team did not see plexiglass dividers as medically necessary, according to the Post. Other safety measures have already been agreed to, such as daily testing for both Pence and Harris and a 12-foot distance between them.

“If she wants it, she’s more than welcome to surround herself with plexiglass if that makes her feel more comfortable,” Short said according to the newspaper. “It’s not needed.”

"patriots don't need walls"

or wait, that's not a good slogan for them

oh idk the GOP precipitating a recession just as they’re very likely to lose both executive and legislative branches for at least two years could be the ‘smart’ play

lol I'm sure there are plenty of GOP politicians who really want a stimulus to save their campaigns but they have no choice but to follow roided up strong daddy

destroy the country they are entrusted with governing in order to possibly make their opponents look marginally worse (if things shake out electorally like we preddict)

on Jan 21 or whatever this all becomes a “Democrat problem” and then it’s just a drunken turkey shoot

aren't we still already *in* a recession?

I honestly can’t tell what’s going on any more. Certain sectors have certainly managed to insulate. we’ll see if it holds...

"I just want things to go back to normal"
tbc these people are also idiots, albeit understandable ones

― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Tuesday, October 6, 2020 1:20 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Intellectually, I understand that the status quo was super-shitty for a lot of people before Trump came along and also that there are various harmful trends that have accelerated over the past few years (some related to Trump, some not) that won't just disappear with a Democratic president in the Oval Office and will require continued effort to address.

Emotionally, I'm exhausted and don't want to think about Trump anymore and crave some form of "normal" as relief, even if it's a mirage.

Entire sectors of the economy are essentially shut down, so yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu8WOh58EvI

New Franklin Pierce/ Boston Herald National Poll

Biden 51% (+14)
Trump 37%

Biden up by 14pts in the Boston Herald’s national poll. In post-diagnosis polling, Biden’s lead extended to a 21pt lead (which was a 16pt swing from pre-diagnosis polling)

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) October 6, 2020

21! there's no national election, this is one poll, and this is probably non-response bias that won't last to election day, but still!