There's A Devious Way To Help Get Donald Trump Out Of Office

[Celerity]

It's a highly effective and proven tactic that will make space for Joe Biden to smash Trump into oblivion in November.

https://thebanter.substack.com/p/theres-a-devious-way-to-help-get

By all accounts, Donald Trump’s bid for re-election in 2020 is in very, very serious trouble. So much trouble in fact, that Trump is openly talking about Biden becoming the next President, and may even be mulling quitting the race altogether if things do not turn around. His poll numbers are in the toilet and getting worse, the Coronavirus pandemic is surging under his leadership (again), and most sensible economists are predicting a prolonged recession with severe job losses. This is not a great record to be running on four months out from an election. There are several steps Trump needs to take to turn things around:



The problem is, Trump is utterly incapable of doing any of the above. He won’t wear a mask because he believes it is a sign of weakness. He won’t take the Coronavirus seriously because he views the economy as his key to victory and the pandemic a minor inconvenience he can pretend isn’t happening. He won’t stop engaging in conspiracy theories because his supporters love it, and he cannot stay on message because of his legendary inability to pay attention to anything for more than a few seconds at a time. Thus his campaign team is horrified about his re-election prospects.

A recent article in Politico laid bare just how bad things are in Trumpland. The article notably reported on his advisors desperate attempts to get him to focus on fighting Biden rather than everyone else: Trump advisers acknowledge that tearing down Biden will require a level of discipline he isn’t demonstrating. They have pleaded with Trump — who has used his Twitter account to vilify critics from MSNBC host Joe Scarborough to former National Security Adviser John Bolton — to stop focusing on slights that mean little to voters. Biden's low-profile during the pandemic has made it that much harder for Trump to land a punch, his advisers said. And this where the public comes in. Trump’s petty vindictiveness and non-existent attention span means he can be very easily thrown off course. The Never Trump Republicans Rick Wilson and George Conway founded the Lincoln Project to do exactly this. They have been creating astonishingly effective viral videos attacking Trump on a whole host of issues designed specifically to annoy Trump. They have questioned his health, accused him of being a traitor, and called him a racist — and they have made absolutely sure he sees their videos:

In the past few months, the Lincoln Project — a PAC with not much funding, as far as PACs go — has successfully established itself as a squatter in Trump’s mental space, thanks to several factors: members each boasting hundreds of thousands of social media followers, rapidly cut ads that respond to current events and a single-minded focus on buying airtime wherever Trump is most likely to be bingeing cable news that day, whether it’s the D.C. market or his golf courses across the country. And every time Trump freaks out — or every time the media covers his freakout — the Lincoln Project scores an incalculable amount of earned media, and millions of views online to boot. If regular Americans help amplify these efforts by forcing Trump to engage with these ads or any other celebrity/media figure’s negative comments about him, Trump will respond. And the more he responds, the less Joe Biden needs to spend time portraying him as a dangerously incompetent buffoon, and the more he can focus on campaigning and spreading a positive message for his Presidency. In other words, the job of every concerned American citizen is to now troll Trump at every given opportunity.

If you are not particularly good at trolling, then find those who are, spread their message or help fund their efforts. How low do you want to go? Given this is an all out emergency, pretty much everything is fair game. From his hairpiece to his bone spurs, marriage to Melania and weird relationship with his daughter, no topic should be taboo when spreading rumors and innuendo about the president on social media. Reservations should made at Trump events you have no intention of going to in order to deflate his crown size, and if anyone wants to make another Trump blimp, it should get funded immediately and flown over (or near) the White House. Celebrities, particularly ones Trump has singled out before, should coordinate attacks and get in as many spats with the president as possible. This might appear to be childish — and to a degree it is — but one has to remember who we are dealing with here. Trump is a child, and the more childish he becomes, the less likely he is to be re-elected. You are not trolling Trump for fun, but for the sake of American democracy and the health of the entire planet. So go forth and make the president’s life miserable.

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[Mike 03]

1. Kicking

Mike Bloomberg needs to get back into this fight. He knew how to go low and hit Trump where he lives.

Donald, we know many of the same people, and behind your back they laugh at you and call you a carnival-barking clown.

(not exact, but close)

He also broke the taboo and went after his physical appearance.

Oh, Mike Bloomberg, where art thou??

[KS Toronado]

11. Yes, where is Mike Bloomberg? Is he just another politician who makes promises & never keeps them?

Or has MSM put him on the back burner?

[wnylib]

12. Yes. And yes.

[rso]

2. Trump

I agree 100 %, we must use his weaknesses and insecurities to our advantage. It is not devious at all.

[lagomorph777]

3. I don't do social media (Putin's Platforms) but I extend this invitation to DUers who do:

Please steal any of my posts or epithets and feel free to use them, uncredited, anywhere you like.

[Alacritous Crier]

5. Thanks!

Except for memes, I always try to give credit one way or another.

[global1]

4. I Posted The Following On June 22nd.....

Check out this link:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213638244

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Yes, deflating his crown size is a great idea, no room for kings in America

[Sophiedillo]

7. Great, but...

How do we keep Pence from pardoning him? You know that that sycophant would.

[wnylib]

13. Well, since Trump

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hasn't been charged, tried, and convicted of something, how can Pence pardon him? I don't think Pence could do a blanket pardon in advance for all things Trump might be accused and convicted of in the future. As far as I know, even the Catholic church doesn't do those kinds of pardons any more.

By the time Trump is convicted of anything, Pence will not be in any position to pardon him.

[whopis01]

16. It didn't stop Ford pardoning Nixon

Ford granted Nixon a full pardon for any crimes committed over his entire Presidency.


Here is the quote of the pardon:

"Now, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974."

[wnylib]

22. I remember that. I also remember

that there were many objections to the legality of it, including the question of how do you pardon someone who has not been convicted?

In the end, Ford's pardon was basically a statemwnt that he would not pursue any further investigations or charges. But, legally, I think his pardon was worthless. Investigations and charges could have been pursued, but there was a general feeling at the time that, between Vietnam and Watergate, after a decade of demonstrations and assasinations, the American people could not take any more and needed to "move on."

I always thought it was a mistake not to investigate and clear the air after Nixon resigned. I remember arguing with a co-worker, who believed that a president (or former one) should not be subjected to the same type of investigation for crimes that a non political citizen would face.

I do not think that a pardon without a trial and conviction would be tolerated today since it still has no legal legs and we have learned a lesson about "moving on."

[Sugarcoated]

8. I've been doing this since he was elected

[trusty elf]

9. ...

[niyad]

10. His dye job needs to be redone. More than his roots are showing.

[AZ8theist]

14. That pic of his vile fucking face made me puke...

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. To get him out of the WH, just wait for his next trip to Mar-a-Lago to golf

and change the locks.

[usaf-vet]

17. I've said from day one go after Ivanka with both barrels state and federal indictments.

That will spin the sick SOB off whatever stable axis he has left. He balancing on the head of a pin right now. Oh and keep the football as far away as possible. He is unstable.

[Sophiedillo]

18. That's Genius, but...

..can Pence pardon the entire family, though?

[SergeStorms]

19. Probably.

And you know he would, no matter what "mother" tells him to do.

[mwooldri]

20. Biden's low profile (as of late) given the times is probably best.

Yes it's an election year. Yes, normally Biden would be out and about doing rallies and other campaign type things. But sometimes it's a good thing to sit back, eat popcorn, and watch your opponent implode on themselves.

One also has to remember that Barack Obama is still living in Don The Con's head rent-free. Also the American people seem to have the attention span that rivals the Dotards. I expect that Obama will help Biden as much as he can - simply by being himself and simply by pointing out Trump's track record, and not very often. Obama speaking out will be newsworthy in itself, and Trump will have a meltdown afterwards. If done close enough to when absentee ballots go out, early voting starts, and close to election day it will provide ample contrast between Biden and Trump - does one want an adult or a toddler for president?

[7wo7rees]

21. Let's all sign up for his next Klan rally.