Trump Cheers on Kanye's Bid but His Pollster Has Got Reservations
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Source: The Daily Beast
As its become clear that rapper Kanye Wests 2020 campaign is getting boosted by longtime GOP operatives, figures close to Donald Trumps campaign and even the president himself have seemingly been delighted at the potential to ratfuck and spoil the election for Joe Biden.
But its not all champagne popping in Trumpworld. Some Trump advisers have privately conceded that there is scant data to suggest that getting West on enough ballots would drain significant support from the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee, and that doing so amounts to taking advantage of a man suffering from mental health issues. And even the presidents own pollster is warning that the maneuver could backfire.
[It] could siphon from Trump Blacks who dont like Biden, John McLaughlin, a top pollster for President Trump, told The Daily Beast on Wednesday night. Blacks who dont like Biden in a two-way race would vote for the president. Now they might consider Kanye.
In the past few weeks, Wests so-called campaign has gained steam in its effort to actually get the rap artist on the ballot in various states, including ones that could sway the election. The effort has come as Trumps reelection prospects appeared to have hit their nadir amid the deadly pandemic, the crushed U.S. economy, and widespread racial and civil unrest.
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msongs
(67,199 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)yep
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)rpannier
(24,304 posts)It might end Kanye's music career
enough
(13,237 posts)B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Which one? West or tRump?
It's sick and sad.
lordsummerisle
(4,649 posts)amb123
(1,576 posts)Ratfucking America Together.
NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... when the GOP put Sarah Palin on the ticket - the thinking being that the women disappointed by Hillary losing the nomination to Obama would naturally rush to vote for a ticket that included a woman VP.
"Hey, those broads want a chick to vote for, so let's give 'em one!"
The idea that black and brown people will rush to vote for Kanye is as outrageously insulting as it is laughable.
People of ALL colours hate Trump - they're not about to vote for yet another whack-job just because this one happens to be an AA.
JoeOtterbein
(7,698 posts)JDC
(10,084 posts)This makes me realize all the more that this clown will do anything to win. Anything.
applegrove
(118,024 posts)Alert: Analysis
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