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JoeOtterbein

(7,698 posts)
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:47 PM Aug 2020

Trump Cheers on Kanye's Bid but His Pollster Has Got Reservations

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by applegrove (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: The Daily Beast

As it’s become clear that rapper Kanye West’s 2020 campaign is getting boosted by longtime GOP operatives, figures close to Donald Trump’s campaign and even the president himself have seemingly been delighted at the potential to “ratfuck” and spoil the election for Joe Biden.

But it’s 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 president’s own pollster is warning that the maneuver could backfire.

“[It] could siphon from Trump Blacks who don’t like Biden,” John McLaughlin, a top pollster for President Trump, told The Daily Beast on Wednesday night. “Blacks who don’t like Biden in a two-way race would vote for the president. Now they might consider Kanye.”

In the past few weeks, West’s 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 Trump’s reelection prospects appeared to have hit their nadir amid the deadly pandemic, the crushed U.S. economy, and widespread racial and civil unrest.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-cheers-on-kanyes-bid-but-his-pollster-has-got-reservations?ref=home

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Trump Cheers on Kanye's Bid but His Pollster Has Got Reservations (Original Post) JoeOtterbein Aug 2020 OP
nice opinion piece nt msongs Aug 2020 #1
'nice opinion piece' left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #10
What could go wrong?? Everything he tries fails!! Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #2
Might get a bonus rpannier Aug 2020 #9
LOL. NT enough Aug 2020 #3
"Taking advantage of a man suffering from mental health issues" B Stieg Aug 2020 #4
Both. JoeOtterbein Aug 2020 #5
Exactly n/t lordsummerisle Aug 2020 #6
tRump and Kanye. Birds of a Crazy Feather amb123 Aug 2020 #7
Reminds me of 2008 ... NanceGreggs Aug 2020 #8
+1 nt JoeOtterbein Aug 2020 #11
You can smell Dotard's desperation. JDC Aug 2020 #12
After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING applegrove Aug 2020 #13

msongs

(67,199 posts)
1. nice opinion piece nt
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:52 PM
Aug 2020

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
10. 'nice opinion piece'
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:40 PM
Aug 2020

yep

Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
2. What could go wrong?? Everything he tries fails!!
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:53 PM
Aug 2020

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
9. Might get a bonus
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:36 PM
Aug 2020

It might end Kanye's music career

enough

(13,237 posts)
3. LOL. NT
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:54 PM
Aug 2020

B Stieg

(2,410 posts)
4. "Taking advantage of a man suffering from mental health issues"
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:55 PM
Aug 2020

Which one? West or tRump?

JoeOtterbein

(7,698 posts)
5. Both.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:57 PM
Aug 2020

It's sick and sad.

lordsummerisle

(4,649 posts)
6. Exactly n/t
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:59 PM
Aug 2020

amb123

(1,576 posts)
7. tRump and Kanye. Birds of a Crazy Feather
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:06 PM
Aug 2020

Ratfucking America Together.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
8. Reminds me of 2008 ...
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:35 PM
Aug 2020

... 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)
11. +1 nt
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:41 PM
Aug 2020

JDC

(10,084 posts)
12. You can smell Dotard's desperation.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:26 PM
Aug 2020

This makes me realize all the more that this clown will do anything to win. Anything.

applegrove

(118,024 posts)
13. After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:38 PM
Aug 2020

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