We GAVE them two issues: the economy and socialism! Why? [View all]
Re: the economy.....for almost his entire term we let Trump repeatedly say with almost no refutation that he "built this strong economy". We also let him say it during the campaign with a bit more refutation, but our counter argument was still relatively weak compared to how we COULD have aggressively destroyed this false claim. We should have very aggressively and repeatedly said from the beginning of his term, and continuing through the campaign even MORE aggressively, that he was riding the Obama/Biden recovery coattails, as shown by the fact that the GDP growth during the last three years of the Obama/Biden administration was stronger than during the first three years of the Trump administration. It was SO clear cut, and it would have been EASY. But....we didn't.
Re: socialism.....how did we let a puppet of Putin, who has been a communist for his entire adult life, and who has been a strong supporter of the Castro regime his entire time in office, label the Democrats as the party of socialism, thereby losing many Cuban American votes, and others, too? We could have very easily and irretrievably tied Trump to Putin generally, and specifically to Putin's support of the Castro regime. It would have been so easy to do.....imagine the TV ads pointing out Trump's sycophancy to Putin, along with Putin's ongoing support of the Castro regime, thereby tying Trump to the socialist/Communist Cuban regime. But....we didn't.
In both cases....the economy and socialism.....why didn't we fight those falsehoods tooth and nail, instead of fighting them so ineffectually like we did? Why? I have to admit that this haunts me this morning! We GAVE Trump those issues.
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