Why in the world does Trump keep saying, ‘We don’t need the votes’?
Why in the world does Trump keep saying, ‘We don’t need the votes’?
As odd as it is to see Trump tell the public that the GOP presidential ticket doesn’t “need the votes,” it’s the message behind the message that makes the rhetoric so much worse.
You don’t need to be an expert in electoral politics to understand Rule One of any campaign: Candidates should pursue as many votes as possible. In a democracy, it’s common sense: The more votes a campaign has, the greater the chance of success.
With this in mind, Donald Trump appears to have a counterintuitive rhetorical habit. The New Republic noted:
On Fox News Thursday morning, Donald Trump had a weird instruction for his supporters: they don’t have to vote. “My instruction: We don’t need the votes, I have so many votes,” Trump said on Fox & Friends before going on a rant about how much support he has in Florida.
As a clip from the show makes clear, the former president didn’t appear to be kidding: https://x.com/atrupar/status/1816482779581775943
If the phrasing sounded at all familiar, it’s not your imagination. The day after last month’s presidential debate, for example, Trump held a rally in Virginia and told attendees, “We don’t need votes.”
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Because the fix is in with the Republican state legislatures and Republican Governors; and The DOJ / Supreme Court is gladly eating Trump’s soiled diapers with a fork and knife
It's gonna be 2001 again unless Harris can really knock it out of the park
Only this time tRump owns the supreme Court
This is my take too. Whole country votes solidly blue but the SC crowns Trump king anyways.
I don't think they can do that, but I don't doubt they'll try
Trump has done literally hundreds of things he "can't" do and only one person has come anywhere close to stopping him.
What are we gonna do, harangue each other about it? Easy there, we don't disagree about anything. This is serious.
Merely voting is minimal effort. Last election I sent dozens of "vote forward" letters across the country. Will you?
The 💰$upremacy Court💰
It ain’t like the Supreme Court did the right thing then either, Roger fucking Stone was tied up in that shit too