A frustrated Trump has posted more than 10 times since Biden’s announcement.

  • xionzui@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    The problem is it’s effective. Unless you design a system where the most effective strategy for winning a position isn’t making people afraid of the alternative, it’s just going to come back

    • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      It didn’t used to be this way… I still remember when John McCain shut down a woman spouting lies about Obama, and defended him as a good man. This obstructionism and negativity originated in Congress. It’s easy to point fingers at presidential negativity, because Trump is leading the charge now, but it was Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell and Co that opened the door for him.