MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDonald Trump’s racist NYC rally was vile. It was also political suicidewww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down132
arrow-up1494arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump’s racist NYC rally was vile. It was also political suicidewww.thedailybeast.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square138fedilink
minus-squareJo Miranlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 months agoThis opinion piece was an operatic exercise in wishful thinking. Even as it admits that at least 47% of the population loves everything spewed in that rally, it still called it political suicide.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago47% of the electorate is not 47% of the population. In 2016, when Trump won, he got 25% of the eligible populations vote.
This opinion piece was an operatic exercise in wishful thinking. Even as it admits that at least 47% of the population loves everything spewed in that rally, it still called it political suicide.
47% of the electorate is not 47% of the population.
In 2016, when Trump won, he got 25% of the eligible populations vote.