I'm trying to figure out how you succeed in attempting to frighten a nation

[malaise]

about coming threats like a caravan invasion, diseases, murderers, Middle Eastern terrorists when people are facing the slaughter of 11 Jewish-Americans, the attempted assassination of two former Presidents, Democratic elected officials, supporters and two African Americans.
Only a fascist bull in a China shop could continue pushing this race-baiting agenda of in the middle of such pain and discomfort.
Vote them out.

[greymattermom]

1. It's repetition

and MSM is at fault. The media have become so lazy by covering Trump 24/7. He knows it, and he does a new stunt every day to capture the air time. They have to stop this and start working again.

[SummerSnow]

2. Easy to do. Hitler used the same tactics...

Hitler portrayed the Jews as disease-carrying rats that will flood the country and zap out resources. It worked. Trump is using the same playbook. Back then, there were no social media to spread this, he used film footage to promote this at town hall meetings, movie houses, posters around the country and radio programs.

[genxlib]

3. Fear is a manufactured product

Right Wing Media has learned how to ramp it up to an industrial scale. They even run the factory around the clock now.

This feels relevant here.

[GusBob]

4. A nation of pudgy pasty coach potato slobs with remote controls stuck in their hands

who read on an 8th grade level?

Gee, I dunno