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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats Learn a Big Lesson for 2020 Vote About Taking on Trump
Democrats Learn a Big Lesson for 2020 Vote About Taking on Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-26/democrats-learn-a-big-lesson-for-2020-vote-about-taking-on-trump
The lesson for 2020 is that when he does and says outrageous things, assume that its on purpose and remember that you dont need to fight every battle that he chooses, said former Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon. In 2016, we thought a lot of the fights he selected for himself were so obviously disqualifying that we were happy to lean into them and indulge some of the controversies he stoked.
We underestimated how much turnout he was able to generate in white rural areas by having extended fights on the issues he wanted, Fallon said. In the midterms, though, people didnt give in to the conversation about the caravan. Democrats successfully sidestepped Trumps attempts to make that the all-consuming issue.
The uncomfortable lesson for Democratic strategists is that large areas of the country embrace Trumps bluster and nationalist message centered on fears of illegal immigration, crime and globalization.
Engaging with him on those terms, they say, merely helps that message break through to rural and working-class white voters -- and prevents Democrats from reaching the more diverse and less-frequent voters they rely on.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-26/democrats-learn-a-big-lesson-for-2020-vote-about-taking-on-trump
The lesson for 2020 is that when he does and says outrageous things, assume that its on purpose and remember that you dont need to fight every battle that he chooses, said former Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon. In 2016, we thought a lot of the fights he selected for himself were so obviously disqualifying that we were happy to lean into them and indulge some of the controversies he stoked.
We underestimated how much turnout he was able to generate in white rural areas by having extended fights on the issues he wanted, Fallon said. In the midterms, though, people didnt give in to the conversation about the caravan. Democrats successfully sidestepped Trumps attempts to make that the all-consuming issue.
The uncomfortable lesson for Democratic strategists is that large areas of the country embrace Trumps bluster and nationalist message centered on fears of illegal immigration, crime and globalization.
Engaging with him on those terms, they say, merely helps that message break through to rural and working-class white voters -- and prevents Democrats from reaching the more diverse and less-frequent voters they rely on.
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Democrats Learn a Big Lesson for 2020 Vote About Taking on Trump (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Nov 2018
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)1. +1000
More and more Dems (and pundits) have finally stopped giving Trump the courtesy and benefit of the doubt that comes with his office and have started to treat him for what he really is: A 14-year-old internet troll... And remember the Golden Commandment of Trolling is "If you engage with a troll you've already lost"...
So just dismiss his bullshit childish antics (in other words, treat him the same way we treat Donnie Jr.)... Talk around him instead of at him. It's easy to see now just how much "bite" Trump loses when he isn't getting headlines for his "Twitter Beef of the Day."
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)2. Absolutely! But you do realize how difficult that is for some people?
tblue37
(65,392 posts)3. This quote says it in a nutshell:
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/george_bernard_shaw_137450
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/george_bernard_shaw_137450