DO NOT SUCCUMB TO TRIUMPHANT TRUMP SYNDROME! (Laurence Tribe)

[hlthe2b]

Thank you, Professor Tribe

DO NOT SUCCUMB TO TRIUMPHANT TRUMP SYNDROME!

Defeatism can be self-fulfilling.

We have to get off our asses and work tirelessly to wipe him and his enablers off the electoral map this November‼️

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[Grasswire2]

1. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

And stop calling him a de facto king, "most powerful", and so on.

It goes to his head.

Beschloss was wrong to do so last night.

Call him what he really is.

A grubby squatter in the people's house.

A sleazy mob boss.

Illegitimate.

Assigning grandeur to him is absolutely the wrong tack.

Do what Bloomberg did. Mock him for his weakness and his obesity and his fake hair and fake tan.

[renate]

5. I see your point... it does go to his head

But in his head he’s already king anyway.

And when Americans see a president acting like a king, they want to knock him down a peg. I’m just one person and not a population sample, so I could be completely wrong about how this will go over, but IMO Beschloss, especially as a student of American history, was correct to use that label.

[2naSalit]

8. All the more reason to knock him off his pedastal...

I don't want to knock him down a peg, I want him splattered all over the floor like humpty dumpty!

[MontanaMama]

2. I fall victim to this defeatism

from time to time. I’m tired just like all of you all. This is a good reminder to knock that crap off. Resist!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Exactly.

Defending democracy has always been an uphill battle; the very worst thing we can do is allow ourselves to feel defeated. MLK reminded us that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The Debbie Downers can fuck right off.

[Iliyah]

4. Amen!

and fun with it tooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[ashredux]

6. Nothing to add. Nail hit perfectly on head

[cp]

7. Every day in my calendar until November 3, 2020 says WORK TIRELESSLY for the Blue Wave

[2naSalit]

9. K&R!

[TomSlick]

10. Exactly!

No one is going to save us. The cavalry ain't coming.

Our only choice is to save ourselves.

[bdamomma]

11. It's our turn

to save our country, just remember all those who sacrificed their lives to keep us free.

[TomSlick]

12. Roger, that.

The future of the Republic is in our hands. It's our turn.