Trump claims liberals want to let people "blow up our cities "in outrageous Rose Garden speech

[Nevilledog]

https://occupydemocrats.com/2020/07/14/trump-claims-liberals-want-to-let-people-blow-up-our-cities-in-outrageous-rose-garden-speech/

The White House has been called the “bully pulpit” since the days of Theodore Roosevelt because of the opportunity the presidency affords to promote whatever agenda the man in the office wants to — at a reach far beyond that of any political rival.

In the Donald Trump era, the word “bully” has morphed from its widely accepted usage as a synonym for “wonderful” in Teddy Roosevelt’s time to its modern definition of a “person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable,” a fitting description of our current president.

The bully pulpit is one reason that incumbent presidents have an inherent advantage when running for re-election.

Incumbents like Trump can simply find an excuse to call the media together for what they claim is an important statement on whatever issue they want, and the compliant journalists will dutifully report the president’s message to the public, no matter how misguided that statement may be and how much of an unfair electoral advantage it may provide.

With Trump’s entire career being an unprecedented exercise in media manipulation, the president — whose marketing points for his re-election lay tattered on the corpses of 134 thousand Americans dead from COVID-19 and on the barely-respirating U.S. economy — sees the bully pulpit as one of the last remaining weapons in his arsenal as he fights off former Vice President Joe Biden’s inroads against him in the states that Trump somehow managed to carry in the 2016 election.

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[Grokenstein]

1. Funny, I wouldn't have pegged Bill O'Reilly for a liberal.

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/Talk-host-s-towering-rant-S-F-not-worth-saving-2596531.php

"Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead," O'Reilly went on. "And if al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead."

[peggysue2]

2. Here's the secret, Donald

Liberals aren't looking to blow up cities. They just want to blow up you on November 3rd. The two are not the same in case you were wondering.

I'll make it easier. I know you love graphics. So, this is you:



And this is what we're going to do on Election Day:



Any questions?

[struggle4progress]

4. "Democrats will drive their golf carts across the Green! They'll put children in cages!

They'll replace history with fake events, like the Bowling Green Massacre and the River of Blood! They'll walk into the room where your teenage daughter is dressing! They'll fill the White House with their relatives! They'll ignore experts! They'll try to shut down the Post Office! They'll let Russia pay bounties on American soldiers! Other countries won't let Americans come for vacation! Unemployment will soar! If you elect Democrats, we'll have a coin shortage! Thousands of Americans will perish in a pandemic! They'll pardon their friends for lying to Congress! They'll fill Federal posts with incompetents! They'll tell you the President can do anything he wants to get re-elected! They'll want you to die for the economy! They'll brag about grabbing women by the crotch! But wait! There's more ..."

[ck4829]

5. Yeah, I think Trump has officially broken that "bully pulpit"

[ProfessorGAC]

6. If We Actually Wanted Cities Blown Up...

...we wouldn't wait for others to do it.
Lots & lots of clever liberals.
So obviously, we DON'T want the cities blown up.
This is flailing nonsense by a moron who jumped in the deep end knowing he couldn't swim.

[tanyev]

7. Um, would that be the same cities in which most liberals live?

[Midnight Writer]

8. The old Nixon-Wallace playbook.