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fried eggs

(910 posts) Sun Sep 18, 2016, 09:28 AM Sep 2016

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Maybe Trump's recent surge is due to his hateful immigration speech?

The media says his surge is due to a lack of gaffes over the past week or so, but what if the true reason is that he is activating more racists and xenophobes?

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Maybe Trump's recent surge is due to his hateful immigration speech? (Original Post) fried eggs Sep 2016 OP

If lying is not considered a gaffe then what is? I think your point about activating the racists an still_one Sep 2016 #1

Yes Trump only made racism palatable to fence-sitting Republicans C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #2

The stumble underpants Sep 2016 #3

That, plus the never-ending Hillary bashing IMO..... Jade Fox Sep 2016 #4

still_one

(92,201 posts)

1. If lying is not considered a gaffe then what is? I think your point about activating the racists an

Reply to fried eggs (Original post)

Sun Sep 18, 2016, 09:38 AM

Sep 2016

xenophobes coming out in the open is right on, and the media is encouraging it by "normalizing it"

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C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)

2. Yes Trump only made racism palatable to fence-sitting Republicans

Reply to fried eggs (Original post)

Sun Sep 18, 2016, 10:19 AM

Sep 2016

A handful of right-leaning undecideds caved and are going with the pogrom.

Overall Trump's losing more folks than he's gaining.

underpants

(182,819 posts)

3. The stumble

Reply to fried eggs (Original post)

Sun Sep 18, 2016, 10:27 AM

Sep 2016

We'll see starting Tuesday how much it hurt

Jade Fox

(10,030 posts)

4. That, plus the never-ending Hillary bashing IMO.....

Reply to fried eggs (Original post)

Sun Sep 18, 2016, 10:57 AM

Sep 2016

The polls always reference "likely voters". (not sure who that means)

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