WAPO: Trump is deeply unpopular and corrupt, and voters want a check on that

[kpete]

Keep it simple, folks.

Let's not get lost in endless rabbit warrens about what Dems should and should not say about Trump.

Let's not overreact to the poll fluctuations.

Link to tweet

[Achilleaze]

1. Dirty Donny* (R) is in deplorably deep doo-doo

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[MFM008]

21. And he KNOWS it.

He knows what's coming in 5 months.

[PearliePoo2]

2. I just watched Chris Matthews on 'Andrea Mitchell Reports' and regarding House seats he said

He's been doing a LOT of thinking about this and he believes that the number of seats that will flip to Democrats will be in the low 30's.

That sounds acceptable to me! Let it be that and more!

I'm buying champagne to toast Rep. Adam Schiff as the Chairman of The House Intel Committee!!

[Demsrule86]

5. If he says 31, it may be more. It should be 50 but we still have a gerrymander and will not

get what we should. As important as this is, we need to elect governors and legislators also to stop the GOP from making a worse gerrymander in 2020...census year.

[PearliePoo2]

7. Gerrymandering and Citizen's United. It's how ReThugs CHEAT. It's criminal!

BTW, it will be SO sweet to see Randy Bryce take Paul Ryan's seat!

I haven't seen any polling so I don't know how he's doing, but I'll try a search to check it out!

I also send a little money to Andrew Janz (CA-22) each month. He's in an uphill battle for sure. I don't have enough words to describe how I loathe that rat-bastard Devin Nunes.

I want to see the smirk wiped off that treasonous, fuck's face when Schiff becomes Chairman!

https://www.andrewjanzforcongress.com/

VOTE!! Send money if you can.

[sprinkleeninow]

9. Pearlie, you an' me (an' Adam). A bubbly toast! 🥂 😘

💙🇺🇸🌊

[OliverQ]

23. 30s sounds really low.

Repubs got over 60 in what, 2010?

[mwooldri]

3. However the USA is politically divided.

If you're a Republican, chances are you approve highly of Spanky the Dotard. Per Gallup, at Day 500, 87% of Republicans approved of him. Just 10% of Democrats and 36% of Independents approved.

With very high approval ratings from his own party, Don the Con just has to hope that Republicans turn out and vote. And if I believe Anthony Zurcher's writings (BBC NA Correspondent), he says "Back in February, a White House source told the website Axios that the president planned to identify "unexpected cultural flashpoints" and exploit them in the run-up to the mid-term elections." Gee... I wonder what 'unexpected cultural flashpoints' they could be?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44324545

http://news.gallup.com/interactives/185273/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx

[Demsrule86]

4. That can't be true...the above was taken from red districts held by Republicans.

I never trust Gallup anyway...but this is opposite of this article.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. I agree w/ you...I've never heard the likes of what some of these ...

outlandish polls putting his approval levels among repugs at such high levels, especially when the actions that rump is doing is hitting directly in their pocketbooks. Just wait and give it a little time, as things sink in more and more, and more of the economy starts acting up because of the idiotic logic that rump is using to act upon his unilateral beliefs on tariffs, etc.

[Garrett78]

12. If his overall approval rating is around 40, it stands to reason...

...that his approval rating among Republicans is quite high. Here's an article from February that is still relevant: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicans-are-coming-home-to-trump/

The Trump base is the Republican base. There's no great divide in that party. That's why pretty much the only Republicans who will speak out against Trump are those who are retiring.

[Beartracks]

17. 10% of Dems approve of Trump??

Wtf

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[OliverQ]

24. Think West Virginia Dems who are basically rabidly right-wing

but historically have still registered as Democrat.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. The political margins - independents, last minute deciders, infrequent voters

are always last to figure things out, because they don't pay attention to politics that much, or mull it over and balance things fairly. But once they smell a weasel, they feel motivated to do something about it.

I agree, keep it simple, direct, up front, common sense. We don't need to enact the next 20 years of liberal desires, nor relitigate 2016, nor protect people from spending their paychecks. We need to check Trump. And we probably don't have to make a lot of noise to do it. This is a freight train in motion. Don't fire up the engine beyond capacity.

Get. It. Done.

[Garrett78]

13. The vast majority of so-called "independents" are extremely partisan.

In fact, studies have made clear that most independents of today are more partisan than your average party-affiliated voter of decades past.

They just like calling themselves "independent." They aren't centrists or swing voters. They are highly partisan, for the most part.

As for actual swing voters, all I can figure is they're extremely ignorant. How it is that one can be undecided between, say, Trump and Clinton, is beyond mysterious.

[Beartracks]

18. Right. We don't need to overthink it or get into the weeds. n/t

[gratuitous]

10. Unpopular? Corrupt?

How did that news leak out to the general public? All the obfuscation by the popular media hasn't done squat! Why do so many people know about this? Unfair!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. No complacency, folks. As I've said many time, keep WELDING Trump & Republicon brands together. . nt

[Mc Mike]

14. Go, Dems! r, nt

[aeromanKC]

15. Corrupt GOP Congress refused to provide the Check

So we the People will be the Check!!

[homegirl]

16. Drive him to states of rage

The only way to get rid of Trump is to overload him. Taking the house is key to this. Impeachment is pointless as no amount of evidence will convince enough Republican senators to vote for conviction to provide the 67 needed. A democratic house could enforce emoluments clause and hold numerous investigations that could not be sabotaged by republicans. Mueller and SDNY can provide other pressure plus numerous lawsuits by women.
Also publicly ridicule his narcissism and ignorance. Call him an ignorant buffoon in press conferences and tweets. Openly declare contempt for him.
Ideally this could be done by public figures of some stature who would publicly call him out. Bezos would be ideal for this if he were not busy running Amazon.
Drive him to states of rage at his inability to strike back that he has a health crisis.

[SergeStorms]

19. Dear U.S. voters,

on November 6, 2018 we have an opportunity to check Donald Trump's abuse of the Constitution and his seemingly dictatorial powers.

VOTE DEMOCRATIC

Thank you.

[BadgerMom]

20. No complacency. Just a complaint.

The media can’t stop visiting truck stop cafes in Kansas, but they can’t spare an article about Swing State or Indivisible. The millions of people who are horrified by Trump and those working to unseat Republicans get nothing or derision. The right is taken so seriously and we are treated as though we’re buffoons.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Lock him up!!!!! Lock him up!!!!!!

[ck4829]

25. K&R