Trump Is Going to Hit the 'Violent Democrats' Button Hard--and It'll Work

[DonViejo]

This is what the Republican midterm election campaign will be about: The country will descend into darkness if you give the Democrats any power. Yes, you should worry.

Michael Tomasky
09.04.18 5:13 AM ET

Last week, in his meeting with evangelical leaders, Donald Trump unveiled what I expect will be his closing argument in this campaign, and yes, you should worry about it.

The argument is to link the idea of a Democratic victory to violence. Yes, it’s grotesque and insane, and insanely irresponsible, and all kinds of things. But it also might work.

Democrats should not underestimate this—should not underestimate, that is, the possibility that this midterm might not follow the normal script. If you haven’t been worrying too much about this, I’d advise you add it to your list.

Here’s the history. Usually in midterm elections with a president’s approval ratings underwater, his supporters are dispirited, and the other side is energized. And that’s what polls and most of the results so far are telling us.

But that’s also an atmosphere in which most incumbent presidents stay pretty quiet. By tradition, a president who knows his party is going to get pasted in the midterms doesn’t campaign, because doing so is seen as costing him political capital—the more he’s out on the stump, the more the losses can be hung around his neck, and the lamer his duckery. Hence, George W. Bush in 2006 and Barack Obama in 2010 kept low profiles as their parties’ House majorities handed the keys to the other side. They played defense.

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[Botany]

1. Don't forget that Trump and the GOP will also be playing the he/she is a SOCIALIST CARD 24/7 too

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/08/29/trump-tweets-andrew-gillum-failed-socialist-mayor-pushes-back/1131181002/

President tweets Andrew Gillum is a 'failed Socialist;' mayor says Trump talk not helpful

[FM123]

2. Good article.

There was one part that really spotlighted the danger that is trump - "It’s all instinct with him. But this is exactly where his instinct leads him: to tell the most grotesque and authoritarian lie that pops into his head."

[LenaBaby61]

3. Hopefully.....

Dems fight back. Show some spine.

[GoCubsGo]

4. It will work with his flying monkey cult followers.

But, the rest of the country--the vast majority of us, know this guy is full of shit. There will be a point where people will start tuning out this asshole, and I'm not sure we haven't already reached that point.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. It will work with his Deplorables. His tweets will do that, make people

tune him out.

[Achilleaze]

5. Incitement (KGOP republicans)

Putin's plan is working like a charm. Weaken America. Then have the puppet republican draft-dodger-in-chief incite MAGAt riots when the heinous criminality and treason of the KGOP republicans is unmasked and repudiated by the honest voters of the USA. Vile. Poisonously vile.

in·cite·ment
noun
the action of provoking unlawful behavior or urging someone to behave unlawfully.

[beachbum bob]

6. the problem now, democrats ARE ANGRY and many can't wait to vote in November

trump knows it, the GOP knows it and they are losing Independent support of educated suburban votes MEN and WOMEN. This fear crap aint gonna work outside of the rabid ideologues

[Mister Ed]

7. Mortal FEAR is the most effective tool of the propagandist.

If the propagandist can create a sense of mortal fear in his listeners - if he can make them feel as though their lives are in danger - then he has them in the palm of his hand.

There is no deeper or stronger instinct in the psyche than the survival instinct. The propagandist aims to trigger that instinct, and harness its power for his own ends.

Sure, it's absurd for anyone to think violent, Antifa-ish types are coming to harm them. It doesn't matter that's it's absurd, as long as the propagandist is able to get the listener to envision it.

It works. Not just on Deplorables, but on your Aunt Sally and Uncle George, and that nice retired schoolteacher who lives next door. And the OP is spot on. They'll be pushing this tactic hard - and it really is a cause for concern.