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Johnny2X2X

(18,969 posts)
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:03 PM Jul 2017

Don's Big Distraction Today

His transgender order, while very consequential and important also, has been an excellent distraction from the fact that the GOP is voting right now to take health insurance from 30 million people and double costs for the rest of us.

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Don's Big Distraction Today (Original Post) Johnny2X2X Jul 2017 OP
+1000 bronxiteforever Jul 2017 #1
Looks like it's failing Johnny2X2X Jul 2017 #2
exactly how was it "effective" ? Skittles Jul 2017 #7
Yep! Phoenix61 Jul 2017 #3
Exactly, and a distraction from anything else of 'substance' elleng Jul 2017 #4
It's real too Johnny2X2X Jul 2017 #5
and he can't do it on his own, elleng Jul 2017 #8
how exactly is it distracting Skittles Jul 2017 #6

Johnny2X2X

(18,969 posts)
2. Looks like it's failing
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:05 PM
Jul 2017

Failing for now, but don't think that Dim Don's distraction wasn't effective. It was.

Phoenix61

(16,993 posts)
3. Yep!
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:06 PM
Jul 2017

Standard tactic for Twitler. Too bad the media either haven't caught on yet or figured out how to deal with it.

elleng

(130,732 posts)
4. Exactly, and a distraction from anything else of 'substance'
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:10 PM
Jul 2017

that might be happening.

trump gets 'us' frantic from something so we'll ignore the real world.

Johnny2X2X

(18,969 posts)
5. It's real too
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:11 PM
Jul 2017

His ban on transgender people from serving is a very big deal and very real too, but they still used it as a distraction.

Skittles

(153,111 posts)
6. how exactly is it distracting
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:13 PM
Jul 2017

do you think people are unaware repukes are kicking around healthcare like a political football because Trump takes to the time to trash the liberties of yet another group of people?

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