A rotten way to start convention week for Republicans
Opinion by Jennifer Rubin
Convention week got off to a miserable start for Republicans. I dont just refer to the whiny first appearance by President Trump, who launched a rambling, incoherent and fact-free rant on Monday, wherein he lied by saying Theyre trying to steal the election from Republicans. Just like they did it last time, with spying. (This is, of course, based on the crazy, false allegation that the Obama administration spied on him.)
The bad-news avalanche started even before the Republican National Convention roll calls resembling a hostage video a far cry from the uplifting video trip around the country put on by the Democrats last week. And, yes, it started before Vice President Pence hilariously promised to Make America Great Again, again (because they sure have wrecked things since 2016?).
For starters, Trump is deeply unpopular. A new Associated Press-NORC poll shows his approval down to a paltry 35 percent, and approval for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic even worse at 31 percent. While the president repeatedly hypes a phony figure of more than 90 percent approval among Republicans, this poll pegs it at a mediocre 79 percent. Moreover, the poll found that just 23% think the country is heading in the right direction, while 75% think its on the wrong path. . . . The federal government as a whole has also taken a hit with the public, with approval down from 38% in March to 23% now. For a party banking on a cult of personality, it might want to find a more popular personality.
Moreover, the sleaziness of the Trump world is on full display. Last week, former Trump campaign strategist Stephen K. Bannon was arrested on charges of defrauding Americans in connection with a private build-the-wall scheme (Bannon has pleaded not guilty). We then learned of yet another investigation into Trumps finances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/25/rotten-way-start-convention-week-republicans/
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(6,129 posts)tclambert
(11,080 posts)Was it last Thursday? I was doing a lot of yard work that day and I might have missed the announcement. They made a big announcement, right? Trump wouldn't let an opportunity pass to scream, "I'm officially announcing that America is great again!" Would he? Funny nobody covered that on the news.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Many thousands (millions?) of republicans are wearing red hats that say America is not great.
In great big letters.
Aussie105
(5,215 posts)Sunshine and light follows those who speak for a better future.
The lying, the desperate voices and faces, the ratbags disconnected from reality, all trying to keep the darkness from engulfing them.
Biden smiles, as he watches the GOP convention desperately trying not be buried under the mountain of lies and distortions they need to push forth to justify themselves. Painful, though a pleasure, to watch.
Democratic party followers can sit back and relax, the convention from the GOP is doing a marvelous job - of making the GOP the laughing stock of the world.