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Showing Original Post only (View all)Pete Buttigieg Tells Democrats How To Cancel The Trump Horror Show [View all]
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/26/pete-buttigieg-trump-horror-show.htmlPosted on Sun, May 26th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Pete Buttigieg Tells Democrats How To Cancel The Trump Horror Show
Pete Buttigieg said that it is time for America to ignore Trumps distractions and talk about what they want instead of Trump.
Transcript via ABCs This Week:
PETE BUTTIGIEG: Its a continuing horror show right now in Washington. And you have a president who has turned the entire thing into a reality show. Weve got to completely change the channel, and make sure that we respond to all of the the distractions and the nonsense coming out of the White House, not just by calling him to account, but by returning consistently to the question of how American lives are shaped by those decisions.
RADDATZ: You talk about changing the channel, how do you do do that with President Trump? It it works for him.
BUTTIGIEG: It does, but part of how it works for him is he provokes us in ways that make it very hard for us to do anything but respond in kind, the nicknames, the tweets, the insults. And what weve got to remember is that the more were talking about him, the less were talking about voters.
When the conversation is about voters, were going to win. Voters want a raise. They want health care. On almost all of the issues, the American people are with us. It is precisely for that reason that the only way the Republican Party can retain power in the White House is if the conversation is about something completely different, like the shenanigans of the current president.
RADDATZ: You talk about changing the channel, how do you do do that with President Trump? It it works for him.
BUTTIGIEG: It does, but part of how it works for him is he provokes us in ways that make it very hard for us to do anything but respond in kind, the nicknames, the tweets, the insults. And what weve got to remember is that the more were talking about him, the less were talking about voters.
When the conversation is about voters, were going to win. Voters want a raise. They want health care. On almost all of the issues, the American people are with us. It is precisely for that reason that the only way the Republican Party can retain power in the White House is if the conversation is about something completely different, like the shenanigans of the current president.
Link to tweet
Buttigieg was right. If the conversation in 2020 is about you instead of him, Democrats will do very well in the election. If Trump is able to distract and manipulate his way through the campaign, Democrats will struggle to break through. Washington is a horror show under Trump. It is also a do nothing executive branch that is being enabled by Republican Senate majority to do less than the bare minimum of governance.
The election needs to be about healthcare, wages, Trumps failed trade war, and other issues that matter in the lives of people. Impeachment is a nice thought, but it plays into Trumps hands by giving him a distraction that allows him to make the election about himself.
The way to beat the Trump horror show is to not allow it to hijack the 2020 election.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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babylonsister
May 2019
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He's just so damn smart! If he doesn't get the nomination, he needs to be an advisor.
pdsimdars
May 2019
#3
How to talk about issues not about him: preface it with the reminder TO him that it's not about him.
ancianita
May 2019
#5
Buttigieg also said it was hard to lookaway from something as grotesque as Trump.
OMGWTF
May 2019
#8
Pete himself is very watchable and quotable, so he will help their bottom line too.
marylandblue
May 2019
#44
Damn, I've still got Biden as my choice, but Buttigieg is about to take his place.
cwydro
May 2019
#18
one wishes there was an all trump forum on DU and get him off of GD, Presidential Primaries, etc nt
msongs
May 2019
#21
Dems have passed more than 100 bills to help kitchen table issues, they're DOA in the senate.
onecaliberal
May 2019
#27