The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(08-27-2020, 12:01 PM)CH86 Wrote: Those claiming Trump Wants protests to escalate are talking nonsense. The protests do nothing to advance any governmental agenda, and his poll numbers declined by over 10 points when the protests began (they have recovered in the last couple weeks due to the DNC going full SJW with the VP selection). The DNC has far more ulterior motive to stir up renewed protests because if the protests fizzle out before the election many Younger Blacks and Younger Latinos would otherwise be attracted to vote Trump in a fully rational voting process. The DNC has far more motives to continuously stir up tensions and the inevitable irrational thought processes that generates so as to prevent a mass demexit otherwise. It is the scarecrow strategy being implemented here. Biden is weaker than Trump on actual policies, and must change the subject to emotional cultural issues rather than policy.

Trump has stepped back from escalating the violence. For a while he was moving government people as secret police into Democratic cities. Clearing peaceful protesters for his Bible holding photo op was about the peak. Since then the military has been a bit more careful about using military force against Americans to support anything with a violent or political nature. He has let the Democrats bear the brunt of fighting those going violent while distinguishing as little ls possible between protestor and rioter.

But I interpret this as an image hit. He might see poll numbers shifting. The why is more important. You do better if you listen to the people than if you use violence against the people. Violence isn’t a win. He has seen half of the solution.

I can see the motive. He is portraying himself as a law and order candidate. He is trying to portray the opposition as a threat, and collect votes from people feeling threatened. He is not seeing the complaints being valid and working to remove the source of complaint. That seems to be the key difference between most people. Are broken windows and thefts more important than people’s lives? Do you distinguish between those that break the law and those exercising First Amendment rights?

Also, if Trump is strong on policies, why is he going with no platform? You can't make something so by lying frequently.