Trump knew he needed an enemy if he wanted his populism to take hold, Obama was the obvious choice, it wasn’t really anything Obama did. That he’s black is just icing on the cake, let him spin populism and racism together into one tapestry of bullshit.
When Trump falls, which everyone sees as imminent, they want to have some distance on him to maintain credibility. If they’re too close, they fall with him. So expect more of this. The billionaire class isn’t thrilled with Trump anymore.
Lots of us were banned for “political violence” for civil discourse. Here, you can say “I will be so glad when that man is dead and I’ll celebrate for days” and no one is going to make a federal case out of it.
What would I do to save my family from violence and poverty… jump a border? Of fucking course I would.
Which policies has he enacted in CA which mirror or support trickle down? All I ever hear is how he’s not progressive enough, but when I look at his record I see a LOT of progressive action. Much like how he’s “anti trans” for not signing 1 bill, he signed numerous others that year protecting queer people, and now he’s being attacked for being too pro-trans.
It’s pretty funny watching the left split and splinter this far out, because of all the purity testing. No one will ever be progressive enough, pure enough. And if somehow they were perfect enough to appease the left wing, there’d be 0 chance of getting red votes.
The next Dem who gets elected will do so using some centrist attitudes including towards social issues which we’re losing on badly. Might be time to get wise to that.
It’s like the old saying - do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy? Should we wait for the perfect candidate, or should we, IDK, maybe try to win the next election?