Sorry to say, but Trump is winning

[kcjohn1]

In news cycle where we have the largest mass shooting in U.S. history, he is dominating the headlines. Some of you may say its bad press, but you underestimate how many bigots you have in this country, and how many people are easily scared by their shadow. His shit is resounding with probably more people than not. Any one disgusted by his current behavior would already have being against Trump. He is now just deepening his support and gaining a few.

This is his path to victory. This guy is master manipulator of media. Every couple of weeks he purposely and calculating gives something absurd to the media and they can't help but to give him millions of free publicity.

[Fresh_Start]

1. I'm pretty sure that the reason Bush was re-elected as at least partially

due to fear of new terror strikes

I also believe that Iraq war approval was also related to fear of terrorism

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Probably more than partially. I remember the old scare tactics vividly

was working in DC and one morning they leaked a diagram Al Qaeda had of my freaking subway station. I was petrified. Only to find out that night the diagram was 5 years old. I still hate Bush and Cheney for that

[stopbush]

38. Bingo! We have a winner!

[Kingofalldems]

40. Boom.

[OnlyTheGood]

73. Sorry to be pedantic, but i take issue with the word "re-elected,' since he

was installed by the Supreme Court the first time around, in 2000-01.

[brush]

2. What a foolish statement. That blowhard scammer is not winning anything.

[Thinkingabout]

3. You do know he is lying. The guy did not immigrate to the US so stopping

Immigration would not have prevented him from being an American Citizen.

[kcjohn1]

13. Your to logical

Of course everything he says is a lie.

Your mistake is thinking the electorate is logical and think things through. Truth has no impact on the electorate.

[seabeckind]

18. We got an election from 2004 that proves your point. n/t

[HERVEPA]

29. Your mistakes are "Your" and "to"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. when did his parents immigrate? I listened to some of his

stilted teleprompter speech - seems he was more interested in getting the point across that HE TOLD US than anything else. The moment of silence was so unbelievable - almost laughable if the whole thing wasn't so incredibly sad and horrible.

[Thinkingabout]

48. The guy was born in Queens, dont know when his parents arrived.

[Reter]

55. Actually, it would have

The Father was born overseas. So with no father, comes no son.

Now, before anyone alerts, I don't agree with any of these immigration bans. I'm just disputing your statement.

[Thinkingabout]

64. No, I am correct, the shooter did not immigrate.

[Reter]

65. No, you are wrong

You said "Immigration would not have prevented him from being an American Citizen." Immigration would have prevented his father from coming here, and without him here how does the son get here?

[Thinkingabout]

66. And the same could be said of almost every person in the US. I say again this guy

Did not immigrate, shutting down immigration would not have stopped this guy from being a citizen. Understand I said shutting down, not revoking past immigration. Yes I am correct.

[Reter]

69. Trump was alluding to if we always had his racist, anti-ME (anti-Muslim) in place

Then, no shooter. So you are not correct.

[Thinkingabout]

72. Your opinion, bye.

[July]

80. And what does Trump say about his own immigrant mother?

Is he on board with keeping her out, too?

[Reter]

81. No, he only discriminates against Muslim immigrants

n/t

[gordianot]

4. Never underestimate stupid people they number in the millions.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. So... do we just give up?

I don't think so. Trump will keep stepping on his dick and only the stupid people won't care. It's true that there are a lot of stupid people in this country but most of the stupid people who like Trump are old white men. Consider that he is loathed by women, Latinos, most other PoC, Muslims, most immigrants, and LGBT people. There aren't enough angry old white guys to win the GE for him.

[seabeckind]

19. Lot of young people too.

He had landslides in states that haven't voted for a democrat since the 60's. (And some in the 1860s)

Couple swing states and ....

[Lance Bass esquire]

6. From the movie Stripes

Chill Francis

We fine

[Chakaconcarne]

7. He's winning the race to the bottom...

and is first in terms of making a jackass of himself...

With that, he can dominate the headlines all he wants...

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Um no.

The media is providing a tunnel vision view of reality focused on infotainment and ratings for the moment. Remember, the election isn't until November and this incident, like the last mass-shooting incidents, will soon be forgotten by the masses (i.e., those not personally and/or symbolically impacted by it).

[BootinUp]

9. ...the Republican Primary. nt

[Tsiyu]

10. Bullshit

He isn't winning anything.

But the boobie prize....

[Doctor Jack]

12. Uh huh

[gollygee]

14. There aren't enough bigots to elect him

It won't even be close. She will very easily win. Bernie could have very easily won too.

[bvf]

61. So, does this mean you've completed your tally

of voting-age bigots in this country?

Cool. But it would make me feel a hell of a lot better if you were to share your results here.

Be sure to add gun nuts, people who jump out of their skin at the very mention of "ISIS," and one-time "Apprentice" fans.

Oh, and also the people who wouldn't vote for a(nother) Clinton if their lives depended on it.

To be sure, there's bound to be some overlap, but I think that covers it.

We're fucked, either way.

[spanone]

15. bwahahahahahaaaa....comedy gold

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Have to say, think people are looking for action. I was kind of dissappointed

that Obama's speech was undoubtedly reverent - but WTH - couldn't he have come up with some kind of action plan? Even if Congress shot it down. I mean, why couldn't he have at least said - "I am immediately gathering all the security experts to determine what we can do to help protect our homeland. And, I will subsequently be sending legislation for emergency funding."

People want some kind of action. And, if the only plan is Trump's half-witted, ill-planned, bigoted ideas....he may move up - like a plan is better than no plan.

[spanone]

24. trump has no plan whatsoever and there are no quick answers. i'll stand by Obama.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

67. Oh, I agree...Trump's got zero - way less than zero and Obama

was brilliant today. And, wish he could be prez for my lifetime.

But, just wish he would suggest some kind of action. People everywhere are thinking yikes - is there nothing we can do?

A salvo such as a call for increased money/manpower to prevent would do a lot. Anything new to show we can do something positive to prevent the shit storm

[spanone]

68. i'm with you.

[book_worm]

16. In the words of Col. Potter, "Horse Hockey"

the more he talks the more he loses.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. no, he really is not. calm yourselves people. nt

[sibelian]

22. He presents the appearance of a prosaic solution to a complex problem.

It won't work, of course, but the way to stop him is to explain why it won't work.

There appears to be no will to do this.

[seabeckind]

23. No! There are shows I need to see!!!!

I haven't the time to deal with this.

Is it time for the Voice yet?

[sibelian]

27. There is ALWAYS time for the Voice.

Apparently.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

25. He's being made fun of because he's making it about him.

You're wrong. He doesn't know how to frame sensitive issues without sounding like a moron.

[TwilightZone]

26. He's being almost universally panned for his response. That's an odd definition of winning.

[GulfCoast66]

28. No. He is not

Why do I think that? Not 30 minutes ago I got off the phone with a very good friend. Kids are my godchildren close.

He is a college educated republican, but not that religious and no tea bagger. Like I was when we met 25 years ago.

He will not be voting for Trump, dispite having voted R his whole life.

Says it is Gary Johnson now, but I still have 4 months to work on him!

Oh, and we both live in Florida. Kind of an important state.

[roamer65]

35. Let him vote for Johnson.

As a republican, he's making a decent move. It will send the same message.

[GulfCoast66]

42. More than happy to

But my move from right to left was in fits and starts until the end when the scales fell off my eyes.

Have a nice evening.

[roamer65]

53. You too!

The "epiphany" comes differently for all of us.

Mine was Iran-Contra under Raygun.


His will come.

[GulfCoast66]

54. And I will do all I can to help

He really is a great guy. We often forget that most folks are not all that political.

[Agnosticsherbet]

30. What demographics will he take in November?

He has lost Hispanics, Latinos, Women, Blacks, those under 30.

I do not see how his winning the news cycle with outrageous statements gives him the White House.

Where do the votes come from?

[roamer65]

31. Not when Gary Johnson is polling 13 pct in Utah...putting the race dead even. N/t

[Dem2]

33. Ok, thanks for concern

[BootinUp]

39. LOL nt

[Mike Nelson]

37. I have a different opinion...

... I think many Trump supporters were embarrassed and wish he'd practiced that speech, today. He seemed overtired or sick. He says he doesn't drink, or I would have thought that he might have had a few... it was probably better to cancel the Clinton attack, though, which would seem out of place. Do agree that his "base" likes stuff like the Muslim ban. Hillary was much stronger... she sounded coherent and went for Independent and Republican voters. I think she hurt him today.

[malaise]

41. He isn't winning

a damned thing

[Dalai_1]

43. He absolutely is not winning on twitter..

He has gotten so many negative replies on his time line ,he began posting part of a tweet on twitter gives a link to his facebook page as a finish for his tweet.

He was using a teleprompter today &had a speechwriter with heavy flavor of his own asinine
comments..

[MariaThinks]

45. I think many people want to know what is being done to stop the constant islamic state massacres

around the world.

Anyone who fills that gap is going to win.

It's easy for a secure politician to say 'we will not give into fear or hate'. It's another to be the lambs being slaughtered anytime some is becoming radicalized.

So yes, people I work with who are liberal on health care, taxes, social programs, are sick of being sheep that are being slaughtered by Islamic radicals and they are voting trump.

[840high]

60. If one more attack

happens - Trump wins.

[joshcryer]

46. HAHA

Yeah, no.

[still_one]

47. no you are not sorry. In fact the polls are showing just the opposite, that he is losing support.

So keep spewing the garbage, and just watch trump go down in flames

[xmas74]

70. Polls released today showed that Clinton had actually gained seven points

from last week. Source was NBC Nightly News Broadcast.

Best part was watching Lester Holt correct a few points that Trump made in his speech.

[still_one]

71. Thanks, and it will get better

[Skittles]

49. since when has he not dominated the headlines?

[GeorgeGist]

50. Hopefully the electorate, on average, is smarter than you ...

think they are.

[Jester Messiah]

51. The "optics" are really bad.

Trump's saying "told ya so" while Hillary proposes gun control measures against people who aren't the ones killing their fellow Americans. "Tone deaf" would be an understatement.

[Metric System]

56. Proposing gun control to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists is far from tone deaf. Trump's

"told you so" doesn't even make sense considering the shooter was born in the US.

[Jester Messiah]

58. Whether you think it makes sense or not, whether it even does or not

He's going to act like it does, his supporters are going to act like it does, and some people in the middle are going to be swayed. In the meantime Clinton will fulfill the classic "gun-grabber" role for the Republicans to rail against, and people who are feeling scared and vulnerable in the wake of this horror are going to ask why they should give up a ready means of self-defense. I repeat, the optics are bad. Terrible even.

[cheapdate]

52. If more paranoid bigots tun out to vote, then they will have won fair and square.

[yellowcanine]

57. Well we will see what the polls do this week but I disagree.

Note that Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell have said NOTHING in response to Trump's outrageous statements Sunday and Monday. They can't possibly ignore Trump's statements for long so it will be interesting to see what they have to say. Ryan in particular has to be unhappy with Trump.

[vdogg]

59. And let the concern trolling begin.

Oh how I missed this from the 2008 and 2012 election cycles. I'm still waiting on that 'whitey' tape.

[TheFarseer]

62. He won't crack 200 electoral votes.

Many of my republican family think he is in cahoots with the Clintons and he is trying to throw the election.

[iloveObama12]

63. Yeah Right

I got my money on him dropping out before the general election somehow.

[NuclearDem]

74. HAHA Goodman has become a Trump supporter, it seems.

[Lord Magus]

75. We don't need your concern-trolling here.

And Trump is not a "master" anything, that's why he's getting crushed in the polls.

[AgadorSparticus]

76. You're wrong. The news tonight said that Hillary is getting a big bump from all this

Her numberss have gone up by like 9 pts? I can't remember the number exactly off the top of my head.

[jamese777]

77. The Newest National Poll

of Likely Voters has Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 12 points.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-14/bloomberg-politics-national-poll-june-2016

[Tsiyu]

78. That's the biggest crock of shit I've read all day

fuck your "analysis."

Americans are not going to be fooled like they were 16 years ago. We don't want a bunch of new wars, and hotheaded Trump can't keep us out of them.

His appeal is to the backwash, the racists, the mouthbreathers and the very low intellect. I mean, he is the sixth grade dropout's DREAMBOAT.

The undecideds and moderates win elections, and there is no way in hell any moderates are going to vote for that shit show spewing all of his ugliness.

But nice try there. Thanks so much for playing, and we all really do appreciate your concern. It might, however, be better utilized if you go out there and convince some of the backwash that maybe Trump isn't such a great idea. For their own sense of pride, not because he has a snowball's chance in hell of winning.

Coming here to play games is so Trump-like and time-wasting.

Have a nice night on r/The_Donald!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

79. LOL

[dembotoz]

82. would somewhat agree...we always preach to the chior around here

as much as we hate the donald
the other side hates hrc even more

as awful as trump is he should be doing much worse in the polls

not spending money but still fairly close is a bad sign for us

[RAFisher]

83. His poll numbers have been going down since Orlando...

[ismnotwasm]

84. Have a soothing gif

[Rex]

85. How can he win if he doesn't raise any money?

All the air time in the world is not the same as political ads.