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Pelosi chides MSNBC host as 'apologist' for defending Trump's jobs record during pandemic (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Apr 29 OP
I would have given a competant president a pass on the downturn during COVID but Trump made it brewens Apr 29 #1
He was in office for three years before covid, and his record niyad Apr 29 #6
GO NANCY!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 29 #2
Words have consequences, Katy. calimary Apr 29 #3
The coward gets zero credit. czarjak Apr 29 #4
Way to go Nancy mountain grammy Apr 29 #5

brewens

(13,707 posts)
1. I would have given a competant president a pass on the downturn during COVID but Trump made it
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:22 PM
Apr 29

worse, so it's all on him. It's his fault we can only estimate how many lives could have been saved if he had done his job.

calimary

(81,642 posts)
3. Words have consequences, Katy.
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:39 PM
Apr 29

Also, there were other ways you could have tried to make that point. Easiest of all would be to turn it into a question rather than flatly state it as fact. Or there are variations of the old standard “…there are those who say…”. (I think Barbara Walters used that one.) That way you’re not saying what YOU think, even though that may well BE what you think. But when you make it a flat statement then you’re treading on wobbly ground. And you better be able to back it up with facts as opposed to merely stating an opinion.

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