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muriel_volestrangler

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5. Point out that Trump is totally corrupt, and any supporting senator wants to join the corruption?

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 06:43 AM

Apr 2019

I agree that we need pressure on Republican senators, who need to fear they won't get re-elected. So in addition to any personal failings they have, paint them as grifters who are defending Trump only because they want a position in his entourage so they can make money off it too. There's such a turnover of Trump officials (often due to corruption) that it's plausible that any sufficiently loyal senator will get a cabinet job or similar.

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We are now into the third year of what must be the longest-running "Gish Gallop" in [View all] Atticus Apr 2019 OP

Great insight. Chin music Apr 2019 #1

We've all needed asbestos suits Quemado Apr 2019 #2

Everything you say is so obviously true to me Blecht Apr 2019 #3

A "Teapot Dome" scale scandal every 24-48 hours ThoughtCriminal Apr 2019 #4

Point out that Trump is totally corrupt, and any supporting senator wants to join the corruption? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #5

I was wondering how this approach would go over in 2020: world wide wally Apr 2019 #6

'Gish Gallop' is a fancy debating term for Gaslighting... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #7

I call this kind of machine gun gaslighting the "Trump Trot" meow2u3 Apr 2019 #8