Exactly right. If only Trump had critical thinking skills and could think past his daily goal of saying/doing whatever it takes to win the day's news cycle by use of the blame game, pathological lying, and the constant spewing of propaganda to those sheeple not bright enough to catch on to the multiple decades of Dotard Donald's history of con artistry.

The crazy thing is that he tweeted,

And yesterday it came out where, this journey coming up, women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before. They don't want to mention that.

He claims that the caravan is associated with an unprecedented number of rapes and sexual assaults against women — but the people in the caravan would be the victims, not the perpetrators of those crimes! Hell, the whole purpose of the caravan was to prevent the rapes and kidnapping that have in the past been committed against asylum seekers traveling alone or in smaller numbers.

Trump has basically justified the caravan members reasons for seeking asylum. To deny them asylum would be the same as sentencing them to experience their sexual assaults all over again, or worse.

He did say once that he thought Iowans were stupid - just before winning that primary, if I recall.

Remember, Balthy, Iowa has those stupid quadrennial presidential caucuses and gets to go first every time. Virtually every candidate spends months and months there, usually goes to the Iowa state fair and eats meats on sticks. In 2012, Iowa switched to a proportional format from winner-take-all so Ted Cruz actually "won" there by earning the most delegates with Trump and Rubio not far behind. If I recall correctly, there were 9 or 10 candidates who picked up 1 or more delegates in Iowa in 2016.

Because, "Look! It's Hayley's Comet!" was too obvious.

And I guess, "Vote for Trump you stupid dumb helpless women or get raped by scary brown people!" was equally transparent.

There will be a tipping point when Trump's utter nonsensical pathological lying bullshit will finally become obvious to even those with any semblance of gray matter whatsoever. Lest anyone doubt it, just ask one of the Trump fanboys/girls who fell for the Trump University bait-and-switch scam how they feel about their "hero" now.

“If a district attorney arrives on the scene, contact the appropriate media spokesperson immediately.”
~ Trump University Playbook

Because, "Look! It's Hayley's Comet!" was too obvious.

Best he never gets asked that in a deposition.

He did say once that he thought Iowans were stupid - just before winning that primary, if I recall.

*LOL* What were we worried about?!

Today Trump declared there is a caravan of rapists headed our way toward the Southern border. This makes two questions immediately come to mind:

* How desperate is the orange pus bucket?
* How ignorant does he think Americans are?

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1. Gerrymandering - either via courts or big losses in 2020.
2. "Trickle Down" tax cuts.
3. Fake news - Fox and Sinclair could overdo the crazy and end up cultural jokes nobody pays attention to.

Cultures can change pretty quickly.

Well, there's still time for more Republicans to drop out. They've been headed for the exits at a steady clip, and many of Trump's worst ideas have yet to really kick in.

But they will have a GOP offense: get ready for the barrage of negativity directed toward Nancy Pelosi, who would regain the gavel if Democrats regain the house. They've already got the ads cut, and they've been testing some of them in these special election races. Democrats have been pointing to those ad's ineffectiveness in those races so far, but I think that they'll have more resonance in the national (Fox) echo chamber, where it can be sold as a crisis! in the making.

But, on the other hand, you're right in another sense: attacking Pelosi is, politically, a 'last resort' argument. Ideally, GOP candidates should be able to be telling their constituents all of the good things they've done for them, but the Giant tax cut doesn't seem to have moved the needle at all, and the trade war is being targeted to strike directly at their constituents' livelihoods. What's their message to them going to be? "Hang in there"? All they've got left in their ammo box, really, are attacks against Pelosi and and Mexicans to gin up enthusiasm in the base. You could call that a 'zone defense'.

Republicans will have had complete control of power for two years by the election, and as CW has pointed out several times, the question "What have you done for regular Americans?" is going to stump them.

JL

This administration is so catastrophic - from the perspective of non-Trumpers - that I find it highly unlikely the energy will abate, especially the closer we get to the mid-terms. We can't wait to vote out Republicans - we are salivating over it.