Star Member Stuart G (26,530 posts)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213497006
The "dead democrat re tweet" is the opening for republicans to criticize Trump.
I realized just now,Trump opened the door himself to let in the criticism. That tweet goes beyond what is normal in any campaign anywhere. Yes, there will be criticism of this one, from some prominent people. Just give it some time, & we will hear a lot this weekend. (unless Trump apologizes, that would also be a first)
As I read this story- Trump didn't retweet the dead em tweet- although it's a great idea...
He retweeted a tweet from a group that the original tweeter was a member?
Walleye (1,515 posts)
1. On top of slandering Joe Scarborough
Star Member Stuart G (26,530 posts)
6. I believe this is it..a few currently serving elected republicans will speak against this.
Why? I do not remember candidates running for office ever talking about..."dead opponents and dead members of other parties" Do You?...But this weekend's talk shows will be the eye opener. Yes, I could be totally wrong, and I will admit it, and often do, but this time I think Trump has crossed a line.
..Yes, Trump knows no boundaries, but we will see if I got to say I am wrong again.
The conservative campaign group’s video centres on Couy Griffin, an Otero County, New Mexico commissioner and Cowboys For Trump founder. He is seen to tell a supportive audience that he has “come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat”.
Amid cheers and whooping from his audience, Mr Griffin adds hastily that he did not intend his remarks to be taken literally.
“I don’t say that in the physical sense,” says Mr Griffin, “because I can already see the videos getting edited where it says, ‘Oh my God, murder Democrats’. No, I say that in the political sense because the Democrat agenda and policy is anti-American right now.”
Yeah... Dems wouldn't lie or make shit up, would they?
The provocateur, who in February was pictured with Mr Trump in the Oval Office, continues: “Our country’s not coming to a place if you love or hate Donald Trump. Our country’s coming to a place if you love or hate America, because that’s what it’s boiling down to.
“As far as Democrats go, you have some great conservative candidates. We need to have the majorities in the House and the Senate. It’s the only way that we’re going to put the brakes on an out-of-control governor. Sometimes you have to hit very rock bottom in order to make real change.”
Mr Griffin was speaking at a church in New Mexico on 17 May, according to US media reports. New Mexico’s governor is Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat.
His comment attracted widespread criticism including from GOP organisations. “We value the personal and political worth of all New Mexicans and to make such an outrageous statement is contrary to the pro-life Republican Party platform,” the New Mexico Young Republicans said in a statement to the Albuquerque Journal.
Mr Trump thanked Cowboys for Trump for their video on Thursday morning. “See you in New Mexico!” he added.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-twitter-today-cowboy-democrat-dead-couy-griffin-tweets-a9537016.html
