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Trump faces backlash for ‘in four years, you don’t have to vote again’ remark
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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TRUMP: "We'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
MEDIA: "Oh there he goes again with his ''deliberately ambiguous' phrasing..."
What fucking part of that sentence was ambiguous???
well he's gonna say they're fixing the country so good that you won't feel like you have to vote again or something. this has long been their usual thing, called implausible deniability. it only works if everyone else is dumb. unfortunately for them, they're the dumb ones thinking they're clever with these.
Can you really not come up with any other explanation? I agree that this is fucking incredibly troubling, and I will assume the worst about this guy based on his past handling of the presidency, but it's shocking to me that people think he outright said he would end democracy and there is no ambiguity here.
Like easily I could strain and say "well, he's saying that he is going to make things so good that everyone is going to vote for him, so the Christians no longer will need to." Or "I don't care in 4 years because I won't be able to run."
Oh fuck off with that nonsense. He already tried to end democracy once with his insurrection. There's no doubt that he's going to try again.
The question is whether it's an ambiguous statement. You are saying its safe to assume, because of past behavior, what he means. And I agree, what he's saying here is scary based on this. But that doesn't change the fact that it's ambiguous and not explicit.
yeah and some folks said "RUSSIA? If you're LISTENING?..." was ambiguous, too.
That last one in particular. Remember that Trump doesn't care if Republicans win... he cares if he wins. When it's not him running for president he really won't give a shit (and might hope they fail because then it gives credence to his "Only I can win" line).