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People forget that Trump wasn't a Republican until like 2012. The only reason he ran Republican was that someone convinced him that was the only way he'd ever win. Remember, winning at all costs is literally the only thing Donald Trump cares about.
Honestly, he's never been a Democrat or a Republican. Even now, if you go by what the Republican party was before he took it over. He's always been a Trumpist, nothing more and nothing less. He cares solely, without exception, for one thing: Donald Trump.
Absolutely true but he will give these fucks what they want in exchange for adoration
Will he actually, though? Or just say he will?
I think the only way that could happen is if it just happened to be something he wanted.
I read that the project 2025 people were ecstatic since he delivered on like 75% (or more?) of their policy goals for his first term. Roe v Wade wasn't an accident, for example
He's for sale to the highest bidder. He'll do anything they want as long as there's a big enough check attached.
Hey! That's not true!!! You need to be fair here.
........he also loves Mcdonalds.
i'm skeptical. but i think i'll enjoy spending the next 3 months thinking about republicans flying into a blind frothing rage over losing to a black woman
Oh my god, if we think Obama sent them into a fury. Buckle up folks.
That's not entirely true, his turn to republicans was a little sooner. Trump was the "Long Form Birth Certificate" guy all during the Obama years.
Until the democrats choose a black person as candidate.
Side note: He's a private citizen right now.
with immunity though.
I was going to make a "just been revoked" joke, but I suppose someone tried that already.
I would love for her ads to end with a line saying, "This message paid for in part by Donald Trump."
I haven't gotten to do a Riker in a few days. It's like taking off an uncomfortable pair of shoes.
Thank you, I needed that. 😆
She's a conservative like most Democratic candidates and Trump used to be a moderate conservative.
Ranked most politically left compared to Senate Democrats
Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress.
For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Harris’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.
Compare to all Senate Sophomores (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (1st percentile).
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/kamala_harris/412678/report-card/2020
Yeah, but all Senators in the Republican and Democratic party are right wing. Bernie Sanders is an independent so not included in the "Senate Democrats" label. He is a centrist and thus left of her slightly, but there are no leftists in the Senate. Their scale is just from most to least right leaning and not from left to right for a reason.
In addition to what @riotsoma said below, people also don't like her due to her actions as a prosecutor before she was in the Senate. They equate her with police basically.
I disagree wholeheartedly with how she handled drugs in CA, etc., but let's be clear: prosecutors are not cops. How would a modern society function without them? Truly, this is an open question to all those "Kamala is a cop I'll never vote for her" people.
i posted that to have a summary but if that's not enough you can just look up her votes. she's mostly pretty good, and her votes include supporting budget cuts to LAPD. criminal justice is still probably her weakest point as she obviously would have bias but it's not as bad as people might assume.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris
her votes include supporting budget cuts to LAPD
Any politician willing to suggest budget cuts to the cops is actually pretty brave.
This is the best response when conspiracy nuts try to talk about the Trump shooter donating to a Dem PAC to prove he wasn't one of their own.
Plus he donated in response to whether or not Dems should pardon Trump.
I think the better response, even if a democrat voter DOES do something like this in the future is "Yeah, ok, but it's your policies that allowed him to get a gun so easily without any mental wellbeing checks, or any gun control. Our policies would have stopped him. Your policies gave him free reign."
"Yeah, ok, but it's your policies that allowed him to get a gun so easily without any mental wellbeing checks
That's not an effective argument.
It wasn't his gun, it was his father's, and he took it without the knowledge or permission of the gun's legal owner.
Stricter storage requirements could have potentially have prevented this. Legally Pennsylvania doesn't have any particular gun storage requirements, had his dad kept tighter control of his gun, perhaps to comply with a law mandating it be locked up and prevent his son from having access to it without his permission, it wouldn't have happened.
Should they ever meet on stage for a debate she should thank him
if they ever meet on stage, trump is cook. an experienced prosecutor going against a convicted felon? good night.
He should probably drop out of the race.
The human race.
So? This is NOTHING! But Thomas Crooks giving $15 to Democrats PROVES HE WAS ACTUALLY A DEMOCRAT!
No that wasn’t Trump! He just let them license his name for the donation. He didn’t make that donation! He can’t be held responsible for the things people do in his name! That’s crazy talk!
Why is this even news? Nobody cared when he donated $100k to the Clinton foundation, nobody cares about this either
I care.
Kamala Harris is such a good candidate even Donald Trump financially supports her.
Kamala Harris is corrupt! She’s been taking donations from convicted felons!
He was using money to try to buy influence just like Epstein used to do because he has long been a creature of the machine. Politically important people get away with things.
when you're a star, they let you do it
IMO what's interesting about this timing is that in 2011 Trump wasn't yet running for office, but he was at the head of the racist "birther" movement. And, this was months after Obama had made fun of Trump at the White House correspondents dinner.
So, while this isn't GOP presidential-candidate Trump supporting a democrat, it's definitely after Trump started getting involved in politics as an opponent of the democratic president.
All these gruesome pictures of trump need to be marked NSFW.