Lets say for the sake of argument that the Democrats take both chambers of Congress. Why would that be? Polling has shown corruption to be the first or second most important issue to voters. Who is the undisputed king of corruption?
Trump IS NOT UP FOR REELECTION, so why will he be trounced?
Trump is currently acting with no restraints because the servile Republican congress that is supposed to be a check on executive power has been cowed into subservience. This election is a referendum on whether the American people want to have a servile useless congress refusing to do their job of oversight while the executive robs us blind, or a congress willing to at the bare minimum, investigate the blatant corruption and grift we all see taking place. You would have to be a fucking blind and deaf rat gnawing your way out from inside Trumps colon to not see it.
John, you live in Chicago. You know corruption is litterally how the Democratic Party operates. Its brazen. Corruption has been its organizing principle since Tammany hall. The party‘’s lifeblood is taking taxpayer dollars and funneling them them to friends and family. Trump is a mere piker in the world of organized, systematic corruption.
Seeing a democrat complain about corruption is like a shark complaining about others eating fish.
Tammany Hall (also known as the Society of St. Tammany or the Columbian Order) was a powerful American political organization that dominated New York City and New York State politics for nearly 150 years, functioning as the main local political machine of the Democratic Party. [ 1 , 2 ]
Midterms almost always serve as a referendum on the president’s party, and losses typically ensue. But Trump’s decisions to impose tariffs, start a war and oversee extravagant Washington renovations — largely without congressional consultation — have made it harder for Republicans to navigate those historical headwinds.
There is a direct connection between his actions and higher gas prices, costlier groceries and persistently high inflation.
Republicans cannot blame the fallout from those decisions on past administrations when Trump has owned them so fulsomely. They also cannot easily distance themselves from an unpopular president who demands loyalty and routinely tells voters the economy is just fine.
At virtually every juncture before Election Day on Tuesday, Trump has complicated the task of protecting Republican majorities in Congress.
The Iran war is “making it exponentially harder for Republicans to keep the House and Senate,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, one of the most vulnerable House Republicans, said in a debate while noting his support for the effort.
Trump’s political groups spent nearly $277 million to boost Republicans since September, a staggering amount that puts this year on pace to be the most expensive midterm ever.
But it may not be enough to carry the GOP.
His import taxes disrupted the agricultural economy and triggered a trade war with Canada, putting Republicans on defense in Senate races from Iowa, Michigan and Kansas to Nebraska, Ohio and Maine. The war in Iran that he said would be over in weeks continues eight months later with no clear strategy for conclusion, starkly at odds with his pledge to not engage in Middle East conflicts.
“This administration’s actions are directly responsible for rising costs,” former Democratic President Barack Obama said in Ohio.
Trump has shown little sympathy for Americans coping with rising costs. He has dismissed affordability challenges as a “hoax” and told a Georgia rally that he does not “give a damn” about criticism of gas prices — even as he celebrated profits for U.S. oil and gas companies.
All the while, he has grown far more wealthy, taking in $1.2 billion from crypto businesses while most investors lost money.
Campaigning with Democrats in competitive House races recently in Virginia, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argued that “the corruption that we’ve seen is directly connected to the pain that people are feeling economically.”
Last night Trump said he could have won Vietnam in a week. His plan was “going after Ho Chi Minh City.” Ho Chi Minh City was Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Our ally. The enemy’s capital was Hanoi. We bombed it.
He doesn't know! He's stupid and never learned anything in school let alone anything in life except how to cheat, steal, and manipulate people. I would have been surprised if he had known Ho Chi Minh City used to be Saigon
The most hopeful thing about this election is that it seems people are really making it about Trump. If the voters are truthful, he will get trounced.
John - really don't understand that comment. Trump IS NOT UP FOR REELECTION, so why will he be trounced?
Lets say for the sake of argument that the Democrats take both chambers of Congress. Why would that be? Polling has shown corruption to be the first or second most important issue to voters. Who is the undisputed king of corruption?
Because voters almost always support the out of power party during midterms. We see this every four years. It's not a surprise.
Any thoughts on who is the undisputed king of corruption ?
give him a few minutes and he'll drag something out of the distant past ...
Probably Whitewater
probably within the last 2 hundred years, but not from this century ...
Trump is currently acting with no restraints because the servile Republican congress that is supposed to be a check on executive power has been cowed into subservience. This election is a referendum on whether the American people want to have a servile useless congress refusing to do their job of oversight while the executive robs us blind, or a congress willing to at the bare minimum, investigate the blatant corruption and grift we all see taking place. You would have to be a fucking blind and deaf rat gnawing your way out from inside Trumps colon to not see it.
John, you live in Chicago. You know corruption is litterally how the Democratic Party operates. Its brazen. Corruption has been its organizing principle since Tammany hall. The party‘’s lifeblood is taking taxpayer dollars and funneling them them to friends and family. Trump is a mere piker in the world of organized, systematic corruption.
Seeing a democrat complain about corruption is like a shark complaining about others eating fish.
Trump is a double threat corrupt - he tries to steal elections and he tries to steal government money for himself, his family, and friends.
And yet here we are
But I've been watching the newscasts of him at rallies telling the people to pretend that he IS.
Cue Obama or Biden
Looks like Tammany Hall was New York, not Chicago
because historically speaking the incumbent party always loses the midterms.
Analysis: Republicans face a midterm reckoning of Trump's making
Midterms almost always serve as a referendum on the president’s party, and losses typically ensue. But Trump’s decisions to impose tariffs, start a war and oversee extravagant Washington renovations — largely without congressional consultation — have made it harder for Republicans to navigate those historical headwinds.
There is a direct connection between his actions and higher gas prices, costlier groceries and persistently high inflation.
Republicans cannot blame the fallout from those decisions on past administrations when Trump has owned them so fulsomely. They also cannot easily distance themselves from an unpopular president who demands loyalty and routinely tells voters the economy is just fine.
At virtually every juncture before Election Day on Tuesday, Trump has complicated the task of protecting Republican majorities in Congress.
The Iran war is “making it exponentially harder for Republicans to keep the House and Senate,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, one of the most vulnerable House Republicans, said in a debate while noting his support for the effort.
Trump’s political groups spent nearly $277 million to boost Republicans since September, a staggering amount that puts this year on pace to be the most expensive midterm ever.
But it may not be enough to carry the GOP.
His import taxes disrupted the agricultural economy and triggered a trade war with Canada, putting Republicans on defense in Senate races from Iowa, Michigan and Kansas to Nebraska, Ohio and Maine. The war in Iran that he said would be over in weeks continues eight months later with no clear strategy for conclusion, starkly at odds with his pledge to not engage in Middle East conflicts.
“This administration’s actions are directly responsible for rising costs,” former Democratic President Barack Obama said in Ohio.
Trump has shown little sympathy for Americans coping with rising costs. He has dismissed affordability challenges as a “hoax” and told a Georgia rally that he does not “give a damn” about criticism of gas prices — even as he celebrated profits for U.S. oil and gas companies.
All the while, he has grown far more wealthy, taking in $1.2 billion from crypto businesses while most investors lost money.
Campaigning with Democrats in competitive House races recently in Virginia, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argued that “the corruption that we’ve seen is directly connected to the pain that people are feeling economically.”
with the trump crime family so deeply invested in oil and defense industries, the iran war won't be ending anytime soon ...
Once we solve Iran , Greenland and Cuba will be on the block. Trump likes seeing things blow up on his say so.
Sounds a lot like the Haliburton industries and the "great" Dick Cheney - still going strong.
US judge dismisses Trump election lawsuit in Alaska
now if we can just find Daniel J Sullivan's fishing hole...
He doesn't know! He's stupid and never learned anything in school let alone anything in life except how to cheat, steal, and manipulate people. I would have been surprised if he had known Ho Chi Minh City used to be Saigon
I'm surprised he could formulate the words "Ho Chi Minh City. "