Pro Trump thread

Thank you for the response. I didn't realize this was at the AFL CIO event. Nothing was coming up under my search until I added that. Now that I changed my search parameters, I found a lot of links to the first video but not for the second. I don't see any real context for what was happening other than these two short snippets of video.

I guess I'm not exactly sure what is going on here. This was a virtual event, right? So we don't know how he was receiving the questions--was there a big video screen in front of him? Or is that what he is looking at that needs to be moved up? Did he have his staff listing numbers and resource materials that related to the questions so that he could give accurate answers? Or were they "fact-checking" the assumptions that the participants made in their questions? That isn't the same as "reading a prepared script" for the answer. It could be charts, graphs, talking points, etc.  Why leave it to chance that you incorrectly state a fact in your response when there is the ability to pull up accurate statistics? Good Lord, I wish Trump would fact-check things before he spoke!  

I haven't seen anything from AFL-CIO about prepared questions from the Biden campaign. Again, I'll be happy to look at those if there are articles, but I didn't see any when I searched earlier. I do know that sometimes you have to get your own questions pre-approved by the event sponsor, so that could be what happened with the woman in the second video. For instance, my DD was at state 4-H camp one year when a Republican legislator was a guest. They opened the floor to questions from the campers (ages 15-21, I believe). To be allowed to ask your question, you had to submit your question to the organizers (the State 4-H Council in this case) and be granted permission to speak during the event. They signed off on the question, and when it was your turn to speak, you read your pre-approved question.

I have had the same experience asking questions at a school board campaign event--a sort of town-hall setup. We had to get our questions pre-approved to get on the list of persons who got to ask questions.

In both of these situations, it is more about keeping order and not having repetitive questions. It also forces the person asking the question to write the question in a coherent manner that allows a fair answer, i.e. no "gotchas." When an organization is sponsoring an event like this, they do have an interest in not making a scene by having someone come to the podium to attack the candidate or guest speaker or to take the chance to promote an agenda unrelated to the topic at hand.

I guess I'll wait until I hear more about this, but I am not going to assume that Biden was fed the questions in advance without more information since there are other plausible explanations. And so far, the only traction I see on this story is twitter, and many of those are quoting him as saying "move the teleprompter up here" when his actual words were "let's move it up here." We don't see the context of anything his staff said before they cut to this video, so was there a conversation about "moving along" with the event, i.e. speeding up the pace? One FOX reporter said the ONLY thing he could be talking about is a teleprompter--that's a big stretch given the brief video evidence.

That’s exactly why I don’t waste my time responding to these fly-ins who sign on with various names. They post under one new name and agree with themselves under another. 

I don't think so.

OK, so I'm genuinely trying to figure out why, if its not racism and ignorance, people support Trump.  Because that's the stereotype, right?  You have to be a toothless stupid hick or a white supremacist to support DJT. 

Like, I may not agree with it, but I very much appreciate Keri's answer a few pages back.  Her family is in the oil industry, it sounds like she is supportive of the oil industry, she views Trump as supportive if the oil industry (at least more than Biden).  I get that.  I'm a teacher.  I pay special attention to a candidate's views on education and often support the more pro-education candidate, even if it means a small business owner or other consistuency might not be happy with me (or something- you get my drift).  Let's not pretend we're all selfless martyred angels as pure as the driven snow... of course we all sometimes vote for our own interests.  

The second paragraph just talks about the poster being turned off by the behavior of peas on this board.  But I don't think she's saying that she's voting for Trump just to spite US, is she?  I hope not.  I'm trying to be open-minded here, but there would be no other way to see this other than burning down the house just to "own the libs," right?  I'm really hoping that's not a real thing.

That leaves us paragraph one. 

1.  "The hypocracy of the left"- I'm not sure what that means.  Is that referring to the next sentence? Or a separate issue?

2.  "Blind eye to the riots and the protesting"- I get what you're saying here.  You're seeing some very unsavory and out-of-control behavior on the streets, and you feel like Biden?  The democrats?  are supporting the lawlessness.  AT least, they're not advocating for a swift crackdown on it.  They're trying to be more delicate and measured in their response, while you're seeing it more as a black-and-white issue?  Add in the racial element of what's happening, which always ratchets everyone's emotions up to an eleventeen, and you're angry and uncomfortable.

I come and go on the board, so I wasn't really posting at the beginning of the summer when most of the protests were happening, but I am *SURE* there were many threads explaining the left's perspective about things.  But I guess my question to you is- Biden did unequivocally come out against violence and lawlessness as part of protesting.  June 2, 2020:  "But there is no place for violence.  No place for looting or destroying property or burning churches, or destroying businesses — many of them built by people of color who for the first time were beginning to realize their dreams and build wealth for their families... We need to distinguish between legitimate peaceful protest — and opportunistic violent destruction."  That statement seems pretty clear to me, and that was just one of the first times he spoke out.  Why isn't that good enough for you?  What more would you like him to say?  Is there anything he could say to make you feel better about his response?  Can you point to any systemic Democratic party statement that supports the violent part of the BLM protests?

3.  "Biden is obviously mentally incapacitated."  Joe Biden has been in public life for 47 years and he has NEVER been known as a polished or smooth public speaker.  One of my favorite Uncle Joe moments ever is when he was at a rally honoring someone in a wheelchair (I forget who- its been a while) and he told the guy to "Stand up and take a bow!"  To a guy in a WHEELCHAIR.  He immediately recovered by saying "Oh, geesh, John Smith, of course you can't stand up, god love ya." or something like that and I swear, it makes me laugh every time because it was just such an awful, obvious mistake.  That I could see myself making, quite honestly.    I just don't see the same dysfunction as you do.  I will start to pay attention to the amount of free questions Biden answers going forward, though.  I was not aware that was one of the criticisms about him.  My sense is that Trump tends to suck all of the metaphorical air out of the metaphorical room, so that Biden is allotted less time in the news cycle, but I will look for that going forward.

Again, these seem to be mainly criticisms of the dems, not pluses for the republican ticket.  

  

I don’t think they care too much about the opinion of the rest of the world. I can’t recall off the top of my head who spoke about this on a recent thread, but it alluded to thoughts that we’re basically too insignificant to worry about 😏

I don't think so.

More trump dumbassery incoherent, idiocy.

He should do these town halls all the time! His words...his thoughts...maybe more trumpers will start to see what a dumb fuck he really is...and Undo some of that brainwashing





ETA: His town hall was so bad for him that our morning Fox News has not yet mentioned, posted a clip, or replayed anything about it and I’ve been watching it since 5 am. LMAO

Trump says that he has brought more respect from the rest of the world, so they believe it. Never mind what people from the rest of the world says. That is fake news in their minds.

I will definitely be voting for Trump. I can’t stand the hypocrisy of the left, the blind eye to the riots and destruction Under the ruse of protesting (which it absolutely is not, it’s sickening) and the fact that the left is exploiting that poor man, Biden, who is obviously mentally incapacitated. 

I am also disgusted with the bullying of this board to ANYONE who doesn’t fit the lefts criteria or views.  But you know, the left on this board totally fits the left’s agenda. If you don’t agree with their views, you are demonized, called disgusting and bullied off. No one is allowed their own views without being lambasted. Exactly what the left wants. Total control over your thinking. Sounds like socialism or worse, communism. 

I have not participated on this board for a long long time. But I do come here sometimes for the entertainment value. 

It’s hilarious to watch you try to disparage Biden’s public speaking, given that the republicans counterpart the flaming idiot orange cheeto who is is a disaster at speaking in any scenario.

I just listened to Donald Trump meander his off-topic way through a Town Hall meeting. He can't even complete a simple sentence, much less make a coherent statement. It should stop being astonishing to me that Trump supporters say the exact thing that applies to their candidate about the other guy.  Yet, I never cease to be amazed.

He's likening himself to Churchill or trying to - that's enough to not give it the time of day