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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(139,298 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 02:08 PM Wednesday

Trump team finds 'communist' attack has limited reach beyond GOP base

Donald Trump’s team fears the president’s tactic of suggesting the Democratic Party is being taken over by “communists” is not having a big enough impact.

For the past few weeks, the 80-year-old president has lashed out at the rise of democratic socialist candidates within the party using anti-communist messaging, believing it could turn people away from voting for them in the crucial midterm elections.

However, research from a Team Trump focus group suggests that while the attack line is working to rile up the president’s MAGA base, it is having little impact on key independent voters or those who did not live through the Cold War, sources told Reuters.

“I just don’t think that communism means the same for anybody under 55,” said Amy Koch, a Republican strategist.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-team-finds-communist-attack-has-limited-reach-beyond-gop-base/ar-AA27ugZ5

Because not everyone is a braindead MAGA moron.

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Trump team finds 'communist' attack has limited reach beyond GOP base (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday OP
here's the thing Skittles Wednesday #1
With its series of ad hominin attacks on Democrats, rather than the issues, no_hypocrisy Wednesday #2

Skittles

(173,911 posts)
1. here's the thing
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 03:59 PM
Wednesday

blaming shit on Biden, trans athletes, communists, etc simply doesn't work when everyone starts to feel the negative effects of a government entirely controlled by repukes :

no_hypocrisy

(55,880 posts)
2. With its series of ad hominin attacks on Democrats, rather than the issues,
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 05:33 PM
Wednesday

Republicans have eroded their credibility. With each new introduction of words meant to inspire fear and loathing, they might as well just call Democrats "poopy-heads," a favorite insult among preschoolers.

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