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For my money, the strangest part of the night was watching the dems go sour grapes so hard thart they couldn't even be moved for the cancer kid.

It has been a fucking *generation* since I saw optics this bad from a political party, and I'm old enough to remember Strom Thurmond.

And Trump, as ever, owns any public appearance, clowning on Congress with triumphant style. Still not fully used to a president who actively shitposts, kind of love it.
 
For my money, the strangest part of the night was watching the dems go sour grapes so hard thart they couldn't even be moved for the cancer kid.

It has been a fucking *generation* since I saw optics this bad from a political party, and I'm old enough to remember Strom Thurmond.

And Trump, as ever, owns any public appearance, clowning on Congress with triumphant style. Still not fully used to a president who actively shitposts, kind of love it.
didn't he cut grants funding cancer research? I think actually trying to cut 4 billion or so dollars in medical research is much worse optics.
 
I don't want to take away the good in it but the cancer kid was an obvious optics trap that the dems fell for hook, line, and sinker. It just shows that they'll hate anything attached to Trump, even an innocent child with cancer and the Republicans can show that to everyone come midterms
No tax on tips, SSI and overtime and they just couldn't clap even if it's something their party would've loved back in the day.

Literally the most pro-worker shit I've ever heard of in a long time and they just had to keep up the act.
 
No tax on tips, SSI and overtime and they just couldn't clap even if it's something their party would've loved back in the day.

Literally the most pro-worker shit I've ever heard of and they just had to keep up the act.
B-but you don't understand! Its all a deception so that Krinkle Krumpf can get rid of overtime and make you work 6 gorillion hours a week!
 
I don't want to take away the good in it but the cancer kid was an obvious optics trap that the dems fell for hook, line, and sinker. It just shows that they'll hate anything attached to Trump, even an innocent child with cancer and the Republicans can show that to everyone come midterms
I think everybody's on the same page about why this kid was brought there. there are these special guests at every sotu, they're used as political props and I don't think this is going to work to convince anyone anything. Chuck Schumer also brought cancer survivors who relied on Medicaid to Trump's speech. Obviously this didn't get as much attention since dems didn't have the stage. But let's be honest for two seconds. the guy cutting cancer research probably does not care very much about people dying of cancer. I think this also plays poorly, and unlike the obvious optics trap, actually affects people.
 
I don't want to take away the good in it but the cancer kid was an obvious optics trap that the dems fell for hook, line, and sinker. It just shows that they'll hate anything attached to Trump, even an innocent child with cancer and the Republicans can show that to everyone come midterms
He baited them masterfully, and they walked right the fuck into it because they’re self-centered morons.

They‘ll still call Trump stupid though. He’s somehow both a terrifying threat to Democracy™ who can change the constitution overnight, and a little, irrelevant, whining wannabe dictator who everyone laughs at and Elon is stealing from, at the same time.
 
and now they're pretending to give a shit about free speech
Considering one of the big takes from democrats online I've seen since last night is that the dems in the chamber should have stood and been removed/walked out, one at a time, after Al Green was removed, making the speech unwatchable for the American viewer, somehow I think their messaging and optics was a little off last night.
 
And Trump, as ever, owns any public appearance, clowning on Congress with triumphant style. Still not fully used to a president who actively shitposts, kind of love it.
Ain't that fuckin wild, my mom is from the 60s and she cant get enough of it, I tried explaining some basic memes to her years ago and she didn't get them or care, now her cup runs over with what the president does to dance on their graves. It's fucking wild. Admittedly the game of politics shouldn't mimic the attitude era of WWF but hey, its fucking entertaining. She barely knew who Elon was before this, When Retard Finder got posted by him she was hooked.
 
Didn't notice it on the other one. But I mean look showing tatted skin at a fucking SOTU is so slutty. I just hope she was like this before he died because if she has just been spiraling since he died that makes his death all the more tragic.
The dripping face grease so heavy it was causing lens flare was what got me.

again, this is why i keep saying the democrats are stuck in the 2000s. they know the internet exists but they don't understand memes, they just think the internet is used to look up shit you see on tv or in movies, like everyone did back in the late 2000s. Anyone that has been on the internet the last 15 years knows those signs are going to get different text written on them.
Someone please explain to the Dems what “exploitable!” means.

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Yes, some of the guys wearing pink ties would’ve really pulled the look together. Just like back in show choir!

the guy cutting cancer research probably does not care very much about people dying of cancer
He didn’t cut cancer research. They simply required research universities to cap overhead at 15% of the overall grant. Which is the same as private grants. It was only the govt being charged 30% overhead.
 
Considering one of the big takes from democrats online I've seen since last night is that the dems in the chamber should have stood and been removed/walked out, one at a time, after Al Green was removed, making the speech unwatchable for the American viewer, somehow I think their messaging and optics was a little off last night.
The fact that anyone is thinking this woulda been a good idea is hilarious. Most there were so intimidated by JD’s girth & tonnage that they would chicken out and break rank instantly.
 
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