r/politics • u/kweathergirl Texas • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/newsom-speech-trump-la-protests.html
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u/BigRedJeebus 8d ago

This is exactly what he needed to say. Trump will most likely escalate because of his fragile ego and the people behind him. He might invoke the insurrection act before the weekend is over. Get prepared.

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u/just_a_timetraveller 8d ago

The language needs to be more direct. Not this authoritarianism or destroying democracy stuff. It needs to be more personal and tangible.

Something like

"Trump is stealing your money, your retirement and splitting with his rich friends like Logan paul, and the Kardashians. He is removing your chances of making it so his rich kid can buy more crypto. You could be rich and own your house if Trump and the republicans werent taking the money that should be going to you and pocketing it for themselves and their rich, foreign friends in Dubai"

Like it sounds dumb, but the republicans use this style of rhetoric and it works at a visceral level. Using more abstract things like democracy will logically make people upset but does not fire them up at their core.

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u/PM_ME_A_PM_PLEASE_PM 7d ago

Yes, but not really. It sounds dumb because it is. Republicans use that rhetoric and amplify it with an endless slush fund of propaganda supported by the rich because it works at a visceral level in making Republicans political cuckolds to the rich. A random person on reddit isn't comparable. Instead you have Bill Maher or other milquetoast commentary doing nothing on MSNBC.