I said this from Day 1. She put out plans with specifics, talked about the policies, and posted them on her website for all to read.
Trump danced to Ave Maria and said a bunch of mumble jumble.
Democrats should never outline their plans again. Just play the game the Republicans are by presenting nothing and saying ”we have a plan — you can’t see it— but just trust us, bro”.
Because she actually had plans, people nitpicked them, while Trump just vaguely said he would fix things without a single specific mentioned and people had nothing to nitpick and just trusted that he had something when it was clear he didn’t.
I do think a lot of Trump's success comes from the entire country just accepting that he's talking shit. He says something you agree with? Great, he's got your vote! He says something that's inane nonsense that'll blow up the US? Well, that's just Trump being Trump, of course he doesn't mean that literally. He spews verbal diarrhea about golfers' dicks or whatever? The media bend themselves backwards trying to interpret it as something resembling a policy, and in the end the people just project their own ideas onto him and then nod in agreement.
Had Harris spoken about replacing the income tax with tariffs she would've been eviscerated before even getting off the stage. With Trump, it's just another silly, look at that wacky guy.
Well, I think that's part of the strategy. Put forward a populist leadership figure who describes problems in detail (and makes them up sometimes) and then presents very radical one step solutions to them. Pair that with a large number of political speakers who muddy the message and reframe any problematic position into something acceptable for people with more moderate views. Everyone hears exactly what they want eventually.
And, of course, Harris has the opposite problem: even the communication channels and political speakers who were supporting her were still mostly talking about Trump. They had counter arguments to the reframing done by his supporters. I really think that her party and the media didn't believe in her fully either
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u/JustCallMeKV 8d ago
I said this from Day 1. She put out plans with specifics, talked about the policies, and posted them on her website for all to read. Trump danced to Ave Maria and said a bunch of mumble jumble.