jimnyc
10-23-2018, 04:38 PM
I said for quite some time now that I believe the Democrats take the house in the mid-terms and that the republicans retain the senate. And now you have an idea of what it will be like in 2020.
Trump: Make America Great Again - The Sequel
And it's a reality. I don't see anyone yet on the left that can defeat the incumbent, who is having much success. We have a LOT of time to see that change.... but to our liberal democrat friends: start taking some vocal lessons early, this way you are better prepared to scream to the skies!
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Trump’s Rally For Ted Cruz In Houston Was A Preview Of 2020
HOUSTON, Texas — Trump rallies are political spectacles on a grand scale, and the scene in downtown Houston on Monday night was a spectacle worthy of ancient Rome.
Tens of thousands of people descended on the Toyota Center, some coming from as far away as California, many more from every corner of Texas, all driven by the chance to take part in what they consider to be an epoch-defining movement, a second American Revolution, a secular Great Awakening. To Trump’s base, these rallies are about much more than just getting out the vote for the midterms. They are about saving the country.
Strictly speaking, the rally was to support Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in his reelection bid against Democratic challenger and media darling Beto O’Rourke. But in fact the rally was a dress rehearsal for President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, which will be about nothing so much as the culture war. A nuclear culture war, if you like.
His supporters are up for it. The crowds began gathering here about 10 a.m. Sunday morning, and by sundown nearly 100 people had staked out their spot in line. They slept upright in chairs or on air mattresses laid out in the open. A few of them pitched tents. By Monday afternoon, the blocks surrounding the arena were a swirling mass of humanity decked out in Trump gear and American flags.
The streets, cordoned off into elaborate lanes, were lined with dozens of private vendors hocking Trump gear to the passing throngs. Camera crews from all over the world darted through the lines in search of the most flamboyant Trump fan they could find, and there were plenty. What seemed like an army of Houston police kept a relatively small band of protestors in their designated space, far from the arena.
By the time Cruz and the other speakers had come and gone, and Trump took the stage, it was obvious what the purpose of the rally was. In his meandering riff of a speech, Trump left no doubt: “This will be the election of the caravan, Kavanaugh, tax cuts and common sense.”
Trump 2020 Will Be Trump 2016 On Steroids
He was talking about the midterms, only two weeks away, but he was mostly talking about his reelection. If Trump’s tone and themes Monday night were any guide, 2020 will be like 2016 on steroids: over-the-top bragging about his accomplishments, relentless waging of the culture war, and vilification of Democrats and their policies as treasonous, “an assault on the nation’s sovereignty.”
Trump made sure to push every hot-button issue he could. Invoking the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, he declared that Democrats “want to replace the rule of law with the rule of the mob,” and said what they did to Kavanaugh “and his beautiful family was a national disgrace.”
Early on, he mentioned the caravan of some 5,000 Central Americans making their way through Mexico to the southern U.S. border, saying it includes “some very bad people,” and alluding to “unknown Middle Easterners” among them. Later, he said, “There’s a word you’re not supposed to use anymore, it’s call a nationalist. You know what I am? I’m a nationalist.”
He mercilessly attacked Democratic leaders, calling Rep. Maxine Waters a “low-I.Q. individual” and savaging Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose recent DNA test revealed she has about as much Native American ancestry as the average white person. Warren, he said, “was exposed as a total fraud. I can no longer call her Pocahontas because she has no Indian blood. She doesn’t qualify.”
Rest - http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/23/trumps-rally-houston-preview-2020/
Trump: Make America Great Again - The Sequel
And it's a reality. I don't see anyone yet on the left that can defeat the incumbent, who is having much success. We have a LOT of time to see that change.... but to our liberal democrat friends: start taking some vocal lessons early, this way you are better prepared to scream to the skies!
---
Trump’s Rally For Ted Cruz In Houston Was A Preview Of 2020
HOUSTON, Texas — Trump rallies are political spectacles on a grand scale, and the scene in downtown Houston on Monday night was a spectacle worthy of ancient Rome.
Tens of thousands of people descended on the Toyota Center, some coming from as far away as California, many more from every corner of Texas, all driven by the chance to take part in what they consider to be an epoch-defining movement, a second American Revolution, a secular Great Awakening. To Trump’s base, these rallies are about much more than just getting out the vote for the midterms. They are about saving the country.
Strictly speaking, the rally was to support Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in his reelection bid against Democratic challenger and media darling Beto O’Rourke. But in fact the rally was a dress rehearsal for President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, which will be about nothing so much as the culture war. A nuclear culture war, if you like.
His supporters are up for it. The crowds began gathering here about 10 a.m. Sunday morning, and by sundown nearly 100 people had staked out their spot in line. They slept upright in chairs or on air mattresses laid out in the open. A few of them pitched tents. By Monday afternoon, the blocks surrounding the arena were a swirling mass of humanity decked out in Trump gear and American flags.
The streets, cordoned off into elaborate lanes, were lined with dozens of private vendors hocking Trump gear to the passing throngs. Camera crews from all over the world darted through the lines in search of the most flamboyant Trump fan they could find, and there were plenty. What seemed like an army of Houston police kept a relatively small band of protestors in their designated space, far from the arena.
By the time Cruz and the other speakers had come and gone, and Trump took the stage, it was obvious what the purpose of the rally was. In his meandering riff of a speech, Trump left no doubt: “This will be the election of the caravan, Kavanaugh, tax cuts and common sense.”
Trump 2020 Will Be Trump 2016 On Steroids
He was talking about the midterms, only two weeks away, but he was mostly talking about his reelection. If Trump’s tone and themes Monday night were any guide, 2020 will be like 2016 on steroids: over-the-top bragging about his accomplishments, relentless waging of the culture war, and vilification of Democrats and their policies as treasonous, “an assault on the nation’s sovereignty.”
Trump made sure to push every hot-button issue he could. Invoking the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, he declared that Democrats “want to replace the rule of law with the rule of the mob,” and said what they did to Kavanaugh “and his beautiful family was a national disgrace.”
Early on, he mentioned the caravan of some 5,000 Central Americans making their way through Mexico to the southern U.S. border, saying it includes “some very bad people,” and alluding to “unknown Middle Easterners” among them. Later, he said, “There’s a word you’re not supposed to use anymore, it’s call a nationalist. You know what I am? I’m a nationalist.”
He mercilessly attacked Democratic leaders, calling Rep. Maxine Waters a “low-I.Q. individual” and savaging Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose recent DNA test revealed she has about as much Native American ancestry as the average white person. Warren, he said, “was exposed as a total fraud. I can no longer call her Pocahontas because she has no Indian blood. She doesn’t qualify.”
Rest - http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/23/trumps-rally-houston-preview-2020/