Turns out that immigration isn't Trump's issue armor after all, and maybe Democrats could drag him even further down by fighting against his outrageous and unconstitutional deportations rather than treating them as "a distraction." - ThreadSky

evansutton.bsky.social • 21 hours ago

Turns out that immigration isn't Trump's issue armor after all, and maybe Democrats could drag him even further down by fighting against his outrageous and unconstitutional deportations rather than treating them as "a distraction."

Reposted from Greg Sargent

New Reuters poll finds Trump is no longer in positive territory *even on immigration*:

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russetchatham.bsky.social•21 hours ago

You have to attack your opponents strengths - it’s the most successful strategy the GOP uses. You don’t need to bury them with this to be effective- just cut down the margin of support.

evansutton.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Correct. And when you cede entire issues to their frame, you just give them permission to keep moving it further into wild-eyed nutville

dammercarolyn.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Every single thing Trump does is some version of three card Monty. He wants our attention split so we don’t effectively nail down any issue. The Dems need to break up into teams assigned to specific issues so they can do a deep dive and communicate with the people.

momny.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Obama did it better would be a good start quote stats get Jay Johnson in interviews how they did it

tmoney2007.bsky.social•21 hours ago

My god, drawing all the attention to what is going on would be enough. Most people intuitively see how bad this is.

grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Gosh, it's almost like "no kids in cages" was an incredibly effective attack on him last time.

whpshw.bsky.social•21 hours ago

It's insane how all the consultants and centrists screaming, "Stay away from immigration, Dems! It's Trump's strongest position!" fail to understand that politics is persuasion, which is one of the most fundamental and basic tenets about politics in existence.

evansutton.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Public opinion is an immutable force of nature. The best we can do is hope to follow where it leads without falling into quicksand. It is known.

pastbriton.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Hate when Dems call it a distraction. It’s a fundamental issue and goddamnit why can’t they think of something other than constantly thinking of getting elected

mschemistrymd.bsky.social•21 hours ago

The issue isn’t them thinking about getting elected… that’s like… literally the most important part of their job. I mean come on? The problem is they’re fundamentally bad at it, and refuse to change their ways or try something not focus tested by old idiotic corpo consultants.

evansutton.bsky.social•21 hours ago

If they really want to get elected they should show up and fight against Trump because that's the only way they're gonna have a chance to win any election ever again

towers-of-obscure.bsky.social•18 hours ago

They really need to distinguish Trump's distractions from Trump's actual crimes against humanity. If they can't, we will.

brooktroutcafe.bsky.social•21 hours ago

He's on the defense, and all the stupid character assassination and (laughably false) whataboutism in the past few days only proves it. Keep hammering him on this. It's a simple message: "In the U.S., you're innocent until proven guilty."

evansutton.bsky.social•21 hours ago

"tHis iS thE fiGhT tRumP wAntS tO hAve tO diStraCt fRom tHe eConoMy" scream a thousand Gavins Newsom.

"fOcuS oN kiTcHen tAblE iSsuEs, iT's oUr WeEk oF aCtiOn on pRicEs" yell the Hakeems Jeffries.

wingfoot1618.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Newsome can go fuck himself

chasmat.bsky.social•14 hours ago

One Hakeem Jeffrey is plenty

panicatthedogpark.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Hammer him with everything. All the time. You know,

FLOOD THE ZONE

iputadollarin.bsky.social•17 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/iputadollarin.bsky.social/post/3lngr6fa6f22s

werealldoodshey.bsky.social•21 hours ago

The centrists be right about anything ever challenge.

bethpdx.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Cc @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social

marytorgersen.bsky.social•15 hours ago

💯 @gregsargent.bsky.social makes a compelling case for this, in my view. Attack the lawlessness and defiance of the courts. Americans want to see effective control of immigration, but they want the system to be fair and lawfully executed.

brutallyrandom.bsky.social•21 hours ago

If Gavin Newsom is looking for the *magic* issue MAGA won’t drag him through the mud with disingenuous bullshit he will be looking for a long fucking time

Dems should do the right thing and speak up about the wrong things - period

And the less consultants they have from 2024 the better

jamesfromqueens.bsky.social•20 hours ago

How about the Democrats remind everybody how we’ve all come from somewhere else. In America, out of many, we make one.

infinitelyloopy.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Once immigration goes as a major issue for him, his popularity will crater because his economic numbers are ghastly.

To everyone’s point: highlight the cruelty because Americans don’t like it.

spooknine.bsky.social•16 hours ago

And all of this is being driven by Trump himself and maybe five elected Democrats with the sand to stand up. Imagine if the whole party could get lined up and pulling on the same oar

fuzzpot.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Seeing his rating on this as high, and therefore refusing to fight on this ground, is cowardice. You have beat him everywhere else on public opinion, this is the next low hanging fruit! This is where there is room to move!

In war, attack weakness. In politics, attack your enemy's strength.

rsmoore1.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Abolishing due process can NEVER be dismissed as a "distraction". It's the whole game.

behemu.bsky.social•20 hours ago

i can't believe doing politics might have worked, maybe they will be bold enough to try doing it again

evansutton.bsky.social•20 hours ago

There's a Jakov Smirnoff joke in here

wizzyprobs.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Demcrats have been great fighting Trump on his kidnapping program. Dems have flown to El Salvador and forced the local dictator to allow visits, they HAVE stood up. Why not highlight that instead of quoting unemployed consultants and Gavin Fucking Newsome.

evansutton.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Five Democrats have gone to El Salvador, while leaders in both chambers have called it a distraction or something along those lines.

wizzyprobs.bsky.social•21 hours ago

You should try not lying in ways that are easily disproven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8BN2XJFQlM

marselthepaint.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Agreed. Arguably, the only reason he had such high approval for as long as he did is because Dems fails to bring a cohesive counter to the table, instead relying on measured talking points that attempted to appease both sides

evansutton.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Almost as if you can shape public opinion by fighting for your values and just letting your opponent control the terms of debate is a bad idea

marselthepaint.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Crazy right?! Who knew?

aleksnotx.bsky.social•21 hours ago

But James Carville said

coredumpster.segv.org•20 hours ago

What!? You mean that Dem leadership has agency and can actually shape public opinion instead of checking which way the wind is blowing before releasing milquetoast press releases days after the fact?!

evansutton.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Shocking, I know

notafanoftrump.bsky.social•21 hours ago

It would help if we had more than a handful of Congressional Democrats and those in a position of power who were interested in effective messaging.

baldzera.bsky.social•21 hours ago

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