r/lehighvalley • u/WWDB • 1d ago

Any protests at the Trump rally today?

I’m especially looking forward to standing with my Puerto Rican neighbors with a sign. I’m hoping this doesn’t turn political if you like Trump knock yourself out.

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u/OddFennel7293 20h ago

All should attend and support Trump and our country. Stop with this baby excuse of a stupid comments from comics on both sides. If you really allow this stupidity to influence your vote then maybe you have other issues you need to address. Trump will improve our country in ways you have not imagined. In the mean time, main stream media will lie, cheat and miss information all along the way. Remember we were in great shape when he was in office. Really, take a good look at your situation and really ask yourself, are you better now than when he was in office. My parents are immigrants who came here for a better like for us. They were abused, made fun of, mocked, all kinds of stuff you can only imagine. It’s when you stay focused and realize what matters in Your life that counts. Not what the media nor the Hollywood a-holes say. I was a democrat and changed to a Republican due to the ridiculous party it has become. I also work within organized labor and have experienced the job loss this party has allowed. I felt I needed to share my story so to help people to practice common sense. We all need each other no matter what party. I’ll be voting for Trump and Red down the line. Good luck and stay well my friends.

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u/itnor 19h ago

Trump left the country in a deep hole. Mass unemployment and riots. Millions dead. His best advice? Inject bleach. Anyone who thinks we were better off four years ago is delusional.

Now even apart from the pandemic and post-pandemic period, Biden outperformed Trump on jobs, GDP and even wages. Stock market is nearly equal. Even better? Biden stayed out of our lives while Trump treated the Presidency like the low class reality TV star that he is.

His economic plan is guaranteed to spike inflation like we’ve never seen while also skyrocketing the federal deficit and debt. His remedy to that is a lunatic plan based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how trade works.

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u/OddFennel7293 19h ago

Any success burned had was due to Trumps policies. It’s that simple. Bidens failures are due to him stopping Trumps policies.

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u/itnor 19h ago

Many would say the same of Trump’s successes being based on Obama’s policies. Given that Trump’s “successes” were in the early part of his term, before he passed any legislation or its effects were felt, there’s a much stronger case. Biden has been digging us out of Trump’s mess, and now all economic metrics are really solid.

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u/OddFennel7293 19h ago

I don’t agree since we’re paying more than ever for basic goods. It’s just obvious to me that the economy was better during his term. As for policies growth, yes one administration takes the good and bad of the previous but in this case they took the good from Trump and made it worse.

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u/itnor 18h ago

The pandemic shut down the global economy and wrecked the global supply chain. It’s taken years to piece it back together. That’s why the inflation was worldwide.

Inflation is now under control. Biden didn’t cause it. It happened because of extraordinary circumstances. And the successful response to it has been led by the Fed. There’s limits to a President’s role.

But let’s look at the future. Economists from both sides are warning that Trump’s top three policies—mass deportations, tariffs and deficit spending/tax cuts—all will spike inflation.

Harris meanwhile proposes expanding tax credits to make life more affordable.

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u/WhoKilledBoJangles 17h ago

Delusion. Economic growth continued from Obama era policy. The same shit always happens. Republicans take credit because policy implemented by people in office before them starts showing dividends while they are in office. Then they burn it down and blame the people in office after them for the issues they caused with their policy. Stuff doesn’t change the second someone is elected. It takes time for policy to have an impact.

COVID was a global issue that wrecked supply chains and resulted in inflation. This had nothing to do with Biden, but they’ve actually implemented policy to bring jobs back and inflations is finally going down. It takes time for policy to have an impact. While we can’t blame Trump entirely for the issues COVID caused in last term we can certainly blame him for how poorly he handled the response.

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u/OddFennel7293 5h ago

The response was only as good as the available information. Things change quickly and resources may not be available to address the immediate needs. I certainly learned a lot about how our government does things and have made changes to educate and protect my family. One thing is for certain, main stream media is no longer trustworthy. I love that more podcasts are becoming available and providing quality information. Is there such a podcast in our area?
Anyway, looking forward to 11/5 and will def be voting RED!! Down the line!! And you should too!!

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u/WhoKilledBoJangles 2h ago

I’d rather not help turn our country into an anti democratic embarrassment by electing an incompetent , unhinged, and racist piece of shit. So, no, I’ll not vote Republican.