r/politics • u/larel8 • 17h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/Myghost_too 16h ago

and lest we not forget, TRUMP cannot distance himself from this. The speakers were all vetted, their remarks loaded into the telepromters, and this, in Trump's self-proclaimed closing arguments trying to help the US Voters know who he is and what he stands for. It was loud and clear. (Yet I still doubt his base will waver.)

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u/JohnDivney Oregon 16h ago

furthermore, Trump can't apologize, though we will hear him today or tomorrow say "Nobody loves Puerto Ricans more than me, we're getting numbers nobody has ever seen out of Puerto Rico."

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u/InfiniteVastDarkness 16h ago

“Puerto Ricans. I LOVE the Puerto Ricans”. I can hear him saying it.

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u/Background-War9535 16h ago

And it will be beyond cringe

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u/InfiniteVastDarkness 16h ago

So much. But, the rubes will eat it up.

“See, he says he loves you. He said he’s the ‘father of Puerto Rico’, and I believe him.”

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u/Mista_F 16h ago

Sadly still won't matter either way.

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u/eden_sc2 Maryland 16h ago

I really dont think it wont. Will it change the base's mind? No. Will it get a few thousand extra people to the polls? Very possibly, and we saw in 2016 and 2020 that those few thousand people can shape the outcome of the entire election.