Opinion Republicans want Trump to drop the insults — but that’s all he’s got

FreeinChrist said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/trump-drop-insults-gop-fantasy/

Republicans are begging Donald Trump to stop being so insulting.​

As a certain president of the United States might say: Not a joke!​

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Just listen to them:​

• “The winning formula for President Trump,” his White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox Business, “is fewer insults, more insights.”
• Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro, recently released from prison and now guest hosting the show of another former Trump adviser, Stephen K. Bannon, while he does his stint in prison, told viewers: “When Trump attacks Harris personally rather than on policy, Harris’s support among swing voters rises.”
• Deposed House speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed that Trump “make this race not on personalities. Stop questioning the size of her crowds.”
• Vanquished Trump primary opponent turned Trump supporter Nikki Haley added that his campaign “is not going to win talking about what race Kamala Harris is. It’s not going to win talking about whether she is dumb.”
• Another primary opponent turned supporter, Vivek Ramaswamy, told Politico that he had advised Trump to “shift the focus to policy.”
• And longtime GOP pollster Frank Luntz told CNN that “if it’s about attributes, Harris is much more likely to be successful, because, quite frankly, people like her more than they like him.”

They all might as well ask Trump to abandon Mar-a-Lago and move into a double-wide. Trump abandon insults? They are the very essence of the man.​

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The name-calling Trump does is childish and many of his insults come from a school playground. Add to the conspiracy theories and untruths. It is no wonder that globally he is regarded negatively.

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JimR-OCDS said:

Those asking Trump to stop are so thinned skinned and spineless themselves that they come across as
well as a bucket of spit.

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FreeinChrist said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/trump-drop-insults-gop-fantasy/

Republicans are begging Donald Trump to stop being so insulting.​

As a certain president of the United States might say: Not a joke!​

​

Just listen to them:​

• “The winning formula for President Trump,” his White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox Business, “is fewer insults, more insights.”
• Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro, recently released from prison and now guest hosting the show of another former Trump adviser, Stephen K. Bannon, while he does his stint in prison, told viewers: “When Trump attacks Harris personally rather than on policy, Harris’s support among swing voters rises.”
• Deposed House speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed that Trump “make this race not on personalities. Stop questioning the size of her crowds.”
• Vanquished Trump primary opponent turned Trump supporter Nikki Haley added that his campaign “is not going to win talking about what race Kamala Harris is. It’s not going to win talking about whether she is dumb.”
• Another primary opponent turned supporter, Vivek Ramaswamy, told Politico that he had advised Trump to “shift the focus to policy.”
• And longtime GOP pollster Frank Luntz told CNN that “if it’s about attributes, Harris is much more likely to be successful, because, quite frankly, people like her more than they like him.”

They all might as well ask Trump to abandon Mar-a-Lago and move into a double-wide. Trump abandon insults? They are the very essence of the man.​

​

The name-calling Trump does is childish and many of his insults come from a school playground. Add to the conspiracy theories and untruths. It is no wonder that globally he is regarded negatively.

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FreeinChrist said:

Trump's childish behavior energizes Harris's campaign.

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JimR-OCDS said:

Those asking Trump to stop are so thinned skinned and spineless themselves that they come across as
well as a bucket of spit.

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FreeinChrist said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/trump-drop-insults-gop-fantasy/

Republicans are begging Donald Trump to stop being so insulting.​

As a certain president of the United States might say: Not a joke!​

​

Just listen to them:​

• “The winning formula for President Trump,” his White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox Business, “is fewer insults, more insights.”
• Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro, recently released from prison and now guest hosting the show of another former Trump adviser, Stephen K. Bannon, while he does his stint in prison, told viewers: “When Trump attacks Harris personally rather than on policy, Harris’s support among swing voters rises.”
• Deposed House speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed that Trump “make this race not on personalities. Stop questioning the size of her crowds.”
• Vanquished Trump primary opponent turned Trump supporter Nikki Haley added that his campaign “is not going to win talking about what race Kamala Harris is. It’s not going to win talking about whether she is dumb.”
• Another primary opponent turned supporter, Vivek Ramaswamy, told Politico that he had advised Trump to “shift the focus to policy.”
• And longtime GOP pollster Frank Luntz told CNN that “if it’s about attributes, Harris is much more likely to be successful, because, quite frankly, people like her more than they like him.”

They all might as well ask Trump to abandon Mar-a-Lago and move into a double-wide. Trump abandon insults? They are the very essence of the man.​

​

The name-calling Trump does is childish and many of his insults come from a school playground. Add to the conspiracy theories and untruths. It is no wonder that globally he is regarded negatively.

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friend of said:

Then why complain about it?

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JimR-OCDS said:

Those asking Trump to stop are so thinned skinned and spineless themselves that they come across as
well as a bucket of spit.

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public hermit said:

I would be horrified by Donald Trump if he were my candidate. I would be ashamed to talk about him because, although I would support what I think he stands for, he is not the kind of person I would want to be around or to represent me. It must be very hard for folks, I suppose. For me, it's the easiest thing in the world to not support Donald Trump.

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Vambram said:

Let us not forget that King David and King Solomon probably would not be considered to be very kind, or very nice, or even to be good people according to the most in the modern society. Nevertheless, the Old Testament clearly shows what the Lord God did for Israel through David and Solomon.

For me, because of the policies of the Democratic Party, it is the easiest thing in the world to NOT support Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and just about any other Democratic Party politician.

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public hermit said:

They were both horrible people in any day or age. David murdered a man to hide his adultery. His hands were so bloody from all the people he slaughtered that he could not build the temple. Solomon conscripted his own people to construct his building projects, which was basically slavery. We can agree that God uses all people for God's own purposes. That does nothing to absolve Trump for his lack of character or justify support for him as a person.

I know people support Trump because they don't like progressive policies. Just say that instead of dragging the Bible into it to justify the person. The Bible has been used to justify all kinds of horrendous things. There's no need to perpetuate the error.

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FreeinChrist said:

I don't think attacking her personally rather than criticize policy is 'telling it like it is'.

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ralliann said:

He does address her policies.

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Vambram said:

Are you aware that David wrote most of the Psalms and that Solomon wrote 3 different Old Testament books? I don't believe that it is correct to simply call those 2 Israeli kings "horrible people."

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public hermit said:

Are you aware of historical biblical criticism? Get out of here with those fundamentalist assumptions about who wrote what. I have no patience for any of that. You can admire bad kings if that's your thing, I'll stick with Christ.

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