Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[Breccia]

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What? I swear he...oh, wait, he just lost Iowa didn't he?

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Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Confirmed by tweet.

Rapid tests aren't perfect. Could be a false positive. If he was truly evil, he might even be lying for either
a) an excuse to quit the debates (doubtful since that'd portray weakness, but possible) or
b) to show up a day or two later amazingly healthy for someone with COVID saying "See? See? I beat it in two days! Hoax!"

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The media runs with the bizarre notion that Trump hasn't condemned white supremacy, ever.

Nobody said this.

We all made a big deal about him taking two days to condemn them at Charlottesville.

This isn't even a good strawman by strawman standards.

[cubby]

Confirmed by tweet.

Rapid tests aren't perfect. Could be a false positive. If he was truly evil, he might even be lying for either
a) an excuse to quit the debates (doubtful since that'd portray weakness, but possible) or
b) to show up a day or two later amazingly healthy for someone with COVID saying "See? See? I beat it in two days! Hoax!"

I could very easily see nefarious actions here - either of your choices are good.

However, considering his reluctance to admit his brothers cause of death, I would guess that this is all on the up and up.

(because frankly - he just isn't smart enough to carry a ruse like this - neither are the people surrounding him)

[announced]

What? I swear he...oh, wait, he just lost Iowa didn't he?

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Confirmed by tweet.

Rapid tests aren't perfect. Could be a false positive. If he was truly evil, he might even be lying for either
a) an excuse to quit the debates (doubtful since that'd portray weakness, but possible) or
b) to show up a day or two later amazingly healthy for someone with COVID saying "See? See? I beat it in two days! Hoax!"

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Nobody said this.

We all made a big deal about him taking two days to condemn them at Charlottesville.

This isn't even a good strawman by strawman standards.

actually most of the propaganda networks are pushing this lie.

CNN White house still won't outright denounce white supremacy

Guardian Trevor Noah: 'The only thing Trump avoids more than condemning white supremacists is taxes'

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...emist-rhetoric

Axios McEnany spars with reporters over whether Trump condemned white supremacy

ABC Trump's failure to condemn white supremacy at debate part of well-established pattern

You are asking him to condemn something that he has already done in the past, multiple times. later on he was asking for clarification since he didn't know who the Proud boys were/are.

Wallace: [Addressing Trump] …You have repeatedly criticized the vice president [Biden] for not calling out Antifa and other left-wing extremist groups —
Trump: That’s right
Wallace: — but are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacist and militia groups —
Trump: Sure

Trump had already condemned them multiple times in the past, so he wasn't sure why any further response was needed.

[szechuan]

actually most of the propaganda networks are pushing this lie.

Is this the hill you want to die on?

Yet Biden was more then able to denounce violence and Antifa multiple times.

You are asking him to condemn something that he has already done in the past, multiple times. later on he was asking for clarification since he didn't know who the Proud boys were/are.

LMAO, you're grasping straws.
He still failed to denounce white supremacism in a major presidential debate and instead made a call to arms and emboldened racists and white supremacists.

Trump had already condemned them multiple times in the past, so he wasn't sure why any further response was needed.

Once years ago is multiple times?

Wallace: [Addressing Trump] …You have repeatedly criticized the vice president [Biden] for not calling out Antifa and other left-wing extremist groups —
Trump: That’s right
Wallace: — but are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacist and militia groups —
Trump: Sure

Liar, yet another cherry picking fallacy from trump cultists.

[PACOX]

Just noting if Trump is confirmed to have Covid, and he was within close proximity of Biden there is a chance it he could have also caught it. Yes they were a good distance away, but between people touching the same surfaces and it not being impossible for it travel further than 6 feet it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility.

It is unlikely but not impossible.

A the height of the pandemic we thought it was a super resilient virus that could survive on surfaces in an infectious state for days. Turns out that's really not the case. It behaves like a lot of viruses in that it dies fairly quickly on surfaces, with surfaces being a poor vector. So we can probably rule that one out, and Biden seems like the guy who takes the necessary precautions. Trump poked fun of him wearing a mask, doubt Biden spent much time around any of Trump's people with a mask.

I would hope SS would have tested anyone in proximity of the President before hand (Trump or not). So the diagnosis could have come from Wednesday.

For people wondering, standard tests only take a few hours to process if you have access to a dedicated lab. My workplace requires them regularly and we get ours back just past 24 hours including transit time. So it's definitely possible for two WH VIPs to get their tests back in hours (see the time tweeted vs when the story). The machine they are known to use at the WH for staff if more likely to give false negatives than positives. They would have definitely tested Trump with various methods.

Be is scheduled to hit the campaign trail hard, I don't see this being a false flag. Especially when we're a security crisis. Watch the markets.

Edit: Seems like they would have had it before the debates. In that case Biden really needs to get checked.

[Toppy]

How much you wanna bet Trump has a recovery but Biden got it from him and dies. This is 2020 after all.

[Thelxi]

It's going to be the easiest spin in the world for Trump to turn around and point out how harmless the virus was for him and his family, and how now they are part of the herd. He's also a baby though, so maybe he'll actually consider it a huge ordeal despite receiving the very best and most expensive medical care and never really being in any actual danger. Not that this would stop his spin, but it would be fun to watch.

[postman1782]

Trump condemns white supremacist groups 48 hours after debate



And once again, after days of blistering bipartisan pressure and criticism, Trump is dragged kicking and screaming towards doing the right thing. Even if the right thing is as easy as saying "I condemn white supreamcy." which is a fucking gimme.

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...92190680014849

Trump and his wife have tested positive for the virus.

Don't know how he can't know the Proud Boys, considering how much time his best friend Roger Stone spends with them

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The media runs with the bizarre notion that Trump hasn't condemned white supremacy, ever.

Fact Check: False:

He has done so multiple times.

Two days later, on Aug. 14, 2017, Trump issued a statement from the White House, and referred to “KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”

Nor was that the last time Trump condemned white supremacy by name.

After nearly two dozen people were killed on Aug. 3, 2019, in a shooting at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Trump said: “The shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul.


We should wait and see if Biden condemns the domestic terrorist groups on the left (BLM, Antifa) by name as well, or if he'll mutter a vague statement about how violence on all sides is bad and then try to scapegoat the riots as usual.

It takes him DAYS to condemn them. He can't do it on the spot and when he tries he fails like he did at the debate.

And BLM and Antifa aren't domestic terrorists. Literally 1 death, compared to HUNDREDS by right wing terrorist groups in the last 25 years.

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How much you wanna bet Trump has a recovery but Biden got it from him and dies. This is 2020 after all.

I would still vote a pet rock over Trump.

[DingDongKing]

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Remember when the GOP wanted to crucify Obama for taking a day or two to call Benghazi a terror attack? Yet they’re okay with him not condemning white supremacy when all the facts are clear and he’s right on the spot.

[PACOX]

It's going to be the easiest spin in the world for Trump to turn around and point out how harmless the virus was for him and his family, and how now they are part of the herd. He's also a baby though, so maybe he'll actually consider it a huge ordeal despite receiving the very best and most expensive medical care and never really being in any actual danger. Not that this would stop his spin, but it would be fun to watch.

The ONLY spin I could buy is if the story becomes that he recovers quickly because he took a vaccine.

[DingDongKing]

The ONLY spin I could buy is if the story becomes that he recovers quickly because he took a vaccine.

And if he doesn’t spin it saying it’s cos he took a vaccine, here’s the easiest way to spin it AGAINST him. Trump is the President and a billionaire who DOES NOT PAY TAXES. He has all the money in the world for the best healthcare. The average American voter does not, which is why we need affordable healthcare for all. Let him escape that one.

[Ausr]

I have no sympathy for the Trump family so I hope they all suffer in some way.

[DingDongKing]

I have no sympathy for the Trump family so I hope they all suffer in some way.

It's an awful situation to be in, but yeah. They're one of the most cruel families around. Even George RR Martin is like...damn.

[Egomaniac]

The ONLY spin I could buy is if the story becomes that he recovers quickly because he took a vaccine.

That could be a tricky spin. Could be seen as "well, there's a vaccine for rich people..".

[DingDongKing]

That could be a tricky spin. Could be seen as "well, there's a vaccine for rich people..".

Exactly. And if he says he beat it, cool. But not everyone has access to affordable healthcare. And he's doing nothing to provide it.

[Ghostpanther]

I have no sympathy for the Trump family so I hope they all suffer in some way.

And this is why for many, this sub forum is considered to be a cess pool.

I hope Biden does not get it. Or his family.

[nonameelf]

And this is why for many, this sub forum is considered to be a cess pool.

I hope Biden does not get it. Or his family.

Well, Biden hasn't spent months on a deliberate and malicious disinformation campaign aimed at undermining covid precautions and causing thousands of people to die.

[Machismo]

And this is why for many, this sub forum is considered to be a cess pool.

I hope Biden does not get it. Or his family.

I agree, it's a shame so many people support a racist piece of shit like Trump.. what a cess pool

[Felya]

And this is why for many, this sub forum is considered to be a cess pool.

I hope Biden does not get it. Or his family.

Was Biden the one who lied to American people? Want to talk cess pool? It is what it is....

Liberate!!!!

How many people got infected because they listened to Trump? Where is your indignation for that?

[Machismo]

I love that Trumpsters want to get uppity, and whine that people are being mean.

This is no different than some rabid homophobe pushing lies and misinformation about gat people... accidentally getting outed by the pool boy. If you cannot enjoy the utter irony of the situation, then maybe people should get some thicker skin.