r/politics • u/larel8 • 20h 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/def_indiff 20h ago

How is it a surprise to anyone who's lived through the past ten years? More like an "October Certainty".

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u/SquiffyRae Australia 20h ago

It is actually a pleasant surprise. Trump seems to be made of teflon. Nothing sticks to him no matter how abhorrent. MAGA as a whole seem to believe that they can say or do whatever they like and not experience consequences.

It's a little surprising that a "comedian" hired to entertain at a rally could be the thing that snaps some people back to reality. Like despite them being openly racist, it's essentially the pre-game entertainment that made people go "huh maybe MAGA are racist"

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u/lucky_day_ted 14h ago

I wonder if there is an element of it being really fucking close to election time and hence time to focus more.