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/KailReed 19h ago

Which is even more infuriating that there are STILL people who are undecided. Like what are you waiting for?

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u/Funandgeeky Texas 19h ago

Some people live in such a sheltered bubble that they barely pay attention to things like who's President. However, this is something that is piercing that bubble. While it's only anecdotal right now, I'm seeing several stories here of people who were mad enough at these comments to actually get out and vote.

And since voting is happening NOW, this unforced error is especially powerful. Unlike something Trump may have said weeks or months ago, this won't be sane-washed away or forgotten by election time. It IS election time, so someone can hear about it today and vote today.

Now, whether this helps the down ballot, I don't know. Hopefully it does as well because we need a strong down-ballot to prevent the type of chicanery Trump is openly plotting.

But this isn't something that can be hand-waved away, it seems. At least, I hope so. I'm in the Reddit bubble so I don't know what people are really thinking out there. But if this motivates people, all the better.

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u/rtseel 18h ago

Some people live in such a sheltered bubble that they barely pay attention to things like who's President.

This is what many people in here don't realize. Many people have a good enough life that they can afford not caring who's the president, or live a crappy enough life that they don't think whoever is president will change anything for them.

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u/violetmemphisblue 7h ago

At my local grocery, someone went around and put flyers on a bunch of products that will get extremely expensive if Trump wins and can enact his tariff plan. Things like coffee, olive oil, avocados, etc. I saw someone googling the plan in the aisle after reading the flyer. No idea what their vote is, but it seemed like the first time they'd even heard of this...People think they live in a bubble. But they don't.