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senseandsensibility

(22,152 posts) Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:29 PM Apr 27

What do these two things have in common?

As I've heard multiple talking heads say to Dem guests "it's not just republican reps who are facing angry constituents at townhalls. The Dems are getting a lot of angry feedback too."

There is a common denominator here, folks. The angry voters at the R townhalls and the angry voters at the D townhalls are NOT splitting their anger evenly among the parties. This is NOT another opportunity for corporate journalists to both sides the situation.

The voters at both R and D townhalls want the SAME THING. They want their reps to stand up to trump. So it's not the "own" you think it is to try to use this as a gotcha against Dems. It's a slam against trump no matter how you frame it, and another sign that he is historically unpopular.

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What do these two things have in common? (Original Post) senseandsensibility Apr 27 OP

Always giving in and not fighting for people Blue Full Moon Apr 27 #1

True. The "Both Sides" -ism of the corporate media is their default... Dem4life1970 Apr 27 #2

Great point senseandsensibility JMCKUSICK Apr 27 #3

Thanks senseandsensibility Apr 27 #4

We were warned Iamscrewed Apr 27 #5

The poll that came out this morning MLWR Apr 27 #6

And Dem low favorability is because Hassler Apr 27 #7

Good point senseandsensibility Apr 27 #8

Republicans can actually stop Trump, Democrats can't. sop Apr 27 #9

That's why they're getting so much heat at their townhalls senseandsensibility Apr 27 #10

Blue Full Moon

(2,150 posts)

1. Always giving in and not fighting for people

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:21 PM

Apr 27

Dem4life1970

(863 posts)

2. True. The "Both Sides" -ism of the corporate media is their default...

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:23 PM

Apr 27

...and you are right. Both sides in the town halls want the same thing: reign in the Megalomaniac who thinks he is an absolute monarch.

JMCKUSICK

(2,391 posts)

3. Great point senseandsensibility

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:24 PM

Apr 27

senseandsensibility

(22,152 posts)

4. Thanks

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:27 PM

Apr 27

I thought so.

Iamscrewed

(299 posts)

5. We were warned

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:44 PM

Apr 27

History is barking back at us. We were warned about exactly what is happening today by the founding fathers.

MLWR

(328 posts)

6. The poll that came out this morning

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:44 PM

Apr 27

gave Krasnov a 39% approval rating. "ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found that Trump has the lowest 100-day approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, with only 39 percent of respondents saying they approve of Trump’s term thus far."

Hassler

(4,335 posts)

7. And Dem low favorability is because

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:02 PM

Apr 27

MAGAts hate Dems, and Dems are mad at the Schumers.

senseandsensibility

(22,152 posts)

8. Good point

Reply to Hassler (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:11 PM

Apr 27

The Dems unfavourability is because of the progressives thinking that they're not resisting enough, not because more people are turning to the R's. Kind of like when Obamacare used to get bad ratings because all the R's were brainwashed to hate it, and the Dems thought it didn't go far enough. But those two groups together and you have a majority.

sop

(14,300 posts)

9. Republicans can actually stop Trump, Democrats can't.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:22 PM

Apr 27

senseandsensibility

(22,152 posts)

10. That's why they're getting so much heat at their townhalls

Reply to sop (Reply #9)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:38 PM

Apr 27

(when they show up) but the media has to try to present it as a both sides problem.

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