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In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher's New Rules hurt but important [View all]W_HAMILTON
(9,478 posts)19. Funny, most of the interviews I see of restaurant workers nowadays are how tourism has cratered...
...and their jobs are at risk because of it.
And that is entirely due to Trump's policies.
PS - Kamala also supported "no tax on tips," but I guess that's an inconvenient truth for newly alt right bro ally Maher who apparently is going to end his career bending over backwards trying -- but ultimately failing -- to justify the reasons why racist and bigots voted for Trump instead of Kamala.
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Maher on Newsom "He's grasped the key to America, you don't try to outsmart people, you outstupid them."
Swede
Saturday
#3
Funny, most of the interviews I see of restaurant workers nowadays are how tourism has cratered...
W_HAMILTON
Saturday
#19
Sure, but that's now... after the election is over. It's what attracted people to vote for him that's the issue.
In It to Win It
Saturday
#23
So all of the new 2024 Trump voters that swung for him would have done so anyway
In It to Win It
Saturday
#30
Thank you for a clear explanation. We should keep these examples for future campaigns
question everything
Saturday
#34
If he's going to list things about Trump, and he doesn't mention 'immigration', 'race', 'LGBT', 'abortion', or 'woke'
muriel_volestrangler
Saturday
#8
+1. Maher is right that voters preferred trump to what we were offering. Until we accept that, we'll keep losing.
Silent Type
Saturday
#9
Pretty much agree. However, too many GOPers vote by mail for trump to pull that off. And let's say he does, if
Silent Type
Saturday
#12
"No tax on tips" is easier to sell than trying to explain unintended consequences. Plus, VP Harris jumped on it too,
Silent Type
Saturday
#21
Democrats did little to explain it. In fact, Harris also supported no tax on tips.
Feel Good Inc
Saturday
#33
Trump is still offering everything he did before the election and yet he is already back to being hated.
W_HAMILTON
Saturday
#20
But this is the problem. We should not talk about facts and figures but images
question everything
Saturday
#32