Trump's speech was xenophobic and packed with lies--but Democrats need to be engaging in narrative in the way Trump did last night.
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you seem to ignore that there's a political economy of the Democratic Party in such comments.
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What do you mean?
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belated. to meaningfully engage the narrative as Trump does would be to risk antagonizing their funding base.
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Part of the issue is Trump knows exactly how to use those macro fears to his base and it drowns out any debate w/ Rs
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What do you mean by "debate w/Rs"? It drowns out Dems' efforts? I think locally they've been doing fine.
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Ex: "illegal immigrants cause crime" Result: no R's feel the need to compromise on path to citizenship. Even if crime data cor'd
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Which is why Dems need to be pushing a counter-narrative. Honestly believe we can make real strides on immigration BECAUSE of ban.
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Trump's attacks on immigrants have made them visible to people who didn't think about how integral they are to the US.
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agree completely, just worry that dems arguments are usually too nuanced against a Pres that speaks directly to people's fears
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Agree they're too nuanced. They're largely succeeding with ACA, I think. And w/o (much) Dem help immigration supporters succeeding
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