Oh no, I get that. I think he’s echoing that stuff intentionally but more to make us cry fascist etc. He loves our reaction to the dictator but only on day one schtick, his side sees it as a joke, we take it deadly serious and I worry median voters think “he was already president, we still have a democracy, these guys are over-reacting.”
We can be simultaneously right AND lose the persuasion game. I’d rather win the persuasion game.m as that matters more than being right.
I think about Jan 6, with horrifies Democratic leaning folks but to a large swathe of the public, it doesn’t seem to register as a concern compared to inflation etc.
Oh no, I get that. I think he’s echoing that stuff intentionally but more to make us cry fascist etc. He loves our reaction to the dictator but only on day one schtick, his side sees it as a joke, we take it deadly serious and I worry median voters think “he was already president, we still have a democracy, these guys are over-reacting.”
We can be simultaneously right AND lose the persuasion game. I’d rather win the persuasion game.m as that matters more than being right.
I think about Jan 6, with horrifies Democratic leaning folks but to a large swathe of the public, it doesn’t seem to register as a concern compared to inflation etc.