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Travis's avatar

I *love* Simon's 6-point messaging plan around the 11:30 mark on why Trump can't be elected, and it made me think "yes, this is great messaging, but how do we get people to hear it?" I think maybe we need to take that message to Republicans at large to entice them to stay home and sit out the election (we won't get them to vote for Biden), not just through the conventional messaging pipelines, but like, buy ad space on the popular right wing podcasts like Joe Rogan and Bannon's "War Room" and also on the TV networks like prime time Fox News and Newsmax. It can't just be putting this message out in between commercials on MSNBC/PBS/NBC/ABC and NPR radio to stimulate pro-Biden/anti-Trump turnout. It's gotta go out on the hard right radio/TV waves as well at times that these folks will be tuned in. Again, we're not getting these people to vote for Biden, we're trying to get conservatives and conservative-curious--men in particular--to sit out the election rather than voting for Trump. Ask them:

"If Joe Biden loses the next election and tries to send a mob to the capitol to prevent Trump from being certified as the winner, would you consider that justifiable? If not, then why is it okay that Trump did it?"

"If Joe Biden had put his fingers into your daughter or wife at a department store without her consent would you consider that okay? If not, then why is it okay that Trump did it?"

"If Biden personally paid a media outlet to suppress negative stories about him while amplifying fake stories about his political opponents, would that be okay with you? If not, then why is it okay that Trump did it?"

"If Hunter Biden took in $2B from a single foreign government into his investment fund that he personally profits after capitalizing off of his father's presidency that he personally worked inside of, would that be okay with you? If not, why is it okay that Jared Kushner did it?"

Messaging like this on all those six points (ending Roe, TS docs retention, financial fraud ruling not mentioned above). If it even moves the needle on the margins in getting some conservatives to sit out the Trump vote or write in Nikki Haley or something like that then that's a big deal in a national election that's going to come down to slim margins in about 4-6 states.

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Mandy Miles's avatar

I had the exact thought while listening to Simon's succinct, 6-point summary of Trump's despicable acts. I want to see those points in ads on FOX. They won't convince the mindless MAGA fanatics, BUT... those "swivel-eyed loons" have wives, husbands & kids, who likely nod silently at the psycho's rants while quietly questioning their own political position. So many Republican women STILL vote for whomever their husband picks. Smart, sharp, biting ads on FOX skewering Trump on abortion, racism & depravity could finally start changing that.

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