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Why the ‘poorly educated’ might not save Trump in 2024

Analysis by Aaron Blake Staff writer
Updated February 24, 2023 at 12:57 p.m. EST|Published February 24, 2023 at 12:47 p.m. EST

It’s been almost exactly seven years since Donald Trump celebrated his huge victory in the Nevada caucuses by extolling the virtues of the “poorly educated.” “We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated,” Trump said Feb. 23, 2016.

And voters with less formal education loved him back, delivering Trump some of his biggest margins among any demographic group as he was securing the GOP nomination — even as college-educated voters were somewhat less sold on him.

The education gap is looking even bigger ahead of the 2024 primaries. Indeed, it might be the story of a prospective matchup between Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

A series of recent polls suggest there might be no bigger difference between support for Trump and support for DeSantis than education (and, relatedly, income). College-educated voters are significantly more favorable to DeSantis personally, and they favor him by wide margins in head-to-head matchups.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... ers-polls/

Watch: Trump vows to use the federal government to discipline your children

David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
February 21, 2023

Donald Trump is promising to use the federal government to discipline children if he becomes president again. The one-term Republican ex-president who, according to one watchdog group has been "credibly accused of committing at least 56 criminal offenses" vowed to end crime, with a focus on America's "wild" youth.

"We will end the leftist takeover of school discipline and juvenile justice," Trump says in a five-minute pre-recorded campaign video released Monday (below).

"Many of these carjackers and criminals are 13, 14, and 15 years-old. I will order the Education and Justice Departments to overhaul federal standards on disciplining minors," he added. "So when troubled youth are out of control, they're out on the streets and they're going wild, we will stop it. The consequences are swift, certain and strong and they will know that."

Trump's rambling remarks were part of an apparent seven-point plan that is focused on using police force and violence against American citizens, and going as far as calling up "federal assets" to flood America's streets.




https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2659447838/

neonzx wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:42 pm I should be surprised, but ima not, when its coming from the man who tried to have the "Central Park Five" put to death and got it so badly wrong.

aye aye ya... Alexa, skip to next song.

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:14 pm

Watch: Trump vows to use the federal government to discipline your children

David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
February 21, 2023

Donald Trump is promising to use the federal government to discipline children if he becomes president again. The one-term Republican ex-president who, according to one watchdog group has been "credibly accused of committing at least 56 criminal offenses" vowed to end crime, with a focus on America's "wild" youth.

"We will end the leftist takeover of school discipline and juvenile justice," Trump says in a five-minute pre-recorded campaign video released Monday (below).

"Many of these carjackers and criminals are 13, 14, and 15 years-old. I will order the Education and Justice Departments to overhaul federal standards on disciplining minors," he added. "So when troubled youth are out of control, they're out on the streets and they're going wild, we will stop it. The consequences are swift, certain and strong and they will know that."

Trump's rambling remarks were part of an apparent seven-point plan that is focused on using police force and violence against American citizens, and going as far as calling up "federal assets" to flood America's streets.




https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2659447838/

Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski
Trump announces if elected that he will start a global trade war by implementing a mercantilist system. He will raise tariffs on “most foreign products,” phase out all imports from China in 4 years, and punish US companies who do business and invest in China.

8:36 PM · Feb 27, 2023

humblescribe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 3:12 pm Hey there, Donnie! I remember the days when schools dished out corporal punishment to boys who acted out and acted up. My very own school district used corporal punishment until there was so much push back from the parents with lots of $$$$$ that it was stopped. Some of my schoolmates had rather red bottoms from a few well-placed swats with an oversized paddle.

much ado wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:49 pm He doesn't believe in DNA.

tek wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:09 am

Off Topic

When I went to Catholic school, the nuns had wooden rulers.
And they were not afraid to apply them to our knuckles.

On the very few occasions where I experienced this, I remember complaining to my mother about it.. she would say "you probably deserved it"

builds character etc I guess

‘I am your retribution’: Trump rules supreme at CPAC as he relaunches bid for White House
Former president claims Biden is leading America into ‘oblivion’ and that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine

David Smith in Oxon Hill, Maryland
Sun 5 Mar 2023 01.52 GMT

Donald Trump turned back the clock to the darkest elements of his presidency on Saturday with a fiery address that showed the threat to American democracy is far from over.

After a lacklustre start to his campaign, Trump appeared to launch his White House bid in earnest with a vintage display of demagoguery that framed the 2024 election as “the final battle” for America.

The former president, wearing dark suit, white shirt and trademark red tie, also declared war on his own Republican party to the delight of ardent fans in the crowd chanting “Trump! Trump! Trump!” and “USA! USA! USA!”

Opinion polls suggest that Trump’s grip on the party is slipping in the wake of the 6 January 2021, insurrection and a disappointing midterm performance. But he continues to rule supreme at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), billed as the biggest annual gathering of grassroots conservatives.

Feeding off the energy of a crowd that wore “Make America great again” (Maga) caps, and watched by Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, Trump returned to the authoritarian language that characterised his political rise seven years ago.

“In 2016, I declared: I am your voice,” he said, speaking for just over 100 minutes from a bright blue and red stage in a cavernous ballroom at the closing speech of the CPAC event in Maryland. “Today, I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution,” he said.




https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... hite-house

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:48 pm

“In 2016, I declared: I am your voice,” he said, speaking for just over 100 minutes from a bright blue and red stage in a cavernous ballroom at the closing speech of the CPAC event in Maryland. “Today, I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution,” he said.

noblepa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:59 pm This morning, on one of the talk news shows, Chris Christie said that "CPAC is no longer CPAC. It is now TPAC".

Patagoniagirl wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:26 pm

noblepa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:59 pm This morning, on one of the talk news shows, Chris Christie said that "CPAC is no longer CPAC. It is now TPAC".

Sorry to disagree. It's C-RAP.

Patagoniagirl wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:26 pm

noblepa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:59 pm This morning, on one of the talk news shows, Chris Christie said that "CPAC is no longer CPAC. It is now TPAC".

Sorry to disagree. It's C-RAP.

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:00 am You can tell it's a cult when the crowd didn't even notice how low energy he was. What I saw of it, and I admit I didn't see much, actually shocked me.

noblepa wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:52 am If he really wants to win in 2024, it seems to me that he will have to come out of his MAGA echo chamber and try to win over some independents and undecided voters.

Will he do that? I really don't know. The sycophants surrounding him may tell him he doesn't need to.

MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 12:25 pm

noblepa wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:52 am If he really wants to win in 2024, it seems to me that he will have to come out of his MAGA echo chamber and try to win over some independents and undecided voters.

Will he do that? I really don't know. The sycophants surrounding him may tell him he doesn't need to.

Ever since Trump declared he was running in the 2016 presidential election, people have said "If only he would change..., if only Trump could be more..., etc." but it seems that nobody ever learns. Trump will not change. Ever. What you see is what you get. If anything, he will become more of what he is at the core, i.e., racist, insulting, vengeful, etc.