Juan Williams: Democrats finally hit Trump where it hurts
BY JUAN WILLIAMS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 08/19/19 06:00 AM EDT
Is the Resistance finally landing some punches on President Trump?
Show them the money:
Rep. Joaquin Castro’s (D-Texas) new fight plan hit the bullseye when he tweeted out a list of Trump’s top donors in San Antonio.
“Donald Trump has put a target on the back of millions. And you’re too cowardly or agreeable to say anything about it,” Castro tweeted about those funders. “How about I stop mentioning Trump’s public campaign donors and he stops using their money for ads that fuel hate?”
Separately, billionaire Steve Ross saw a rush for the exits at the upscale health clubs overseen by his firm, Equinox and Soul Cycle, after it emerged he was planning a fundraiser for Trump and the Republican National Committee with ticket prices as high as $250,000.
Then Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) unleashed a new, money-based rationale for House Democrats to begin impeaching Trump — to put a spotlight on Trump’s big donors.
Impeachment, Green told MSNBC, would result in Trump becoming “persona non grata to a good many of these wealthy people.”
Green alleged that Trump’s wealthy donors saw him as a “beneficial bigot.”
Those donors, Green said, are giving money in exchange for right-wing judges on the courts and tax cuts for the rich. “So he has benefitted them to the extent that they will tolerate his bigotry. When you tolerate bigotry, you perpetuate bigotry.”
Also putting money at the front line of the fight against Trump is 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro, who is paying for tough advertising calling out Trump’s bigoted language in the aftermath of the mass shooting in El Paso that left 22 people dead.
Trump's outrageous claims of voter fraud have a clear goal: Refusing to accept defeat in 2020
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A brand new Fox News poll shows Donald Trump well behind the top four Democratic candidates for president, with Joe Biden topping the list at 12 points ahead of Trump. Don’t get happy, though, or else we “tempt the wrath of whatever from high atop the thing,” to quote "The West Wing." We’re still a long way from the 2020 election and roughly a gazillion things could dramatically alter the landscape of the campaign.
Trump, on the other hand, is totally losing his shpadoinkle over the poll results.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
The predominately hasidic town next to me (Lakewood) was the “trumpiest” town in all of New Jersey during the 2016 election.
Orthodox Jews almost universally support a republican president, no matter how ignorant they are, because they believe they show more support for Israel then Democrats.
The predominately hasidic town next to me (Lakewood) was the “trumpiest” town in all of New Jersey during the 2016 election.
Orthodox Jews almost universally support a republican president, no matter how ignorant they are, because they believe they show more support for Israel then Democrats.
I didn’t realize that before last election, pretty crazy.
The predominately hasidic town next to me (Lakewood) was the “trumpiest” town in all of New Jersey during the 2016 election.
Orthodox Jews almost universally support a republican president, no matter how ignorant they are, because they believe they show more support for Israel then Democrats.
The predominately hasidic town next to me (Lakewood) was the “trumpiest” town in all of New Jersey during the 2016 election.
Orthodox Jews almost universally support a republican president, no matter how ignorant they are, because they believe they show more support for Israel then Democrats.
Yet they stand by a man who has zero morals !
They also stand by their own country which has little right to claim moral superiority of any kind.
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Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
The predominately hasidic town next to me (Lakewood) was the “trumpiest” town in all of New Jersey during the 2016 election.
Orthodox Jews almost universally support a republican president, no matter how ignorant they are, because they believe they show more support for Israel then Democrats.
Yet they stand by a man who has zero morals !
Unfortunately, when it comes to Israel, the orthodox don't care.
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https://www.salon.com/2019/08/20/trumps-outrageous-claims-of-voter-fraud-are-about-one-thing-invalidating-the-2020-election/
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-jewish-americans-democrat-disloyalty_n_5d5c4ee2e4b0f667ed69c755
Not everything is for sale , he already got the GOP party to go over the Niagra falls in a plastic bag ..
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Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
Now he won't talk to the Denmark PM because he can't buy Greenland which is not even for sale.
Imagine seeing this in a movie (not a comedy). You’d walk out of the theater because it’s too unrealistic.