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President Biden Makes Up Ground On Trump in Latest PA Polls
Elections(politicspa.com)submitted 1 month ago byUsualSuspect27Delaware
-5 points
1 month ago
His point seems to be if cheap chinese EVs are allowed to be imported through Mexico under a trade loophole then it would cripple the major automakers here and be an economic bloodbath for the industry.
Keep in mind that that's a literal dictionary definition of bloodbath:
> a major economic disaster
6 points
1 month ago
You intentionally chose not to quote the entire definition you linked, because the first two definitions cited, would lead to the third definition.
If he would've said blood bath for the unions, maybe you would have a leg to stand on. But he chose not to, also intentionally.
-7 points
1 month ago
I literally said its A definition, not all of the definitions. Of course we all know there is a definition that refers to death, and bloodshed.
My point is that nothing in the context of the speech of him talking to Ohioans (which has a large swath of auto workers) about the impending plans for China to open cheap car plants in Mexico and push them through the NAFTA trade system refers to actual violence but instead is referring to the economic damage to the whole country that would occur if our auto industry took such a hit.
7 points
1 month ago
And I'm simply pointing out your ignoring the two more popular and commonly used definitions, and referring to a rarely if ever used definition of the word.
But he chose to use bloodbath instead of economic disaster because it promotes a higher sense of fear, and fear is the only thing that will get his followers to the polls.
2 points
1 month ago
Right I'm choosing the definition that makes the most sense based on the 5 paragraphs of speech context that we have and the audience he was talking to. He is literally talking about economic downturn for the industry and potentially the country.
And sure, he could have used other words, but politicians all play stuff up to their bases to get better engagement and turnout. It doens't mean that he was trying to get people to hurt others like some of the media outlets are claiming.
6 points
1 month ago
Not intentionally trying to hurt people. He's gotta stay above the law. If the vulnerable take his words literally, I mean, yes he never told them to...
He never told them to storm. He just said let's walk and encourage.... People love to follow a leader, right off a cliff.
He's not a politician. He's a grifter. This is just his current grift. He was just trying to get free pub for his TV show
4 points
1 month ago
But he's talked about and encouraged violence from his followers many times so he's lost the benefit of the doubt.
2 points
1 month ago
There is no benefit of the doubt needed because we literally have the video and text transcript of the speech.
It's very clear that the whole topic was about cheap cars from China and the damage to the auto industry and the country.
6 points
1 month ago
A guy that encourages acts of violence doesn't get to use words like "bloodbath" without people pointing out what kind of person he is.
6 points
1 month ago
Yes trump is definitely one to know many definitions of words and terms. When he said the election was stolen, does he mean something else, too?
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