Say what you want about Mr Trump, he is a master at directing the narrative, and taking the conversation AND the press to where he wants it all to go. His attack on the Congresswomen is the latest example. He threw the ball, and everyone has chased it to throw it back.
My mother always taught me that when someone does that, take the ball, and throw it in a different direction, to make him wallow after it.
How?
Dem leaders and the Press need to start asking these racist questions…
“ Mr President, if you are so concerned about people hating America and it’s values, why do you allow the flag of the Confederacy, a failed and conquered nation-state like Nazi Germany, to fly at your rallies alongside the American flag? Do you see this as an insult to the US flag? Will you ban them from your rallies and ask your supporters to remove them from their cars?
“Mr President… you berate a football player that knees in respect to the American flag as he protests racism…. if he were to burn a Confederate flag in protest of racism, would you applaud him?”
I can see AOC stating “ this coming from a man who allows the Confederate flag to fly with the US flag at his rallies.. talk about a disgrace to America. When did a flag that caused the death of millions of brave Americans on it’s battlefields become a symbol of America? I must have missed that chapter in US history class in the Bronx. The President must denounce the use of a failed nation state America defeated if he really is sincere about what makes America Great”
Make him defend the flag of the racists. If you attack him and his followers as racist, its like calling them deplorable. It didn’t work. So attack the symbol instead, and make it a big issue. “ The GOP thinks flying the Stars and Bars is acceptable and American… didn’t we fight a war over this? Perhaps they failed American History 101?”… Attack the Stars and Bars. It will divide his base and put them on the defensive” Insist anyone who flies the Stars and Bars is a traitor to America and it’s values. History is there to back it up. Change the conversation to this from “ send her back”. Make them chase the ball for a change. Attack their flag.