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20. "trump talked to Communist Putin for nearly 2 hours on our Independence Day"

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Democrats need to get out in front of this Communist label and fast! [View all] Chasstev365 Jul 5 OP

Have the one who makes such comments, mtairyguy Jul 5 #1

You do know that those fucking idiots who believe Democrats are Communists Autumn Jul 5 #2

You got that right! bluestarone Jul 5 #3

Yes, but there are many gullible, ignorant voters out there Chasstev365 Jul 5 #4

"gullible, ignorant voters' . Key words right there . You can explain Communism to those fucks till Autumn Jul 5 #32

Which also means... regnaD kciN Jul 5 #55

They have been doing it for years. We elect socialists and eventually they will discover that they Autumn Jul 5 #64

+1 leftstreet Jul 5 #21

Yup! Botany Jul 5 #28

100% wrong! A few voters on the margins will determine the election winner. tableturner Jul 5 #30

Dream on . nt Autumn Jul 5 #33

That's how you lose elections. W_HAMILTON Jul 5 #47

20 years ago I regularly wrote letters to the editor in our local red neck newspaper gab13by13 Jul 5 #5

"If you have to debate the nonsense about being oasis Jul 5 #56

The "socialist' and "communist" labels have been used by Republicans for as long as I can remember. sop Jul 5 #6

At least back to FDR and social security, but 31j20b3 Jul 5 #44

I agree completely with your point, but we need to have a wnylib Jul 5 #7

Good Point! Chasstev365 Jul 5 #9

Good idea, but shorter. We need sound bytes. wnylib Jul 5 #12

Those idiots know that and guess what? They are fine with it. nt Autumn Jul 5 #35

How's this? EarlG Jul 5 #11

"trump talked to Communist Putin for nearly 2 hours on our Independence Day" Bayard Jul 5 #20

why take the bait? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 5 #8

I agree, gab13by13 Jul 5 #22

Yes, that could be said about this and a host of other issues where the bait is consistently taken. BannonsLiver Jul 5 #36

I think a Cuba invasion will take place before midterms. NCDem47 Jul 5 #10

I think that you are right. So we need to prepare wnylib Jul 5 #13

It's so obvious the messaging groundwork is being laid. NCDem47 Jul 5 #14

Yes, and Trump is like a reincarnation of Batista to the Cubans. wnylib Jul 5 #19

Ah, that's why! Now it makes sense. betsuni Jul 5 #16

Quite possible. moondust Jul 5 #45

Why do you call me a communist? kentuck Jul 5 #15

Nice! Chasstev365 Jul 5 #18

Real fascists are a greater threat than imaginary communists Raven123 Jul 5 #17

YES! tableturner Jul 5 #48

How Republicans view socialists Raven123 Jul 5 #23

For magats, words are only weapons. That's their only meaning. Fight back visually. usonian Jul 5 #24

You mean a time machine to the Red scare? Johonny Jul 5 #25

Look them in eye, deadpan, "I didn't vote for a fat orange faced putin loving commie". mwmisses4289 Jul 5 #26

lol BannonsLiver Jul 5 #27

Need a huge banner that shows our EYES and say's bluestarone Jul 5 #29

Don't buy into this crap Cirsium Jul 5 #31

Yeah; not getting out a head of attacks worked so well for Dukakis Gore, Kerry, and Hillary Chasstev365 Jul 5 #39

You are 100% correct! Learn from the past! tableturner Jul 5 #50

"Getting ahead of" does NOT equal denying an accusation. It can be attacking. David__77 Jul 5 #54

What does that mean? Cirsium Jul 5 #66

Get walked on? No thanks! tableturner Jul 5 #49

Walked on? Cirsium Jul 5 #63

Reminds me of... tableturner Jul 5 #65

You make my point Cirsium Jul 5 #67

Irrespective of all of that... tableturner Jul 6 #70

Be scathing.. pippenpippen Jul 5 #34

I do not want to debate this because gab13by13 Jul 5 #37

Sure a lot of shitting the bed around here JBTaurus83 Jul 5 #38

This is nothing new. This shit has been going on since the beginning of the Cold War. valleyrogue Jul 5 #58

Nah, you don't say the C word at all. Just paint them twice as hard JCMach1 Jul 5 #40

Democrats need to call this out for what it is: dlk Jul 5 #41

Lets label them. I like calling the Right The HOG party PuraVidaDreamin Jul 5 #42

Socialist democracies snot Jul 5 #43

Every time a Dem is asked about this senseandsensibility Jul 5 #46

Being defensive on that is a loser approach. David__77 Jul 5 #51

McCarthy must be smiling from the sewers. Dave Bowman Jul 5 #52

Trump loves communism when billionaires get the whole pie bucolic_frolic Jul 5 #53

None of these people even know what a "communist" IS. valleyrogue Jul 5 #57

Dems have no "rapid response force" Dems have no "talking points of the day" Bluetus Jul 5 #59

"Democrats need to get out in front of this Communist label" J_William_Ryan Jul 5 #60

Yup... WinningAgain Jul 5 #61

Just turn around and call Trump a communist. LeftInTX Jul 5 #62

Chalk one up for the right wing machine Cirsium Jul 5 #68

Yeah...lay back and let them butcher us up....NOT! tableturner Jul 6 #71

How do you get that? Cirsium Jul 6 #72

Don't worry angrychair Jul 5 #69

There's no reason to address it. CrimsonBight Jul 6 #73

Welcome to DU, CrimsonBight! Lars39 Jul 6 #74

I agree Kaleva Jul 6 #75

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Jul 6 #78

Exactly Stacey Grove Jul 6 #82

Another rebuttal: Mitch McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao (not currently acting in any official capacity AFAWK) Mad_Machine76 Jul 6 #76

Billionaires love Communism, that's how they get their tax breaks and subsidies bucolic_frolic Jul 6 #77

Exactly. Bill Clinton provided the playbook... Blasphemer Jul 6 #79

I missed that, thanks for reminding us all! /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 6 #80

This isn't new. Our party simply doesn't know to respond. We've only had five decades after all to figure it out. msfiddlestix Jul 6 #81