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applegrove

(123,863 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:29 PM Dec 2

A key asymmetry of this era of American politics and how it's covered is that Trump is expected to do bad and corrupt [View all]

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Aaron Rupar:

A key asymmetry of this era of American politics and how it’s covered is that Trump is expected to do bad and corrupt things, so when he does it barely qualifies as news. But Dems are expected to be beyond reproach, so anything that seems even slightly suspect is a huge scandal.

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A key asymmetry of this era of American politics and how it's covered is that Trump is expected to do bad and corrupt [View all] applegrove Dec 2 OP

That is spot on Horse with no Name Dec 2 #1

OR BOSSHOG Dec 2 #2

Yep, because of that rotten idiot some nukes might fly. Who cares? Dave Bowman Dec 2 #5

Yep. dalton99a Dec 2 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Dave Bowman Dec 2 #4

Absolutely. Martin Eden Dec 3 #6

I blame the MSM for this. Martin Eden Dec 3 #7

And that's been our biggest single problem since 2017 Blue_Tires Dec 3 #8

Just look at how much coverage Biden's age and mental decline got Blue_Tires Dec 3 #9

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