Comments by "jacq danieles" (@jacqdanieles) on "Calls grow to remove Trump from office" video.
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@jamiefarrahi4398
In late July, Trump had a falling out with Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson in a heated phone call when the president chided the casino mogul for not doing enough to help his reelection bid. The conversation, apparently initiated by Adelson, was meant to be over the coronavirus relief bill and the economy but quickly degenerated with Republican Party officials left to try and salvage the situation.
Adelson – who has been one of Trump and the Republican Party's aces for years – has cut the president off financially and is privately telling people in Las Vegas that he personally blames him for having lost billions, according to an unverified claim by Pesach Lattin, a Las Vegas-based online advertising and media expert.
If this were true, it would be a serious blow to Trump and other billionaire donors are either afraid to or refuse to get on board. For example, in 2019, fitness company executive Stephen Ross was famously boycotted by Equinox and SoulCycle for hosting a Hamptons fundraiser for Trump's campaign. Ross is not alone as top donors continue to see consequences – personally or financially – for supporting the president, which makes backing Trump a serious liability. Other donors are simply fed up with Trump's coronavirus response.
To no surprise, Trump's America First Action Super PAC is being out-raised by pro-Biden Super PAC Priorities USA, which has been attacking the president nonstop in scorching ads.
It appears that wealthy donors who admire the president are focusing on maintaining the Senate majority and licking their wounds if Trump ends up losing. Other wealthy donors, reflected as well in a huge wave of Republican officials endorsing Biden, are jumping ship and timidly supporting Biden after seeing the president's disastrous coronavirus response that has no doubt affected their revenue.
From the NY Times
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@jamiefarrahi4398 - You're all over the place with your post. But I'll address 2 aspects of it:
-The US is, & has always been, an oligarchy.
-The 2 parties are 2 sides of the same coin
- It's better for the oligarchy under the Republicans, but when the Dems are in power, they too cater to the oligarchy albeit to a slightly lower extent.
- The dems have a left wing that attempts to push for working class issues: Medicare for all, eliminating student debt, a living minimum wage, etc.
The Republicans don't even make an attempt at working for the working class. The last 4 years are testament to that, but go to the Reagan era & it was evident back then.
So why does the oligarchy back dems? Wouldn't you want your interests protected?
Does it work differently in any other countries? Let me know which ones ...
Censorship: private companies have the right to regulate their platforms. Censorship by the government is an entirely different animal. Apples & oranges.
The free market has allowed certain platforms to grow. But if their power is deemed inappropriate, the free market can change that. People unhappy with Twitter policies are free to express their views on Parler. Likewise, there is a YouTube alternative.
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