I thought often during the latter Trump years about the contrast with Barack Obama's "stray voltage" strategy, which involved saying provocative and often flatly untrue things to prompt discussion of Obama's preferred topics for political gain.
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According to the press pool, Trump arrived at his Trump-branded golf club this morning in Sterling, VA.
— Alamo_On_The_Rise \u2197\ufe0f\U0001f198 \U0001f1fa\U0001f1f2 (@AlamoOnTheRise) November 27, 2020
This is Trump's 315th day at a golf club and 424th day at a Trump property since taking office at our expense as the outbreak continues to ravage our country. https://t.co/zaNo0gWEpY
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along the "presidential" motorcade route today. pic.twitter.com/eIkQi5ZhtC
— ActivistKathy (@activistkathy) November 27, 2020
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The sign I was holding as Trump pulled into his golf course. Visible in above picture! pic.twitter.com/kYC5aQJB8A
— William D Johnson (@GMUBillJohnson) November 27, 2020
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Reminder: Trump said, if elected, he would never see his golf courses ... would be working all the time #TrumpLies pic.twitter.com/Kj6aFVoeaw
— Alamo_On_The_Rise \u2197\ufe0f\U0001f198 \U0001f1fa\U0001f1f2 (@AlamoOnTheRise) September 20, 2020
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I would like to see Democrats produce even one shred of evidence or just one example of President Trump calling for insurrection. Just one. That's all.
We welcome the presence of these activists, and we strongly urge the Capitol Police to allow them to continue to organize and participate in our democracy.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) November 13, 2018