Republican Boogymen wouldn’t scare informed voters

“On a campaign swing in Minnesota, Trump made clear his message for the election. He repeatedly insisted that Biden ‘is the puppet of leftwing extremists,’ who will ‘replace American freedom with leftwing fascism.’”

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-17-2020?r=7vfc4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy

This tells any informed voter, who understands the political spectrum, that Trump is shoveling bullshit.

Because “left-wing” and “fascism” are opposite ends of the political spectrum.

And, left-wing shouldn’t even be scary if voters remember that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, as well as other programs designed to ensure that the basic needs of the American population are met, are all left-wing. And conservatives called them “left-wing extremism,” and “socialism” when they fought against their passage.

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