The Democrat Party has a long tradition of using extortion as a political weapon. For example, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would extort corporations for money with threats of protest and picketing.
This election season, the Democrat Party is basically saying to America - vote for us, or we will keep fucking up the country. That is their strategy in a nutshell.
How ?
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The Communist front organization of Black Lives Matter - which is serving as the military wing of the Democrat Party - is currently using the traditional strategy of corporate extortion.
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COVID-19. We will lock you down and keep schools and businesses closed and keep unemployment high - unless you vote for us in 2020.
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We will continue RACIAL protests and riots, arson and looting in all major cities unless you vote for us in 2020.
They want the average person to say - hmmm, why don't I just pay the Democrat Party the ransom so I can get back to normal.
Any thoughts ?
You also described establishment GOP types like Romney.
I think you are saying what I have been thinking for a while. The economy is rolling right back, the President wants the Country open, yet we have people making every effort to muddy the water and make things look bleak. It isn't a coincidence.
Isn't this basically like the Mafia shaking down storeowners for protection money ? But in this case they are saying - just vote for us, and we will stop fucking with you. We will call off the dogs.