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Insightful stuff here.

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Tremendous analysis, Mark.

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Per 538 trump had a 8 point unfavorability rating. Harris had a 2 point unfavorability rating. Colossal screw up. Harris had policies, sure, but they weren't all good ones. She was never a good candidate which is why no one wanted her back in 2020. For as much as people want to call trump a fascist he never talked about price controls.

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Indeed, the last President to do price controls was Nixon. Harris recognized that as a mistake and didn't repeat it. The main person who calls Trump a fascist is Trump. Dictator for a day, turning the military on citizens and political enemies.....Harris was a far different candidate than in 2020. Under the circumstances she did very well. I do wonder what might have happened if she'd picked Shapiro, but that's just Monday AM QB stuff.

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The Carnival Barker of Chaos: Trump’s Freak Show of Division and Distrust

How America’s Next Commander-in-Chief Turned the Presidency into a Three-Ring Circus of Fear, Hate, and Manufactured Threats

https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/the-carnival-of-chaos-trumps-freak?r=4d7sow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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