Trump Doesn’t Care About the Midterms? Why that Misses the Mark

“I don’t really care, do U?”

Photo by Getty ImagesIn 2018, first lady Melania Trump boarded Air Force One bound for the Texas border, where migrant children were being held in cages under her husband’s “zero-tolerance” policy. On the back of her jacket, in large stenciled letters, appeared the words: “I really don’t care, do U?”The White House claimed it was just a jacket. But it was nevertheless a jacket on the back of the First Lady, headed toward children in detention ca…

DONALD DON’T CARE: Midterms as Societal Ritual

It is one of those necessary evils in politics that good people continue investing in it emotionally, even after suspecting or even believing with the faith of religion that the system itself is illegitimate. Perhaps no other topic applies to that than elections. And perhaps no other topic reveals more clearly how modern populations can […] The post DONALD DON’T CARE: Midterms as Societal Ritual appeared first on The Hayride.

Trump doesn’t care about the midterms? Why that misses the mark

It’s right up there with such presidential fibs as "Read my lips – no new taxes" and "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."The latest declaration belongs to President Donald Trump: "I don’t care about the midterms."Right.There is a mountain of evidence that the president very much cares about the midterms.TRUMP OWNS THE GOP. COULD REPUBLICANS PAY THE PRICE IN THE MIDTERMS?So why claim otherwise?It was his way of saying he’s above pet…

Trump doesn’t care about the midterms? Why that misses the mark - The Political Signal

It’s right up there with such presidential fibs as "Read my lips – no new taxes" and "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."The latest declaration belongs to President Donald Trump: "I don’t care about the midterms."Right.There is a mountain of evidence that the president very much cares about the midterms.TRUMP OWNS THE