“I know it’s hypothetical right now, but if you’re allowed for some reason to run for a third term, is there a thought that Democrats could try to run Barack Obama against you?” Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump in the Oval Office on Monday…

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      So you’ve been a sucker that voted against your own interests your whole life lol.

      Unless you are a millionaire, voting against workers rights, raising the minimum wage, expanding public schools and universal healthcare makes you a class traitor.

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        Tell me you didn’t finish reading even one complete sentence before responding, without telling me you didn’t even read one complete sentence before responding.

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          Nah, i read it. “Conservative voter with ethics” still means voting against workers rights, voting against raising the minimum wage, voting against universal healthcare and voting against better public education.

          Republicans per definition are class traitors.

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            Imagine having someone tell you that despite a right leaning tendency, they still vote for Democrats.

            And then you swoop in and tell them they’re a giant piece of shit.

            You know that your behavior is literally what Russian troll farms are intended to cultivate as per the Muler report, right?

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              Some people seem to have an inability to understand the importance of coalition building in a democratic society. That’s kind of the whole thing.

              Like, sure there’s a time and place for us to argue differences, but how productive is it to just lead in with calling someone a class traitor? Regardless of whether someone feels that’s true, is that a helpful approach? What purpose does that really serve?

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      Obama broke like half or more of his promises, like ending the war on terror, closing Guatanamo Bay and universal healthcare. Maybe you liked that, but “conservatives with ethics”—if we accept their existence, which I don’t—don’t exist in nearly enough numbers to matter, and the people who do matter in this equation absolutely hated it.

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          Obama exceeds the realm of purism or not; the man is barely any better than Hillary these days. If you think someone like that—who, again, is now known to be a liar by his would be most ardent supporters—can beat Trump, then you haven’t been paying attention. The past three general elections have proven decisively that motivated and politically active voters who support the party platform are crucial to securing victory, and as a matter of strategy Obama doesn’t have any of those.