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Letters from an American

September 23, 2024

Letters from an American

Heather Cox Richardson

Politics, News, History

53.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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September 23rd, 2024. There's nothing sadder than an aging salesman trying to close one last deal,

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MS NBC's Ryan Teague Beckwith wrote on September 21st.

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Beckwith went on to list seven of Trump's most recent campaign promises,

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most delivered off the cuff at rallies,

0:27.5

that are transparent attempts to close the deal with different groups of voters.

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Trump is also threatening voters. On September 19th

0:36.5

he told two Jewish audiences that he had not been treated properly by voters who

0:42.3

happened to be Jewish and that if he doesn't win the

0:45.0

2024 election, the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss.

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Adding in that

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in my opinion will cease to exist within two years.

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Opponents were quick to point out that these threats echo old anti-Semitic

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trope scapegoating Jews.

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When Jake Tapper asked Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton to comment on Trump's statement on Sunday, Cotton's

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answer brought small comfort. Well Jake Donald Trump has been saying things

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like this for at least 11 months. Trump's social media posts about women sounded

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both desperate and delusional.

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Trump has boasted of overturning the 1973 Roe versus Wade decision

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that recognized the constitutional right to abortion,

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but that loss is enormously unpopular.

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So he is caught between the reality

1:35.0

that his white extremist

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