Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 06:58 pm
Republicans are getting tons of media attention for Donald Trump’s photo op tour of DC, but they are getting something else. Lots of angry protesters.
Matt Fuller of The Huffington Post tweeted:
Reinforcements. pic.twitter.com/KXUJlzGaIl
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— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 12, 2016
Basically this guy is just doin' stand up for a very cold crowd of reporters. https://t.co/SeD5CBb9G7
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 12, 2016
The paper mache head is going over very well with the press:
And the protests have started outside the RNC ahead of the Trump-Paul Ryan meeting: pic.twitter.com/g5XHfjB17U
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 12, 2016
The reality for Republicans is that Trump is going to bring them media attention. As in seriously, when is the last time that one hundred reporters were staking out the RNC waiting for the Republican presidential nominee to show up for a chat?
The way Trump gets the media attention is by turning off waves of voters that are vital to the Republican Party’s chances in 2016. Trump isn’t a double edged sword for the Republican Party. He is a single sharp dagger pointed at the heart of the GOP.
Congratulations, Republicans. You’ve turned a routine story into a complete media debacle, but as the protesters who met Trump in DC demonstrated, you’re also selling your souls to a racist overlord who is going to destroy any chance you once at had at victory in 2016.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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