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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's the Stupid, Stupid
https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/23/its-the-stupid-stupid/Its the Stupid, Stupid
April 23, 2025 at 4:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
Will Saletan: Yes, Trump and his accomplices are malicious. Yes, theyre corrupt. Yes, theyre dangerous. But theyre also profoundly stupid, and their stupidity is hurting or worrying a lot of people who voted for Trump.
So heres my pitch: To break Trumps coalition and reclaim our government, we need to talk not just about the administrations corruption and its abuse of power, but about its pervasive incompetence.
So heres my pitch: To break Trumps coalition and reclaim our government, we need to talk not just about the administrations corruption and its abuse of power, but about its pervasive incompetence.
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It's the Stupid, Stupid (Original Post)
babylonsister
8 hrs ago
OP
Lawrence O'Donnell talks about the stupidity and incompetence of the Trump administration almost every night.
patphil
5 hrs ago
#3
Yep, he's been doing it for years. And nobody is better at it than Lawrence.
GoodRaisin
5 hrs ago
#5
OAITW r.2.0
(30,041 posts)1. Stupid people elect stupid people.
How to explain that to stupid people?
lindysalsagal
(22,662 posts)2. It really is the stupid. 70million stupids.
patphil
(7,705 posts)3. Lawrence O'Donnell talks about the stupidity and incompetence of the Trump administration almost every night.
GoodRaisin
(10,120 posts)5. Yep, he's been doing it for years. And nobody is better at it than Lawrence.
OAITW r.2.0
(30,041 posts)9. Only during Republican admins.
Bush and Trump. Bush destroyed our goodwill and spent a trillion dollars invading Iraq for what reason? He set the table for Trump's lawless actions. No Democrat did.
JoseBalow
(7,252 posts)4. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Meowmee
(8,689 posts)6. Yes agree
Hassler
(4,261 posts)7. Stupid is as stupid does. In Merica
Stupid does Komrade Krasnov
Bluethroughu
(7,185 posts)8. Inhumanity with no Due Process too.