Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.
The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on his Truth Social site. The post says it was recorded Thursday on Long Island, where Trump traveled this week to attend a wake for a recently killed police officer.
In the video, two trucks decorated with giant Trump flags and altered American flags are driving on a highway. On the tailgate door of one of the trucks is the image of Biden lying horizontally, bound and gagged.
Trump has a history of sharing and promoting violent images featuring his perceived enemies.
There’s no way any third party is going to get any interesting number of seats until there’s significant election reform, so that’s what I’d do. That resonates with any minority party, and hopefully enough voters in the majority to get it through.
So focus less on winning seats (though candidates should still run) and focus more on the message. Join up with other third parties and the minority party and do a big, focused push for voting reform. My ideal scenario is proportional representation in the House, but honestly, anything that eliminates FPTP gives third parties a shot.
So then focus on the things we would agree on like being anti-wars? It just seems like most of the other third parties are too far off. Like RFK, he seemed anti-authoritians and just different, but then his VP is a SF tech person whom I would guess is pretty much a leftist.
Yeah, focus on things that helps third parties in general, such as:
And so on. Basically don’t push anything too controversial, and focus on things that the major parties so poorly and that most third parties and independents would agree on. That would show voters that having more choices is valuable.
I see three possibilities with this strategy:
The Libertarian Party should transition to an advocacy organization instead of trying to get people elected. Basically, “policies before politics,” which should improve the perception of the average person of the LP.
I think it is essentially a advocacy organization, I do wonder if they could get a lot more influence if it were possible to get someone onto the debate stage so that everyone could see their opinions.
Yeah, but that’s not happening until the rules of the debates change or voting reform to eliminate the spoiler effect happens.