Experts say the outreach on behalf of a Trump political ally is highly unusual and represents a change in how political appointees engage with the tax agency.
Audits all the way down…
Can’t we just call it corrupt? It may not even be illegal, but it’s definitely corrupt.
I think the general public couldn’t care less about Trump doing illegal things, but Trump or his cronies doing things labelled as corrupt might get their attention.
I think the general public couldn’t care less about Trump doing illegal things, but Trump or his cronies doing things labelled as corrupt might get their attention.
the problem is what you and every decent person would see as corrupt, they see as a fulfilled promise.
Well, let’s get on with changing some attitudes.
When the slave tradewas banned in Britain, one of the biggest hurdles, as I understand it, was getting the British public to change their minds on it. It’s economically lucrative, the victims are “uncivilised” people (who, let’s be fair, were selling their own into slavery), and those that want slavery to continue shape the messaging into feeling like slavery is okay business. Getting that changed involved showing the British public just how horrendous the slave trade conditions were.
If you want a United America against fascism, you’ve got to work on showing Republicans the reality of the corruption, without dismissing them as “uncivilised”. It takes time, but grassroots is where to start.
When the slave tradewas banned in Britain, one of the biggest hurdles, as I understand it, was getting the British public to change their minds on it. It’s economically lucrative, the victims are “uncivilised” people (who, let’s be fair, were selling their own into slavery), and those that want slavery to continue shape the messaging into feeling like slavery is okay business. Getting that changed involved showing the British public just how horrendous the slave trade conditions were.
i get where youre coming but theres is an shocking amount of Trumpers who will readily defend slavery and ‘states rights’ and its been a long time since the country decided that was a bad thing, and here they are still parroting the talking points. i feel like for your scenario to come true, these people would have to be operating in good faith…and theyre not. if you could convince them that corruption was happening without them calling it fake news they would just use whataboutism to excuse it. “well biden did _____!, what about that?” as if ‘the other side’ doing it somehow makes it okay when they do it, despite complaining about it.
i dont think they will ever see it like you and me, because to them its not corruption. if you ask any Trumper to come up with a hypothetical scenario where they flip on him, they wont be able to do it. perhaps because they already live in a hypothetical reality and adding another layer makes it confusing, or maybe their mind excuses Trump in real time for any imagined grievances. either way theres no way to deprogram these people at this point, they are lost and they always will be enemies of truth, love, and freedom.
General public includes Trumpers but also people who are just ignorant that Trump is doing anything wrong. If you change their minds, you tip the balance.
