Trump and Vance Are Actively Harming Springfield

Monday, September 16, 2024

David A. Graham: Springfield, Ohio, is just the sort of beleaguered heartland manufacturing town that Donald Trump and J. D. Vance say the MAGA movement wants to help. Instead, the Republican ticket has chosen to make life miserable for the town and its residents for the sake of political gain.

Posted by retort at 06:42 PM | 15 COMMENTS | permalink

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Well, the Proud Boys types standing by stood up and called in bomb threats to schools, hospitals, local gov and police, and businesses.

So yeah, today's Ground Zero portending the future Fascist attacks on Americans around the country, no matter their city.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-16 07:41 PM

Trump and Vance Are Actively Harming Springfield

Yeah, so? It should be painfully obvious to anyone who has been awake at any point in the last 40 years that Trump cares about no one and nothing other than himself.

#2 | Posted by censored at 2024-09-16 08:16 PM

Springfield's CultureFest canceled due to recent threats, safety concerns
Last week, the city received several bomb threats to City Hall, schools, hospitals, a driver's exam station and an Ohio License Bureau.

The event was scheduled for Sept. 27-28.

"We deeply regret having to cancel CultureFest, as we know it is a beloved event for our community," said City Manager Bryan Heck. "However, the safety of our residents and visitors must come first." www.10tv.com

#3 | Posted by censored at 2024-09-16 08:19 PM

Sad.

But to look on the bright side, if Trump is there they could have a b... erm, witch burning.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-16 08:40 PM

So much fear, anger and violence in this country.

Most perpetuated by ignorance and hatred.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-09-16 09:14 PM

So much fear, anger and violence in this country.

And mostly over "created stories" meant to "get our attention".

#6 | Posted by horstngraben at 2024-09-16 10:00 PM

And yet a significant portion of residents will probably vote for them anyway.

MAGA genuinely loves the abuse, which is why they're so keen on everyone else being as miserable as they are.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2024-09-16 11:45 PM

MAGA = Societal Cancer.

#8 | Posted by zarnon at 2024-09-17 04:41 AM

They don't care if people are hurt or die so long as they win.

J6 proved that.

Jethro Dull admitted they made up the story.

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-09-17 06:58 AM

Now Imagine Trump as your airplane pilot...would you stay or go?
Imagine he was your cab driver...or your kids fourth grade teacher, or the police office who visits to investigate a crime...
My point is that the Trump/Vance team are not qualified for much of anything, Trump never even ran for city council prior to sitting in the White House as Commander in Chief. But one thing Trump is very qualified for, and that is to run today's Republican Party into the ground. He will forever be the face of that group, the face of greed and hate and division.

#10 | Posted by Hughmass at 2024-09-17 07:27 AM

HUGH

"He will forever be the face of that group, [Republican Party] the face of greed and hate and division."

Agreed that Trump will be remembered as the GOP's battering ram, chosen in 2016 to launch a plan, many years in the making, to change America's Democratic Republic to an authoritarian dictatorship, for obvious reasons. The fact that Trump wasn't smart enough to stick to the plan and, in fact, only proved himself to be an egotistical screwup with a bent to the maniacal, was little more than a speed bump to the goals of the GOP.

I'm sure the GOP had some regrets by 2020. How could they not? Trump's defeat made it impossible for them to keep their promises to Vladimir Putin and Putin's own plans to restore the USSR to its former glory by way of using Ukraine as a military launching pad.

How the GOP convinced Vladimir Putin that they had a plan to stop the certification of Joe Biden is a bit of a mystery. I really thought Mr. Putin was smarter than that. But such was not the case. He launched an invasion into Ukraine on February 21, 2021, confident that the U.S.A. and the new GOP overlords would soon be rushing to his side.

I needn't go on. We all watched the colossal failure of that plan as it played itself out on TV in real time. It was the worst day imaginable in the heartland of the GOP.

And now here we are in 2024 . . . and daja vu all over again. The "plan" is different, but the goals haven't changed. Russia still needs help, and the GOP still wants an autocracy.

I have faith that America will right its own Ship if State. It always has in the past. I just wish it wouldn't wait until the last minute to do it.

#11 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-09-17 08:43 AM

What's the point of all this loud talk from Der Dotard and JV? To run Haitians out of Springfield? OK then--who will take the jobs they all hold now? Remember: these legal visitors are in Springfield because the town's employers need workers...

#12 | Posted by catdog at 2024-09-17 09:18 AM

-What's the point of all this loud talk from Der Dotard and JV? To run Haitians out of Springfield?

Uh..no.

The point is to win votes from this. You think they are interested in solving any problems in Springfield, OH?

#13 | Posted by eberly at 2024-09-17 09:34 AM

Democrats made them say it.

Therefore democrats are responsible for any resulting violence.

-Bellrigger

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-09-17 06:35 PM

The point is to win votes from this. You think they are interested in solving any problems in Springfield, OH?

#13 | Posted by eberly

It's doubtful they will win more votes than they're losing over being world class dlcks.

#15 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-18 12:56 AM

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