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He used populist rhetoric during his campaign in 2016 such as “draining the swamp” which he never even tried to accomplish, he never ended any war despite him saying he would, he actually talked about universal healthcare to some capacity but never tried to fix the system, his policies were mostly aligned with basic republican establishment policies such as corporate tax cuts, deregulation, continuing the war on terror, support of anti-bds laws, and pandering to the evangelical right. He did however put into place the first step act, farm bill, and him calling out NAFTA. But overall he really wasn’t much different from Bush or Obama.

Do you know what the definition of "grift" is?

From Merriam-Webster:

: to obtain (money or property) illicitly (as in a confidence game) intransitive verb. : to acquire money or property illicitly.

What of the rambling semi-true runon paragraph above rises to "grift"?

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Posted by dawgfan24348

Member since Oct 2011

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Posted on 10/8/23 at 7:19 pm to deeprig9

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What of the rambling semi-true runon paragraph above rises to "grift"?

Pretending it be some anti establishment hero for the people by using certain words and phrases then turning around and rarely doing anything that would be considered anti establishment or for the people.

His grift was obtaining votes built out of lies to a large number of people who have been screwed over for decades and desperate enough to believe anything if it sounds right

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Posted by pdawg

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Posted on 10/8/23 at 7:21 pm to deeprig9