United States President Donald Trump has had a controversial second term in office. Nationwide polling ahead of the midterm elections indicated that all of that controversy could lead to a “blue wave” for the Democrats.
Democratic strategist Mike Nellis appeared on Fox News recenlty debaetd with the state of the country under Trump with conservative sports pundit Donald Trump.
“Republicans want to spend more time talking about a Twitch streamer than they wanna talk about Donald Trump and his policies or what he’s gonna do to help the average American,” Nellis said, reference popular leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. “The economy is an absolute mess right now. The job market is horrible. Inflation is out of control. This war is ridiculous. Donald Trump is stealing billions of dollars, and they want to talk to me about a guy who streams online?
“I don’t care. I think some of the things that Hasan has said are offensive. The vast majority of Democratic Party leaders called this stuff out. You guys want to do wall-to-wall coverage talking about this guy because it’s an easy way to scare people into not noticing that Donald Trump is a terrible, lame-duck president, that people are really upset, and his party is barreling towards a midterm loss because the vast majority of Americans are really angry right now. We got a poll this week showing Donald Trump’s approval ratings at 31%. He’s underwater on basically every issue, including immigration, which is kind of hard to believe.
Nellis: You want wall-to-wall coverage talking about this guy because it’s a way to scare people into not noticing Donald Trump is a terrible president.
Travis: Should men be able to play in women’s sports?
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“People are really upset right now. And I think that Donald Trump and the MAGA movement and folks like Clay would be better off talking about what they’re going to do to actually help people instead of trying to demagogue Arabs in Michigan or Democrats on Jewish voters.”
Travis tried to bring things back to a popular conservative dog whistle.
“Mike’s wrong on pretty much everything he always argues,” Travis said. “I’ve got an easy question for you. Should men be able to play in women’s sports?”
“He’s going to go right back to talking points on social issues so he doesn’t have to talk about the economy,” Nellis responded. “What’s the Republican Party’s plan to deal with the affordability crisis in the country? What’s the Republican Party’s plan to deal with the economy or the job market?”
To Nellis’s point, Travis seemed unwilling to discuss any of the issues that actually affect Americans every day. As popular as a talking point as transgender athlete participation in women’s sports may be at the moment, it’s far too niche to affect most people.
About Qwame Skinner
Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.