'TACO' is an awful political slogan, and
it could backfire for Democrats
Posted By: Ketchuplover, 6/9/2025 2:54:30 AM
Democrats are trying to make “TACO” — or “Trump always chickens out”— a new political slogan to get under the president’s skin. But it is not as clever a quip as they think it is, and it creates a perverse incentive for Trump to push the red buttons they don’t want him to push. (snip) it is straightforwardly wrongheaded as a political slogan. Why on Earth would Democrats dare Trump to follow through on his most extreme tariff threats? If this slogan were to really work, (snip)it would nudge him and his allies to cling more tightly to the most extreme versions of Trump’s bad economic policies.
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You have people literally burning cars, throwing rocks at ICE agents, and the Democrats are siding with the protesters over the administration trying to restore law and order.
And what has the left riled up, and what’s causing all this, is that the Trump administration has figured out a way around sanctuary city laws.
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I suppose you could call it a riot, but when its foreigners claiming ownership of the land, it’s a bit more than that.
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Frankly, I'm surprised they chose this acronym TACO, rather than make one from Jill Biden's, "BOGEDAS".