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Unfortunately, Trump’s Getting Some of His Swagger Back.

Democrats should take note.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readMar 6, 2023
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I’ve certainly been on the record as one of those who feel Trump’s campaign this time around has felt a little…different. The energy just hasn’t been the same, right? It feels more forced and the charisma has been lacking, especially when compared to years previously where he effortlessly seemed to command any attention he demanded.

But, then he spoke at CPAC.

Stephen Collinson with CNN broke the speech down, quoting bits and pieces writing:

Trump served up his familiar brew of fury, falsehoods and dishonest braggadocio at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, billing himself as the only man who could save the planet from World War III, girding his adoring supporters for their “final battle” against communists, globalists and the “Deep State,” and declaring: “I am your retribution.”

“We will beat the Democrats, we will rout the fake news media, we will expose and appropriately deal with the RINOs (Republicans in Name Only). We will evict Joe Biden from the White House and we will liberate America from these villains and scoundrels once and for all,” Trump told the crowd at a Maryland convention center outside Washington on Saturday.

“I am your…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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