Ask A Genius 725: 9/11
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner
Publication (Outlet/Website): Ask A Genius
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2022/02/23
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Rick Rosner: When 9/11 happened everybody pulled together under President Bush, a Republican and his approval rating rose into the mid ‘80s; the highest ever and peaked in one poll at 92%. So far the Republicans haven’t pulled together behind Biden in time of war. So there is a further risk to America and democracy if the Republicans keep beating the crap out of Biden instead of pulling together behind him which is unusual in a time of conflict for America but the Republicans are unusually crazy and shitty. If the Republicans managed to use the war to convince enough voters that Biden’s weak, that Republicans take control of the House and the Senate in the midterms which are nine months away, less than nine months away, then the U.S is really fucked. And if the Republicans take back the White House in 24, the Republicans might let Putin take more stuff. So there is compounded risk but even so the situation for the world isn’t as bad as 1939.
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