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What to Say, August 4, 2026

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Antonia Scatton · Reframing America

Here is what to say about Todd Blanche, Iran, cyberattacks, Trump’s failed lawsuits, record low crime, de-legalizing immigrants and more.

Everything below is free to use without attribution, as is, or translated into your own voice. The goal is to get the ideas out there! And remember: Don’t assume people already know stuff, try to use words that would be natural to say to a neighbor over the fence, and as always, don’t talk about things together that you don’t want associated with each other!

What to Say: Trump’s personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, should never even been nominated for Attorney General. Two Republican Senators may have forced Blanche to claim that he will not pursue the slush fund that Trump wants to use to reward people for breaking the law on his behalf, but they caved on Trump’s immunity from prosecution over his many, many cases of tax fraud.

The Attorney General is supposed to be loyal to the people of the United States, not the President. This is just one more case of Trump appointing people to run the country based on how obedient they are to his every whim and how willing they are to bend or break the law on his behalf, rather than whether they will run their department competently and legally for the American people.

What to Say: The war in Iran is total chaos. Nobody can believe a word that Trump says. Trump announces that there’s a deal, Iran says there isn’t one, and then Trump says he’s going to bomb them or blockade them or something, which he can’t actually do because somehow we are out of missiles. Meanwhile the oil companies are raking it in and prices on everything are going up.

There’s really no way this war in Iran ends well for us, and what’s worse, there was no reason to start it in the first place. We had a perfectly good deal before. Iran was behaving. The strait was open. Trump ran for office on ending forever wars, and then started one for no reason at all, except perhaps to push the Epstein files off the front page.

What to Say: The number one job of the President of the United States is to keep us safe. Trump has completely failed to do that. Iran has now attacked the vulnerable water systems of 7 states. Trump started a war with Iran which is known for cyberattacks, but he had already gutted our cyber-defense program and is proposing to cut its budget by $700 million. Instead of admitting that he screwed up, and holding Iran responsible, he blamed Minnesota and Tim Walz. Trump is obsessed with Minnesota and Tim Walz for standing up to him. This just shows that everything Trump says about them is nonsense!

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What to Say: Trump keeps abusing his power as President to sue people for personal and political reasons, and he keeps losing because the reasons for these lawsuits exist only in his delusional fantasies. The problem is that, when you sue people, they have the right to investigate your case and see your evidence. It’s called “discovery,” and unfortunately for Trump, the evidence is revealing that the lawsuits are baseless and vindictive.

Trump attacked Capital One bank, forcing them to reveal that his accounts were shut down because they showed legitimate evidence of money laundering. Now he’s attacking Judge Pirro, who he appointed, because she had to drop the case about the reflecting pool because the evidence showed that the damage was actually caused by faulty repairs. Trump claimed that a BBC documentary caused him severe economic harm. Now U.S. Courts are upholding the BBC’s right to see Trump’s financial records. This is not going to go well for Trump.

Amplify this to over-ride Trump attacks on “blue” cities without repeating his claims.

What to Say: Our big cities are safer than ever, thanks to progressive Democrats’ investing in crime prevention and building safe communities in cities like New York and Baltimore. The best law enforcement is preventing crime from happening in the first place. Accountable policing builds trust, trust leads to crimes being solved, and knowing that you will be caught is the best crime deterrent. That, and making sure every kid has real access to a better path in life than a life of crime.

What to Say: Almost two million people who came to this country legally, have had their status changed by this administration. We told these people they were welcome here and now they are being hunted down, arrested and deported. That’s just wrong. Now they are deporting the people from Afghanistan who risked their lives to help us during the war. It’s not just that this threatens our national security, because why should anybody ever trust or help us again. It’s a sick, f-ed up thing to do to people who we should be treating as heroes. Where the heck is our sense of loyalty? America used to be trusted. Not anymore.

What to Say: The cruelty never ends. There was a contract to provide immigrant children with legal representation, and Trump just let it expire. Everyone deserves a fair hearing. What’s fair about forcing 20,000 children to face deportation hearings all alone? No wonder Trump’s approval on immigration is tanking, even among his own supporters.

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