stop talking

Stop talking down to people, as if they’re too dumb to know what’s politically good for them.

“And then it made some of us feel more galvanized, like now is not the time to stop. Now is not the time to stop talking, to stop fighting, to stop demanding dignity for Palestinians in Gaza.”

When a reporter pressed Trump on Tuesday for how he voted on Florida’s abortion ballot measure that would prevent any laws restricting abortion until fetal viability, he snapped, “You should stop talking about that.”

“Just stop talking about that,” the 78-year-old responded with a wave of his hand.

That was actually the second time I’d heard that: One Montana State student I spoke with said the 7-year-old she babysits couldn’t stop talking about “Shady Sheehy.”