You float stuff and you float stuff and you float stuff until people get inured to what a stupid or outrageous thing it is that has been floated and then you pull the trigger.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “You float stuff and you float stuff and you float stuff until people get inured to what a stupid or outrageous thing it…”
On the recordJanuary 2, 2026
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Whitehouse discusses tactics used in political messaging related to the Kennedy Center.
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