You don’t want those types of issues dragging out throughout the offseason and kind of being a theme going into the season.”

Earlier this month, he called for the government to set a deadline of next March to give the redress payments, after he accused it of dragging out the process.

Trumpov and his propagandists across the right-wing hate media echo chamber are also dragging out the old Cold War era-slur that Kamala Harris is a “communist.”

They accused the party of having a "pre-determined outcome" and "dragging out the process in order to block her from being a candidate at the election".

For many people, dragging out boot trays and rolling out heavy protective floor coverings signals the beginning of winter.