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By SEUNG MIN KIM and JONATHAN J. COOPER WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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dagon
When Trump, gets nervous, he goes back to the well of racism. misogyny and bullying. He has good reason to be nervous.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-supporters-kamala-harris-poll-1929786
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-donald-trump-national-polls-1933639
Questioning the intelligence of women is also a go to, especially highly qualified POC like Harris and AOC.
Trump wants desperately to be considered smart, even when he denigrates others including his low info supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-shares-his-famed-uncles-science-genius-a-friend-says-the-uncle-would-have-been-horrified/2020/05/03/76f58726-898e-11ea-9759-6d20ba0f2c0e_story.html
OssanAmerica
Trump and his mindless supporters are incapable of seeing the absurdity of Trump questioning the intelligence of any other human being.
Ah_so
Trump will hate losing to a woman. And still still his fans.
Underworld
After the debate, nobody is going to question the intelligence of Kamala.
Ah_so
And to correct my previous post, and so will his fans.
Michael Machida
The only think Kamala Harris needs to say to gain votes is:
Project 2025
Bob Fosse
“Trump, for his part, is racing to define her as a soft-on-crime San Francisco liberal”
Thats odd. His fans here seem to think she wasn’t soft on crime.
Pete should get the VP. His recent performance on Fox showed he knows how to deal with fake bs and get to the issues.
Strangerland
The right has been claiming the left thinks she was too hard on crime.
So now they have to figure out how to argue both that she was weak on crime, and that she was too strong on it.
Underworld
John
He also spent the start complaining that they couldn't fit more people in to the stadium and that people had to stand outside. When cameras showed that there was nobody outside, he said they were further back...
Kamala is getting bigger crowds than Trump, and he must be hating it.
John
When the governor of the state you’re in FROM YOUR OWN PARTY says publicly “Leave my family out of this.” as Kemp wrote on-line to Trump after his grievance-fest to a sparsely attended hall, your campaign is flailing.
John
Doesn’t seem to understand that video is forever.
bass4funk
Nonsense! The guy is not racist, but it seems that the thugs in the DNC want to push the race issue as usual…sigh to no end.
So what’s the problem. What monumental thing has Kamala done except….what’s their names again? Ok, she was a prosecutor and ticked off most of California law enforcement and what else has she done? Giggling and Cackling are not employable skills
He is, he beat 17 establishment Republicans and one establishment Democrat, that’s not just smart, that’s genius.
Low info? That supposed to make us feel bad? You need a better comeback, seriously.
Bob Fosse
And Biden beat him. Must be smarter.
bass4funk
ROFL!
Strangerland
Kamala beat him too!
rcch
dagonToday 07:14 am JST “ When Trump, gets nervous, he goes back to the well of racism. misogyny and bullying. He has good reason to be nervous.
Trump wants desperately to be considered smart, even when he denigrates others including his low info supporters. “
OssanAmericaToday 07:27 am JST “ Trump and his mindless supporters are incapable of seeing the absurdity of Trump questioning the intelligence of any other human being. “
The vast majority of Trump voters do not care about some of Donald's characteristics and how he plays the game—there are more important things at stake here. Have you ever thought about that possibility? Probably not. ( Calling 70 million people idiots is not a good idea. )
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After smooth campaign start, Kamala Harris faces a crucial week ahead
Translation: The honeymoon phase is almost over.
Yrral
Bass4,the judge in his subversion trial say she did not find any witches ,but found enough evidence to hold a mini trial on Trump subversion charges,this upholding the prosecutor charges against him
Bob Fosse
70 million? That’s not going to be enough.
Underworld
rcchToday
It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.
Don't forget she will announce her running mate and the DNC is coming up. After that she will have the debate with Trump (if he shows up). Plenty more to keep the momentum going.
Yrral
Trump is insecure of Black women, because they stand up too him
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 09:02 am JST
Right, because there's nothing as devastating as absolute zingers like "we feel the same about Dems" or "what? ROFL!"
bass4funk
Hmm, interesting…
lincolnman
Our MAGA-friends are once again in a "Funk" and "Black" mood...
And no wonder, Trump is mentally melting down more each day...at his Georgia rally yesterday he unloaded on Repub Gov Brian Kemp, who's trying to help get him elected...
Keep it up Donald, diss as many of your own Team Red as you can...it's suppressing your own vote - ROFL...
And Just Dumb Vance? He's going down the toilet...every day he makes another stupid gaffe...
No amount of empty faux bluster and bombast on this thread is going to save the Repubs - they chose their felon and they're stuck with him - at least until Sep 18th when he's led off to his cell at Rikers Island...
Then Nikki Haley will dump JD and pick Rubio - and maybe the Repubs can only lose by 10 million votes instead of 50 million....
Strangerland
Now it’s looking like even Mike pence will endorse Kamala.
ouch.
Strangerland
And even some less reasonable members like Tim Scott.
rcch
Note: Strangerland, I’m not the one who still believes in the DP's political hypocrisy.
Yrral
Trump is crazy,he trying to run on law and order ,and he is a convicted felon and and multi unindicted Co conspirators and faces many others charges and for secret service protection,he should get the minimum protection as Jimmy Carter get , Jimmy say he made peace with death,but want to hang around long enough to vote for a woman for President , especially because of Trump
burgers and beers
Harris is soaring in the polls, she doesn't need to be afraid of debating Trump on FOX. She will wipe the floor with him so her campaign should just accept the FOX debate offer. Let's get on with it.
Strangerland
She doesn’t need to. He looks weak for backing out of the debate he agreed to, and she’s getting her policy out there en masse aside from the debate.
She’s in a win win situation. If he keeps hiding from her he looks weak, if he agrees to debate her he is the criminal groomer weird old man well past his prime against the young fired up prosecutor with all the excitement and momentum on her side. And being black and female, that already will have him angry, leaving him easy for her to poke.
Gene Hennigh
Let's face it. Mr. Trump is older than I am. I haven't reached the gibbering, drooling age yet. Watching him, I hope I DON'T get that old.
Kamala has momentum and charisma on her side. Also she can pronounce peoples' names correctly.
Mr. Trump is simply too old to keep up.
DaDude
Like he got to the issue of the East Palestine train derailment?
TokyoLiving
Kamala continues to gain strength and momentum..
It won't be easy for MAGA gang...
lincolnman
important things indeed - there's that core, uncompromising pledge that "life begins at conception" that we'll never surrender....
Ooops...well, I guess we did surrender on that one...
But wait, there's that "medical miracle" COVID vaccine that Trump has assured us is "safe and it works"....
Uhhh....OK, so most of us believe it's poison and will kill you...
Well, there is one important thing we in MAGA-world can agree on - "Hannibal Lector is a wonderful man"...
Strangerland
Ever hear trump say “China”?
It’s so weird.
Underworld
burgers and beers
There is no Fox debate, it's on ABC. Either he doesn't turn up, or she wipes the floor with him.
John
It helps when your opponent holds - in the words of a GOP official in attendance - - “Mamal-feces crazy” (Terminology change to comply with moderation sensibilities) rally attacking a popular governor (and his family).
”A lot of republicans like me might just decide not to vote at all in the presidential election because of stupid antics like tonight,” former GOP legislator Allen Peake told the AJC. “Trump may have just lost Georgia.”
lincolnman
Interesting campaign strategy the Repubs and Trump have - insult the people you're trying to get to vote for you....
You know, like courting minority and women voters by claiming they're "not Black" and "DEI hires" - that their hard work, education, and balancing a family and a job is all "fake" - they are inferior to white men and were only hired based on their gender and race.
I understand Trump is going to visit a predominately Black church in Alabama this week, where he is going to tell the congregation; "you folks ain't Black - you're a bunch of white Caucasians!" And more to the point, you ain't Christian either!" "Now, would you please vote for me?"
Welcome to MAGA-weird-world...
Strangerland
The car ladies are banding against Vance and his team of weirdos now.
I’m guessing step parents will be the next group.
it’s weird that he thinks it’s a good idea to start the War on Single Women and the War on Step Parents, when he’s already in the middle of the War on Abortion.
burgers and beers
There is no Fox debate, it's on ABC. Either he doesn't turn up, or she wipes the floor with him.
She is a trained prosecutor and he is an old blabbering felon. It will be a walk in the park for her. Why be afraid of accepting the Trump camp proposed FOX debate? ABC deal was for Trump / Biden.
Strangerland
For no reason other than showing she’s the boss by willing to go to the original debate where if he doesn’t show up he looks weak.
He looks weak either way. He should have just stuck with the original debate. Now he’s stuck between a weak and a weaker place.
Strangerland
It’s nice watching Kamala make trump either bend to the will of a black woman, or look weak.
lincolnman
Even Trump suck-up and closet NEOCON Lindsey Graham is telling Trump to knock off the racist insults...
"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told former President Trump on Sunday to lay off attacks against Vice President Harris about her race and heritage after Trump questioned her race in attacks that mimicked “birtherism” conspiracies. Trump said in an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on Wednesday that Harris “happened to turn Black,” implying that she has lied about her race for political advantage. The remarks were denounced as racist by people on both sides of the aisle.
“So here’s what I would say to President Trump. The problem I have with Kamala Harris is not her heritage; it is her judgment,” he said. “Every day we’re talking about her heritage and not her terrible, dangerous liberal record throughout her entire political life is a good day for her and a bad day for us.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/graham-urges-trump-stop-attacks-151521857.html
Lindsey, do you actually think Trump listens to you? You told him to pick Rubio instead of Vance - how did that work out?
So you can expect a string of "bad days" until Nov - or an especially bad day on Sep 18th...ROFL..
Bad Haircut
It's an entirely manufactured effort to create "excitement" around a dud race-baiter with a lacklustre record as a lawyer, senator and VP. Typical marketing-speak for "we have a crappy product, but we hope to get enough muppets to put their brains in suspended animation for long enough to buy into it by employing flashy gimmicks." The left has absolutely nothing of value to give, so they sow division with identity politics. One week Harris is Black and uses a phoney Southern drawl. Another week she's Indian. What'll be next, disabled LGBTQI++++? No solutions to the border crisis, nothing about the economy, war, or anything else. Just fluff and "articles" like this written by drooling sycophants.
And you just have to laugh at the "weird" meme the left are trying hard to propagate about Trump and the Republicans. Weird? If that's the best they can do, the country has no hope if the D's somehow get the Oval Office.
Underworld
burgers and beers
There is no Fox debate, it's on ABC. Either he doesn't turn up, or she wipes the floor with him.
She's not. But she wants to make sure he turns up at the ABC debate. After that I can see her accepting a debate on Fox.
No, it wasn't. The agreement was with the GOP and Democratic candidates. Biden's name wasn't on the agreement.
burgers and beers
The car ladies are banding against Vance and his team of weirdos now.
Well, since now its not just cat ladies but also car ladies, Vance is toast. Predictions for how long before Vance is dumped?
Strangerland
If trump wasn’t scared to debate her he wouldn’t be running to Fox News to bail him out.
remember, the only thing that changed with the debate was the opponent became a younger black woman. Nothing else.
Trump’s rightfully afraid.
burgers and beers
Naa, that's weak sauce reasoning. As a seasoned prosecutor she would have no trouble wiping floor with old, unstable Trump regardless of the venue. Kamala should accept the FOX debate offer and get the show on.
John
Bad HaircutToday 10:57 am JST
Is that why she doubled his fund raising for July in spite of only declaring in the last 10 days of the month? Because it’s manufactured enthusiasm?
Too bad Trump couldn’t “manufacture” a bit of enthusiasm at the same venue she filled only a couple days earlier on 3 days notice.
Cause there were a whole lot of empty seats and nobody waiting outside.
bass4funk
Ok, so she won’t do a FOX debate so either she doesn't turn up, or he wipes the floor with her.
Baloney
She can show up for a FOX debate, she’s soooo great, let her talk about her accomplishments then. ROFL!!!! Too funny, my tummy hurts
Or the opposite, she goes on FOX and Trump can go on ABC with the former Clinton acolyte.
Yes, it absolutely was
Yes, because he was the Democrat nominee at the time.
Strangerland
Aka an election.
I guess she’s just better at it than trump.
Underworld
burgers and beers
Why be afraid of accepting the Trump camp proposed FOX debate......For no reason other than showing she’s the boss by willing to go to the original debate where if he doesn’t show up he looks weak.
Nope. No wriggling out of the original debate for Trump. After that, they can have a debate of Fox.
Strangerland
Nah, it serves her better to leave him looking weak for being afraid to debate a younger black woman.
Strangerland
If trump and Vance weren’t so weird, the label wouldn’t have stuck so well.
Thinking that laughing is weird, is weird.
bass4funk
Who?
The establishment can think what it wants, good for them.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-harris
Underworld
bass4funk
There is no Fox debate, it's on ABC. Either he doesn't turn up, or she wipes the floor with him.
There is no Fox debate.
Underworld
bass4funk
The agreement was with the GOP and Democratic candidates. Biden's name wasn't on the agreement.
And now she is. No excuse for running away.
bass4funk
Well, it’s always interesting on hearing foreigners opinions on how our system should run.
zibala
Harris faces new tests in the coming days as she works though key decisions — including her vice presidential pick, with the potential to disappoint elements of the coalition.
We should ask Willie Brown what he thinks.
lincolnman
Maybe one of our MAGA-friends here can explain this to us...
Trump refuses to honor his prior pledge to debate on ABC but now demands the debate must be on Fox...
But Trump has said this just a few weeks ago about Fox;
“Fox News will put up Fake Confidential Democrat Polls that were ‘leaked’ to them, but not Rasmussen or any of the REAL polling groups that have me way ahead,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website. “What’s up with FOX? I do better with CNN!!!”
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4762384-trump-rips-fox-news-polls-cnn/
Or this: "Why is FoxNews putting on Crazy Kamala Harris Rallies?" read Trump's post. "Why do they allow the perverts at the failed and disgraced Lincoln Project to advertise on FoxNews? Even Mr. Kellyanne Conway, a man so badly hurt and humiliated by his wife (she must have done some really NASTY things to him, because he is CRAZY!), is advertising on FoxNews. We have to WIN WITHOUT FOX!"
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-blasts-fox-news-showing-harris-rallies-1931737
So why does Trump demand the debate be on a network he says "promotes fake Dem polls" and "treats him worse than CNN",
And why is he now demanding the debate be on Fox when he said "we have to win without Fox"...
Now even you would have to admit that is WEIRD....
wallace
bass4funk
Nah, it serves her better to leave him looking weak for being afraid to debate a younger black woman.
Always so fragile on foreign opinion. But on JT all comments are equal. Attack the message, not the messenger. Relax. Clam down.
zibala
Interesting how non-US citizens grab these topics from mainstream headline news sites.
wallace
zibala
remember, the only thing that changed with the debate was the opponent became a younger black woman. Nothing else.
Another fragile.
Ken
Trump is lower than someone who fights dirty with groin hits and poking fingers in the eyes. He doesn't know what to say other than racist or sexist attacks. People will eventually open their eyes and realize how much of a bad idea it is to even think about voting for him. The criminal would fight dirty and use prison tactics as expected
plasticmonkey
Really scraping the bottom of the barrel of retorts. Even less effective rhetorically than "we think the same about Dems", "what about the Dems' radical socialist Marxist policies?", "Who?", "What?", and "Bingo!".
itsonlyrocknroll
She has not faced the level of scrutiny that presidential candidates typically face. While she has kept up a busy schedule of public appearances, she has rarely taken questions from the press and has not sat for an in-depth interview. After four years advocating for Biden’s positions, she’ll have to stake out positions of her own on the political controversies that divide Democrats.
For a very good reason, avoid any notion or possibility to the pitfalls of unscripted public scrutiny, or press conferences.
Kamala Harris criticised for laughing during press conference about Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJbuFMpnio
bass4funk
Then he should decline her offer.
Absolutely not. I’m just saying, it means nothing when it comes to elections and the ballot box, but if you want to say something…go for it.
On JT yes, but not in the U.S. in November. ;)
Then take your own advice.
bass4funk
Hearing that from liberals I take that with a badge of honor.
That’s all you got???
Bob Fosse
Obsession with crowd sizes is a hint of deep-seated fear and anxiety.
Harris talks future policy, 45 goes on bizarre rants about crowd sizes, fictional characters and celebs who dissed him. Weird.
plasticmonkey
He already agreed to the ABC debate. Now he's chickening out.
Why the change of heart?
Because he knows Harris will roundly defeat him.
Or do you have another plausible reason for Trump's change of heart? Did ABC suddenly get more "liberal" in the past few weeks?
plasticmonkey
Again illustrating my point. Well done.
How about "That's all you got???"
John
Don is a coward. Thats why he’s trying to change the agreement that he already made.
Shocker! Who ever could have seen that one coming????
Bob Fosse
I keep forgetting that we are not supposed to take the things he literally says literally. “Anytime, anyplace”? Any 45 whisperers willing to translate?
Strangerland
Heh, my truth bombs raised some hackles.
John
No, it doesn’t. There was an agreement. She’s following the agreement. He is not. This is not a both sides thing.
He’s ducking because he’s a coward.
burgers and beers
"Nope. No wriggling out of the original debate for Trump. After that, they can have a debate of Fox."
ROFL, by that reasoning Democrats then did the biggest "wriggle" job out of all since they wriggled out of their original candidate for the debate. Don't be a child, Kamala can wipe the floor with Don anywhere, it's a seasoned, energetic prosecutor vs old , worn out felon thing. Let's get the FOX debate on.
Ken
Fox news rots the brain, Trump would cheat the debate if it was on Fox news, what Trump is afraid of is a fair fight. ABC showed sympathy when Trump was shot at but Trumps personality is either 100% agree with him or you're an enemy. Putin is very similar to Trump for that reason, it is illegal to be a competent opponent for an election against Putin because he is scared of losing a fair fight
lincolnman
I hope next is an answer to the question why Trump caved in his promise to debate on ABC and now demands it be on Fox when he claimed Fox "promotes Dem polls" and said "we have to win without Fox"...
How is going ON Fox winning WITHOUT Fox?
itsonlyrocknroll
If Kamala Harris follow the strategic tactical advice, the game plan devised by Harris legion of consultants, to the letter, avoids sit downs, interviews with hostiles, unnecessary debate, concentrates on campaigning to partisan rallies and audiences, picks a running mate that can act as a shield. Who knows.
If Harris debates with Trump, an adversary that revels on mischief, political roguery, goading, Harris could stumble.
John
”Gotcha moments” like reading his own statements back to him.
AND he’s a coward.
burgers and beers
"Trump would cheat the debate if it was on Fox news, "
If Trump "cheats" then he would "cheat" wherever the debate is held , not just FOX, same goes in reverse.
Trumps personality is either 100% agree with him or you're an enemy. Putin is very similar to Trump for that reason, it is illegal to be a competent opponent for an election against Putin because he is scared of losing a fair fight
Ah, that old chestnut of trying to equal Trump with Putin again. Yawn...how about instead, let's get the FOX debate on so Kamala can wipe the floor with Don at his chosen venue. Then it will be clear to everyone.
lincolnman
I think I've figured out why Trump thinks insulting and disrespecting minorities and women will get them to vote for him...
He ridiculed his own supporters by calling them "the great unwashed"....and they still love him...
He told them to take the COVID vaccine, which they think is poison, and they still worship him...
No wonder he thinks this racist "DEI" attack will get him more votes...
More MAGA-weirdness...
Ken
Trump is God to Fox news, ABC sees Trump for what he is, stating facts because a reporter would lose their job at Fox if they badmouthed Trump
Fox news is worst than North Korean Propaganda. Trump is scared of a challenge he already accepted against a woman so he wants his Fox henchmen to give him an advantage
stormcrow
You Go, girl!!!
John
Or “bLack”?
A really weird over-emphasis on the 2nd consonant.
Blacklabel
He had a debate planned with only Biden.
he didn’t say “anyONE”.
like when a boxer retires, the fight is canceled. The guy who now refuses to fight doesn’t get to pick a last minute replacement and demand the fight proceed same day and place.
see you on 4th or not at all. See Joe on the 10th?
John
And if that comes to pass, the electorate will know that it’s because he is a coward who’s afraid of educated black women and tough questions.
Underworld
Blacklabel
Not true. The debate was planned with the Democratic candidate, not Biden.
But I expect he won't chicken out. He can't afford to.
Blacklabel
It was not. He clearly said he agreed to a series of 2 debates with “crooked Joe Biden” on the identified dates and networks.
Blacklabel
Black. Capital B.
Ken
Boxing is not the same as running a country, there is no Vice Boxer. Trump said he would debate against Democracy, if he wants to chicken out we could have Vance debate her. Would be interesting probably less meltdowns from his side but more nonsense talk from Vance
Strangerland
Kamala has said she's showing up on the scheduled date in September.
It's either a campaign rally for her with America watching, or Trump can be there to get knocked down debating her. Either one works.
Underworld
Blacklabel
The contract he agreed to didn't have “crooked Joe Biden” written as the opponent. It had the Democratic candidate.
Strangerland
Trump is a boxer passed his prime.
He's old, tired, and his attacks are ineffectual now. It doesn't help that everyone figured out how weird he is.
John
Yes, them. Scared of them, doesn’t think they are his equal. Having his own racist rhetoric thrown in his face by them terrifies him.
Thus the ducking.
Because he is a coward.
Strangerland
If Kamala refuses to bow down to Trump running to Fox news like a scaredy cat, then MAGA will think she's weak. If Trump is too scared to debate Kamala in Sept on the agreed up on plan, everyone else not MAGA thinks he looks weak.
MAGA can be safely discounted, there aren't enough of them. All the polls now show Harris ahead in the swing states.
Bob Fosse
She’s already ahead in the polls. DNC and VP pick will boost her further.
Eastmann
and who really cares abt it...?
Ken
The whole world