2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

  • Thread starter Thread starter nycfan
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies: 8K
  • Views: 298K
  • Politics 
The country needs the election to be over. In the past 48 hours, the focus on what a comedian said and what the president said shows that folks have run out of things to talk about.
 
Last edited:
1moretimeagain said:
We just had 3 days driven by comments from the comedian and Joe let’em off the hook. Of course a big deal is going to be made of it.
Click to expand...
I don't see it this way at all in terms of voter impact. This doesn't motivate maga turnout, doesn't tamper non-maga turnout, and Undecideds (mostly low info at this point) in 7 swing states certainly hear way more vile things from maga on an hourly basis OR are so low-info they won't notice this ambiguous and barely harsh comment.
 
Republicans: “Democrats are a bunch of Jew-hating, child molesting, pedophile sex trafficking, baby blood drinking, communist Marxist anti-American beta cucks who are literal human scum and are the enemy within! Oh, and by the way, Hitler did some good things, Puerto Rico is literally a floating island of garbage, immigrants are poisoning the blood of America, and we should round up and mass deport all immigrants, even the legal ones, while simultaneously cheering for Elon Musk to purposefully destroy our economy. Oh, and FUCK YOUR FEELINGS YOU OBAMADEM LIBT*** PRONOUN LOVING SOY BOY!”

Joe Biden: “Trump’s supporters are garbage.”

Republicans:

Surprised Meme GIF
Sad Cry GIF by SpongeBob SquarePants
Sad Baby GIF

Sack up, you basket of deplorables.
 
Trump: “Kamala Harris is a nasty, dumb, low IQ skank who blew her way to the top and has pimp handlers and she’s really not even Black. I also think that Hitler did good things, immigrants have dirty genes and are poisoning our country, liberals are human vermin and are the enemy within on whom I plan to sic the American military when I win. And no, I absolutely will not denounce the hateful Nazi rhetoric from my MSG rally the other night because there were many fine Nazis on both sides and besides I agree with them.”

Biden: “Trump supporters are garbage.”

Republicans:

Sad Anthony Anderson GIF
 
nycfan said:

Trump and His Allies Link Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Comment to 2016 ‘Deplorables’ Remark​

Within minutes of the clip of President Biden’s remarks going viral, the Trump campaign and others were using it to attack Kamala Harris and Democrats.

www.nytimes.com

Trump and His Allies Link Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Comment to 2016 ‘Deplorables’ Remark

Within minutes of the clip of President Biden’s remarks going viral, the Trump campaign and others were using it to attack Kamala Harris and Democrats.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

“…On Tuesday, it was President Biden who provided the ammunition, appearing to call Trump supporters “garbage” while talking to Latino allies by video.

…
Mr. Rubio added, as the crowd booed and Mr. Trump shook his head: “He’s talking about the Border Patrol. He’s talking about nurses. He’s talking about teachers. He’s talking about everyday Americans who love their country and want to dream big again and support you, Mr. President.”

Mr. Trump’s team saw the moment from Mr. Biden as similar to the occasion when Mrs. Clinton, speaking at a fund-raiser in late summer during the 2016 campaign, condemned half of Mr. Trump’s supporters as belonging in “what I call the basket of deplorables.” She had added, “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up.”

…
“That’s terrible,” Mr. Trump said from the stage at his rally. “So you have — remember Hillary, she said ‘Deplorable.’” He added of Mr. Biden, “I’m convinced that he likes me more than he likes Kamala.”

Mr. Trump has repeatedly demonized Democrats, using terms that have included “the enemy within,” “communists,” “Marxists” and “vermin.” He has attacked his critics and threatened some with prosecution if he becomes president again.

… By Tuesday night, the Trump campaign was using the Biden comments to appeal to his supporters. Mr. Trump sent a fund-raising email with the subject line: “You are not garbage! I love you! You are the best our nation has to offer.”

Mr. Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, who has been the former president’s most aggressive defender, posted on X about the remark, writing: “This is disgusting. Kamala Harris and her boss Joe Biden are attacking half of the country. There’s no excuse for this. I hope Americans reject it.” …”
Click to expand...
Republicans and right-wing media live for this shit - it's an easy way to keep their base riled up and angry. Not surprisingly, Fox News is all over this Biden remark, as I'm sure are OAN and Newsmax and other conservative media. Having said that, the only people who are going to care are Trump's own supporters, and they were already voting for him anyway. Nobody outside that base is going to be swayed by this.

And I'll also add that it is the height of hypocrisy for Republicans to get all offended at this remark given they way they all talk about Democrats. Hell, at Trump's NYC rally they threatened to kill Democrats, called them evil and satanic, and all sorts of crap. But of course they were the ones doing the attacking then, so it's all OK. But let something like this happen and they are immediately outraged. It's truly ridiculous.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top