Originally published at: Kamala Harris Puts A Wobbly Donald Trump Back On His Heels
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. ‘Sucker Punch’ The Trump campaign had at least a month of forewarning that President Biden ending his re-election bid was a plausible scenario, and they let every reporter within earshot know that if that happened…
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She’s going to win.
GOTV.
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And bigly. Very, very bigly!
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CNN reports today on how the MAGA 6 “justices” conferred absolute power on Trump in an attempt to sidetrack his criminal trials. The MAGA 6 declared Trump emperor. As the dissent noted, the MAGA 6 said a president is immune to the law if he sells pardons, attempts (or succeeds) in a coup, and has political rivals assasinated. And, unspoken in the decision, is a lawless president can assasinate judges who resist. That’s right. Kill them.
If we get another Trump regime, our democracy and freedom are dead, thanks in great part to Roberts and the rest of the lawless MAGA 6 “justices.”
I couldn’t link the piece, but here is a screenshot:
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Excerpts:
“The bad news is that Kamala Harris does not have the same baggage as Joe Biden, because whatever we might have to say, Kamala is a lot younger. And Kamala Harris is obviously not struggling in the same ways that Joe Biden did,” he added.
“We have a very unique opportunity, but also a very unique challenge, because, let’s be honest, 10 days ago, the two candidates who were running for president, everybody had an opinion about ’em. Love ’em or hate ’em, everybody has an opinion about Donald Trump and Joe Biden after the past eight years. But Kamala Harris, people don’t really know,”
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Of all the idiotic tropes that have infested the American psyche in recent decades (and there have been plenty), “double haters” is one of the stupidest. How did people think there was no significant difference between Trump and Biden, or that their negative qualities somehow balance out?
Clearly, I’m extremely glad Harris started off with such momentum, but the continuing blockheadedness of a significant slice of the electorate means you can’t take the smallest thing for granted.
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Just weird…
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Doyle Lonnegan : What was I supposed to do, call him for cheating better than me in front of the others?
For me, this line from Robert Shaw in the Sting has always defined the dilemma the modern GOP finds itself in. Other GOP pols know Mr. Trump is a narcissistic, totally unqualified, sociopathic grifter, but what are they supposed to do? The GOP has been an organized con for decades, and he pulls it off better than anyone else. As an example, just look at his VP pick…
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So, re: ‘Are You On Team Weird’? I have never agreed with Dubya on anything, but on this we are on the same page:
“But, according to three people who were present, Bush gave a brief assessment of Trump’s inaugural after leaving the dais: “That was some weird shit.” All three heard him say it.”
Trump, unifying America in weird ways…
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The photos of his weird and unnatural posture circulating through the press and the accompanying speculation about “what’s wrong with him” must have massively outraged the seething narcissist.
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“All of us were hit with a little bit of a political sucker punch.” STD Vance/Bowman/Hamel
That wasn’t a “sucker punch.” That was a straight up jab. Followed by an upper cut with all the fund raising.
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So IIUC, DT had at least a month to come up with a plan for a very plausible scenario and totally whiffed it, but we’re supposed to believe he can game out crisis scenarios in 2 days or less, maybe even hours.
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Donnie’s belly makes him tilt. Even toe pads aren’t gonna fix that
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One encouraging sign is that unlike Obama or Biden, Harris will aggressively attack Republicans. Acting “presidential” or above the fray may have worked in traditional American politics, but (I suspect) because of the lasting malign influence of Newt Gingrich, that’s gone out the window for the rest of our lifetimes:
‘A Harris 2024 campaign email sent on Friday was headlined, “JD Vance Is a Creep (Who Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide).” The statement continued, “JD Vance is weird. Voters know it – Vance is the most unpopular VP pick in decades.”’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/29/democrats-call-republicans-weird/
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Some?
“Well, you know, a few, some, and when I say “some” I mean more we’d like to admit.”
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It’s his massive gut that throws off his posture.
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Here is the link
The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court | CNN Politics
Roberts is a Trumper.
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Kamala Harris Puts A Wobbly Donald Trump Back On His Heels
HIT HIM HARDER … his heels are built up so absurdly high - one strong blow & he will tip over … then he will thrash about like an upside-down turtle.
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Well the cult being punched is punching a sucker so Vance isn’t wrong in that sense.
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