Incredible the last few weeks — from the debate at the end of June to right now, shit has hit the fan, from Joe Biden quitting the race to the wonder of Kamala Harris, to today’s announcement of Tim Walz as VP.
Democrats are celebrating in glee, Republicans can see the shitstain on the wall.
And a wonder is it all (the Guardian):
“If Donald Trump and JD Vance are irritated that Kamala Harris smiles and laughs, they’re really going to be irritated by Tim Walz,” Melissa Hortman, the Democratic speaker of Minnesota’s house of representatives, told the Guardian.
“He is a cheerful person, he’s a positive, upbeat person, he’s charismatic. He can get a crowd going.”
Hence, real time is traveling light with a heavy schedule:
As a lifelong political junkie with a degree in history who taught history and read multiple biographies of every U.S. president, I can confidently say that there has never been anything like the 2024 election, where every day is a month and we have no idea what’s coming next.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 6, 2024
According to GOPers, a T-Rump meltdown — via The UK’s Independent this evening:
“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist and former Trump state department appointee, told Politico.
“This is a guy who cut through the Republican primary like a knife through butter. This is a guy who pummeled a semi-conscious president in a debate and literally out of a race. And now this is a guy who cannot come to grips with a competitive presidential race that would require discipline and effective messaging,” Bartlett continued. “And we’re seeing a candidate and a campaign absolutely meltdown.”
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“This is a man who is incapable of controlling his emotions,” said former congressman Adam Kinzinger, who has signed on to the initiative, Republicans for Harris. “Against all advice, against all sanity, he is attacking the Republican governor of Georgia… Donald Trump is losing his marbles.”
Trump’s running mate JD Vance has managed to generate his own negative headlines with his “weird” antics, and caused outrage when his past comments, calling the vice president a “childless cat lady”, resurfaced.
An anonymous GOP strategist also told the outlet: “Every day Trump swipes at shiny objects — attacking the popular governor of a swing state, questioning the race of his opponent, or battling cat lady comments by his VP — is a day he is letting Harris define herself on her own terms.”
GOP political consultant Mike Madrid echoed this sentiment on X, writing: “Trump fatigue is real. America is ready to move on.”
Especially facing nice-guys Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, who just throw T-Rump’s shit right back into his orange face, but do it in the best normal way — by pointing out how ‘weird‘ the entire MAGA process and its pushers are in real-time.
Except, maybe, they’re not real bright:
Donald's already admitting defeat. pic.twitter.com/jDq6U865x4
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 6, 2024
Counting down the days, or not, yet once again here we are…
(Illustration out front: ‘President Trump,’ by Jonathan Bass, found here.)