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This Is Exactly What the Trump Team Feared (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Rapidcreek to c/politics

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[–] Rapidcreek 160 points 5 months ago (24 children)

All those young women who didn't want to choose between old white guys now have a choice: someone who stands up for choice.

And you're going to have to debate a prosecutor.

You're going to look so weak and whiny either way.

You just had your best month.

It's all downhill from here.

And someday, not soon, but sooner than you want, you're going to hear more Guilty verdicts.

And despite the bandage on your ear, you're going to hear that loud clang when the cell door shuts.

Best of all, you'll be on the hard, small side of that door.

Alone.

[–] grue 61 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm amused at the notion that Trump's "best month" includes getting shot at. I hope you're right and that all the rest of his months are worse than that!

[–] Passerby6497 51 points 5 months ago (17 children)

Trump getting shot is the literal high point of his campaign. There will not be another event that had so much potential to turn his campaign around. If that demented diaper shitting fucknugget can't even get a sympathetic bump from getting a ballistic ear piercing, his campaign is doomed. Especially since his rhetoric change didn't last 20 minutes.

[–] worldwidewave 9 points 5 months ago

The weakest point of the Trump campaign is Trump himself. He’s a known quantity, and given the biggest shake-up in the last 40 years of presidential campaigns, he wasn’t able to keep up the “unity” facade for a single speech. Just a poor and certainly beatable politician.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago

Reading this gave me good feels, thanks for the morning endorphins.

[–] psycho_driver 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Kamala does seem like the type that would go hard on those fuckers if she gets in. Lets hope.

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[–] moshankey 15 points 5 months ago

Oh my lord. That was beautiful.

[–] themeatbridge 14 points 5 months ago (5 children)

And you're going to have to debate a prosecutor.

Everyone seems really enthusiastic about the prospect of another debate, but I don't think Trump agrees to another debate. Why would he?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Harris just needs to tell everyone he's afraid to debate her.

His ego won't take it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

He should be afraid. Whatever fear he may have, it's probably not enough. Sleepy Ramblin' Don is no match for Harris! He's afraid of powerful black women. He's too chicken to take her on and too inadequate. He knows it. We know it. Poor weak stupid Don. Sad!

[–] Passerby6497 11 points 5 months ago

Especially if they lean into the race/gender aspects. Can you imagine how frothed up his base would be at the notion that he's scared to debate a black woman?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Yeah, he won't. The question is how much and in what way he bluffs. I'm sure his campaign is calculating how long he can wait to cancel before the debate time, without TV stations running the time slot anyway with just Harris.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'd like to see it personally. But you're right, it might not happen, he's already whining that he won't do it unless the venue is changed from. ABC to Fox News. We'll see what happens though.

[–] eltrain123 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It’s already on the books for Sept 10. If Donny turns tail, Kamala just gets an open platform with the whole country watching to lay out her platform and point out Trump isn’t there because he is incapable of forming a plan he can stand up and defend.

It’s a win-win for her, no matter what he does. His only hope is to play the game and not look like a fool…. Is that possible?

[–] cabron_offsets 4 points 5 months ago

Ego.

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[–] _sideffect 100 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She'd better start at 150%, going out the gate guns blazing, sights focused on being louder than the Republicans are used to.

The Dems are too soft spoken; they need to be more fierce, especially against the trump party of the last few years.

[–] Wilzax 51 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I hate to engage in stereotype, but I really hope Kamala Harris plays up the black woman trope of being vocal and adamant about calling out the bullshit they know everyone can see. We've had too many white male presidents who embody the white male trope of failing upwards.

[–] Plopp 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That would be really interesting and fun to watch. But cue the "You see this angry black woman 🖐️, typical black woman, we all know it 🫲🫱, totally unhinged👌, imagine the damage she would do, clearly 🫲🫱 unfit to be president."

[–] Wilzax 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The hands really sold it for me holy shit that's hilariously awful.

I don't think that kind of response will sway any voters toward Trump who were otherwise undecided, and might push more black Trump voters (I doubt there are many of them left) to switch to supporting Kamala instead

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

There is an astounding number of religious black Trump voters. It’s disheartening.

[–] krashmo 2 points 5 months ago

You say that like this isn't the game plan no matter what Harris does. Why concern yourself with what Republicans will do when you already know it will be the option only a huge piece of shit would pick?

[–] FlexibleToast 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think in this case it would be flexing her DA skills.

[–] crystalmerchant 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Paywall

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Here ya go.

[–] cabron_offsets 16 points 5 months ago

Good. Fuckem. Live in fear, and hopefully, in a supermax in the near future.

[–] Randelung 5 points 5 months ago

Man, I hope he falls back into his victim role and can't get out anymore. 100% of this man is charisma for some reason.

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