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kerry-is-my-prez

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Fri Aug 2, 2024, 06:39 PM Aug 2024

Trump was hoping to have blacks question Harris' "blackness." [View all]

I was going over different theories as to what Trump was up to and this one makes the most sense to me:

https://www.electoral-vote.com/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAA-AWnIbb8s9hY86ZEh-VXwzHjKLj2#item-4

Our assessment of what happened is this: Trump knows he needs Black votes, and he also knows that he's less likely to get them up against a Black woman than a white man. And so, he's decided that his best hope is to convince Black Americans that she's not really one of them. The problem here is that this is a pretty offensive judgment for a white guy to make, particularly in front of an audience of Black people. And when it started to go poorly, Trump reverted to "defense" mode, and started lashing out. It does not help that he has, by all indications, lost some of his mental agility, and so is not in a great position to choose his words well.
Even after reading all this, readers might reach their own conclusions, and decide that J.W. and M.M. and all the op-ed writers have the right of it. Fair enough. But keep one other thing in mind: In 2020 (a little) and in 2016 (a lot), everyone (including us) kept falling victim to the notion that Trump was playing 3-D chess, and that there was some deep, strategic plan to the crazy things he said and did. It turns out there was no 3-D chess in 2016, or in 2020, and we don't know why anything would be different now. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes an unhinged racist is just an unhinged racist. (Z)

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Trump is terrified of VP Harris. Duncanpup Aug 2024 #1
Trump has brain damage from sniffing his own farts too often Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 #2
I think that's a stretch. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #3
Maybe not all, but some SilasSouleII Aug 2024 #22
That's what I've been saying democrattotheend Aug 2024 #4
That's exactly what he was trying to do, but his usual tone deafness got him localroger Aug 2024 #5
I doubt it's that low Metaphorical Aug 2024 #6
Kamala Pledged AKA at Howard University Deep State Witch Aug 2024 #7
He thinks everyone is as stupid as his supporters not fooled Aug 2024 #8
Oh yea. It was the "she's not black enough card" but ms liberty Aug 2024 #9
Taje away bigotry and misogyny and he's got little left to talk about unblock Aug 2024 #10
Dodgy Hotep types will (and did back in 2020) attack her for not only being a 'true black American' but also simply for Celerity Aug 2024 #11
That's very good malaise Aug 2024 #20
Racist whites like Old Don think that if you're "half" anything, you are nothing. ZonkerHarris Aug 2024 #12
That's why they are 100% assholes. nt Gore1FL Aug 2024 #24
100% correct malaise Aug 2024 #13
Can we question Trump's Swedishness? keithbvadu2 Aug 2024 #14
Americans abroad claimed to be Canadian during W's rule. wnylib Aug 2024 #15
The spineless bottom dweller Bundbuster Aug 2024 #16
Trump Whitesplaining Harris' Blackness Mz Pip Aug 2024 #17
Any Black person knows if you went to Howard University and was in a black sorority you is black girrrrl! kimbutgar Aug 2024 #18
His daddy wore the hood, and the apple didn't fall far from that tree. n/t PatrickforB Aug 2024 #19
Did anyone else notice? KentuckyWoman Aug 2024 #21
Yes, exactly.. Escape Aug 2024 #23
Electoral-vote.com sillywabbit Aug 2024 #25
Looks very informative, thanks! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2024 #29
One thing is clear-- trump and Vance aren't looking good in their Klan robes. Base loves it, but few others. Silent Type Aug 2024 #26
Old Don's hoping he can turn the discussion noisily into "Kamala! Black! Kamala! Black! Kamala! Black! Kamala! Black!" struggle4progress Aug 2024 #27
How's that going for him? louslobbs Aug 2024 #28
Unfortunately, for many in this country, biracial is too sophisticated a no_hypocrisy Aug 2024 #30
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