Talk about an enemy within!
As Kamala Harris delivered her closing argument Tuesday night, in the shadow of the White House, site of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech, to defend her position as a unifier, Joe Biden lobbed a verbal grenade into the heart of his campaign, calling out Trump supporters. ‘trash’.
The damage is inestimable.
It’s Hillary Clinton’s “deplorable” moment once again, proof that Democrats haven’t learned anything since 2016, don’t really care, and have never stopped believing that Trump voters are breathing racist, fascist, sexist xenophobes. the mouth
The only question: Does Biden know what he’s doing?
It seems more and more so to me. As it appears, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, two of the most astute political strategists of the modern era, have made damaging comments while defending Kamala.
Would it be surprising if the Democratic establishment had, at best, mixed feelings about a future President Cackles?
As Kamala Harris delivered her closing argument Tuesday night, in the shadow of the White House, site of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech, to defend her position as a unifier, Joe Biden lobbed a verbal grenade into the heart of his campaign, calling out Trump supporters. ‘trash’ .
Speaking to Latino voters in a Zoom interview, President Biden seized on comments made by an insult comedian at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, calling Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.”
Now: Was that a clumsy reference to Puerto Rico’s decades-long environmental crisis, caused by the overflow of garbage that endangers water, air, soil and wildlife?
Maybe. But it wasn’t like that. That joke, championed, in particular, by none other than a progressive icon like Jon Stewart, was easily interpreted as racist. It was a terrible and unforced error. The Trump campaign quickly disavowed him.
But here old Joe came in handy Tuesday night, speaking from the White House as Harris tried to sound presidential.
“Just the other day,” Biden said, “a speaker at the (Trump) rally called Puerto Rico ‘a floating island of garbage.'” The only trash I see floating around is from his followers.
It was the quiet part said out loud, again.
The mask slips and slides and cannot be fixed properly. Conservatives do not express this kind of hatred toward liberals. Confusion, yes. Skepticism, yes. Sure, Trump attacks Democratic elites, the lunatic left, and says a lot of crazy things, but you don’t hear him calling Harris supporters “trash” or “deplorables.”
Yet Democrats – and their compatriots in the left-wing media – continue to glorify themselves as the party of kindness, unity and tolerance when they are not.
In their eyes, anyone who questions trans orthodoxy is an irredeemable bigot. Anyone who is not pro-Palestinian is a genocidal warmonger. If you question unrestricted late-term abortions, you want to strip women of all their rights. If you want a controlled border, you are racist.
And if you vote for Trump, you’re trash.
Never let it be said that Democrats don’t know how to get people to the polls.
On Wednesday morning, Harris attempted to clean up this mess by speaking, conveniently muffled by the engines of Air Force Two, to a press group at Joint Base Andrews.
Have you spoken to President Biden since his comments?
“He called me last night,” she said, “but this didn’t come up.”
Are you kidding? Your own ‘October Surprise’ did not rise?
Just when you think Harris couldn’t be any less authentic, she outdoes herself. It’s really the only thing she’s good at.
Why not express anger, disgust, emotion? Why not make a real faith effort to talk to the undecided who are undoubtedly now leaning toward Trump?
On the other hand, this is a woman who continually praises ‘Dougie’, the troublesome husband who allegedly slapped an ex-girlfriend and got the babysitter pregnant. Perhaps Kamala Harris is well versed in excusing bad behavior (harmful, catastrophic behavior) by the men in her life.
Asked if Trump voters would find Biden’s comments insulting, Harris said: “I’m running for president of the United States” – we know – “by talking to the American people… to encourage them about their aspirations, their ambitions and their dreams.
This again? Unreal.
How come none of your speechwriters, none of those ex-Obama geniuses, are able to craft a concise reply?
Whether she’s fueled by fear, ineptitude, or laziness, Harris continues to affirm one truth: she’s not up to the job.
Sure, Trump attacks Democratic elites, the lunatic left, and says a lot of crazy things, but you don’t hear him calling Harris supporters “trash” or “deplorables.”
Maybe that’s why Bill Clinton, who surely knows better, admitted while defending Kamala! — that Laken Riley, the 22-year-old nursing student killed by an illegal immigrant, would likely still be alive if the Biden-Harris administration had “properly vetted” the more than 10 million immigrants (probably more) who have crossed the border in the last four years.
Or why Barack Obama intimidated black voters who, in his opinion, “don’t feel the idea of having a woman as president.”
In the wake of Biden’s trash talk, the White House was in uproar. First, they issued a transcript that changed the word “partisans” to “supporters,” an unethical alteration of a sitting president’s comments.
Aides then furiously contacted newsrooms, including the Mail, to “verify” that editors had the official White House statement.
And of course, the left-wing media quickly fell in line. Here’s the hint from the New York Times report, updated at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday:
“Donald J. Trump and his allies are trying to recreate a moment that resonated deeply with his supporters in the 2016 campaign: when Hillary Clinton referred to Trump supporters as a ‘basket of deplorables.'”
You see: Biden’s comments are Trump’s fault!
That’s why Harris can’t get over 50 percent in the polls. This is why traditional media is dying.
When you tell people that what they have seen and heard is not, in fact, what they have seen and heard, you are lost. When you tell people they’re too stupid to trust their own sensory input, same thing.
And when your outgoing president is still bitter about his ouster (when, according to Axios this weekend, his offers to help Harris’ campaign are routinely rebuffed), well, you might find yourself agreeing with your opponent: Indeed , there is an enemy within. .
And his name is Joe Biden.