Friday Talking Points -- From Liz Cheney To Bruce Springsteen
There were two major events in the presidential race this week, but we are left wondering if either one of them is going to make much of a difference one way or the other. Perhaps we're getting a bit jaded by it all....
The first was the one-and-only vice-presidential debate, held on CBS this Tuesday. Republican JD Vance faced off with Democrat Tim Walz, and it was watched by 43 million people as it aired. The second was the public release of a document prosecutor Jack Smith had previously filed with the court in Donald Trump's January 6th case. It laid out Smith's basic case, in great detail (165 pages' worth).
In a normal campaign season, either one of these would have been impactful, perhaps shifting the polling in significant ways. But in our hunkered-down tribalistic politics, the needle barely quivered. Maybe we're all getting a bit jaded?
There were two other rather large events that could affect politics this week: the massive damage Hurricane Helene did -- especially in the Appalachian Mountain region -- and an East Coast dockworkers' strike. The first shouldn't really have been political, and the second was over almost before anyone was aware it was happening.
The dockworkers' strike was notable for how President Joe Biden stood firmly with the Unions (once again) and pretty much forced management to largely accede to Union demands. This could have been a gigantic political headache if it had gone on longer than it did, as the news would have been filled with stories of people panic-buying toilet paper and having holiday seasons from Hallowe'en to Christmas disrupted because of empty shelves. The two stories even threatened to overlap, as some began wondering if the supply-chain halt at the ports was going to affect hurricane recovery efforts. But thankfully, the workers secured a whopping 62 percent raise and postponed any further strike actions until next year. The crisis was averted, and the White House deserves a lot of credit for both standing with the workers and resolving the issue quickly enough that it didn't become a major problem.
The hurricane was a lot more devastating, of course. As of this writing, the death toll stands at over 200, and mountain towns in places like Georgia and North Carolina are still largely cut off from the rest of the world. Recovery efforts continue, and things seem to be going pretty smoothly -- if you listen to accurate reports in the news media, that is. If you listen to the wild-eyed conspiracy theorists that now make up the Republican Party, however, then you'd be thinking any number of crazy things right now.
Taking the prize (once again) for "craziest of the crazy" was Marjorie "Space Lasers" Taylor Greene, who tweeted out: "Yes, they can control the weather." She did not specify who "they" was, but later tweeted out a map purportedly showing how the hurricane mysteriously only hit areas with lots of Republican voters the hardest. Now, we are old enough to remember when evangelical preachers would routinely call natural disasters "the wrath of God" when they attacked areas with lots of Democrats, so this seemed rather ironic to us, we had to say.
But M.T.G. wasn't the only one, by far. So many crazy theories are being spread that FEMA had to take the time to create a web page debunking them, and a Republican House member had to beg people to stop with all the craziness.
Of course, that didn't stop Donald Trump from weighing in with his own easily-disprovable lies. Trump, of course, is an absolute master of projection -- whatever he accuses his opponents of doing, it's a pretty safe bet that he's done the same thing already (or thought about it, at any rate). Such was the case this time as well.
First Trump accused President Joe Biden of not contacting Republican governors affected by the storm. The Republican governors in question then released public statements disproving this, saying the Biden administration was giving them everything they asked for and that Joe Biden has indeed been personally talking to them.
For good measure, Trump proved (once again) that he is absolutely clueless about everything -- even something that he could very easily ask someone knowledgeable and learn something about -- saying: "Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now. It's so late in the season for the hurricanes." We are actually smack-dab in the middle of hurricane season (which the internet had fun pointing out to him afterwards). Trump also proved his cluelessness (or perhaps "complete lack of empathy") by telling people in Georgia: "You'll be okay," which completely ignored the hundreds of deaths that had happened.
Then Trump accused Biden of something he routinely did himself while in office -- making decisions for disaster aid based on the political makeup of the people affected. Biden and the government were "going out of their way not to help people in Republican areas," Trump falsely accused. Biden has reacted by stating the truth -- that Trump is "lying" about all this crazy stuff.
Trump then moved on to his favorite subject, and made another false accusation:
The Harris-Biden administration says they don't have any money [for hurricane relief].... They spent it all on illegal migrants.... They stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them.
The Washington Post provided a handy fact-check, proving that once again this was some world-class projection from Trump:
It turns out that's because [Donald Trump] did this! In 2019, the Trump administration, in the middle of hurricane season, told Congress that it was taking $271 million from DHS programs, including $155 million from the disaster fund, to pay for immigration detention space and temporary hearing locations for asylum seekers who have been forced to wait in Mexico. "The U.S. is facing a security and humanitarian crisis on the Southern border," the administration said in its notice that it was redirecting the funds.
The monthly reports issued by the FEMA disaster fund show $38 million was plucked and given to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August that year -- just before the prime storm period of September and October.
Others -- who had directly worked for Trump in his administration -- chimed in with stories of how Trump would decide whether to deploy disaster-relief funding based on (you guessed it!) the political makeup of the areas hardest-hit:
According to E&E News, Trump had to be convinced to send federal disaster aid to California in 2018, when the state was plagued with deadly wildfires that killed more than 100.
Former Trump resiliency policy director Mark Harvey told the outlet that Trump was worried about sending aid to the deep-blue state until he pulled voter data showing that Trump had more support in Orange County, California than Iowa.
"We went as far as looking up how many votes he got in those impacted areas... to show him these are people who voted for you," Harvey told E&E. "There's no empathy for the survivors. It is all about getting your photo-op, right? Disaster theater to make him look good."
In other words, Trump just naturally assumes that everyone else (Joe Biden included) is just as much of a sociopath as he is, and would therefore react in exactly the same fashion that he did.
But let's go back to those other stories for a moment. The vice-presidential debate this week was a much more normal political debate than we've seen at least since Mike Pence and Kamala Harris debated four years ago. We wrote our extensive reactions to the debate the next day, just for the record, but suffice it to say that the entire debate seemed pretty much like a draw. Tim Walz did win the "most memorable line of the evening" award, for boxing JD Vance into a corner on the whole "Did Trump lose?" question. Vance tried to skate away with "I'm focused on the future," while Walz pointed out: "That is a damning non-answer."
But as many pointed out before the debate began, few voters decide to change their minds after watching the vice-presidential candidates face off, and this year looks to be no different. Vance told lie after lie, but neither Walz nor Vance were in "full attack-dog mode" and they instead mostly kept their sights trained on the person at the top of the respective party tickets. The snap polling afterwards indicated that both veep candidates improved their likeability ratings, but we would be seriously surprised if the overall polling in the presidential race moves much (if at all) over the next week or so.
Walz did get off one interesting line, after appearing on the debate stage wearing Taylor Swift-inspired friendship bracelets. In his closing statement, Walz pointed out the breadth of the coalition supporting Harris by summing it up as being: "From Bernie Sanders to Dick Cheney to Taylor Swift and a whole bunch of folks in between there." It was little-noticed in the commentary afterwards, but we have to say, that's a pretty good line!
As for the January 6th court filing being made public, well, it certainly fleshed out some details about how Donald Trump knew he had lost but continued to (as he put it) "fight like Hell" anyway and how he reacted to the insurrection attempt at the Capitol. And it certainly put the subject of Trump refusing to conceded his loss back in the spotlight again (which enraged Trump no end). But at this point, we doubt it'll change any Trump supporters' minds. At best, it could remind some undecided voters of the worst of Trump's tenure in office and give them a reason to vote for Harris (or, at the very least, stay home and not vote at all).
The upshot of both of these stories should really be: Donald Trump and JD Vance are still lying about Trump losing the 2020 election, and look what happened. What are they going to do if they lose this time?
Trump won't be held accountable for what he did last time until at least after the election -- all his legal delaying tactics worked to that extent. But others didn't have his unlimited legal budget. Which is why we end with justice being served to one of the most egregious offenders in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Remember Tina Peters? She was the election official in a Colorado county who, after the election was over, snuck in "a former professional surfer and purported computer expert" to the offices where the elections equipment was securely being held. She allowed him to copy the voting machines' data, which eventually wound up online and was touted by the crazy pillow-hawking guy. All of which was illegal, of course. Earlier, a jury had found her guilty on seven of the ten counts she was tried on. This week was her sentencing.
As the judge handed down a sentence of nine years in prison, he lit into her:
You are no hero, you abused your position, and you're a charlatan who used and is still using your prior position in office to peddle a snake oil that's been proven to be junk time and time again. In your world, it's all about you.
That's just a taste, mind you. He had a lot more to say as well. So if you're feeling frustrated by the fact that Donald Trump won't be facing a jury for his role in attempting to overturn the last election until after the next one happens, check out the video of the judge's courtroom remarks. It'll make you feel like at least some justice has been served in a timely manner, somewhere.
This award is for Democrats only, of course. But we find ourselves mightily wishing we could give it to a Republican this week.
Former Representative Liz Cheney gave a rather amazing endorsement speech this week in Ripon, Wisconsin -- the birthplace of the Republican Party. As usual, she did not mince words one tiny bit. She explained why she was wholeheartedly supporting Kamala Harris for president, and why Donald Trump should never be allowed anywhere near the White House ever again.
She was greeted by the Democratic crowd with chants of: "Thank you, Liz!"
The whole speech is worth watching, if you've got a spare 20 minutes. Cheney's a good speaker, even warming up the crowd by mentioning that she was born in Wisconsin and name-dropping Bret Starr for good measure. But it was when she once again prosecuted the case against Donald Trump that she really hit her stride.
She even got in a truly excellent snarky line, after reviewing her own long history with the Republican Party: "I was a Republican even before Donald Trump started spray-tanning."
There were some other notable endorsements for Harris this week, from Jeff Flake (the former Republican senator from Arizona) to Rudy Giuliani's daughter. But none had quite the impact of Cheney's speech, which is why it is definitely worth watching in full.
But we must choose our award recipients from Democrats, and Cheney simply doesn't qualify.
We have to hand out a Honorable Mention this week to Kate Barr, who is running for a seat in the North Carolina legislature that she knows she is going to lose. But she's running as hard as she can to make a point -- that gerrymandering is undemocratic and should be fought as hard as possible. Read the story, it is rather inspiring (even though, as we said, she's definitely going to lose her election).
But the hands-down winner of the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week is none other than former President Jimmy Carter, who celebrated his 100th birthday this week.
Carter, of course, was a one-term president. He was defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980. His presidency had many problems and crises. But the truly impressive thing about Carter is what he has done since he left the White House. From his work building homes for poor people with Habitat For Humanity, to setting up and leading the Carter Center, to teaching kids in Sunday school, Carter has set a bar for ex-presidents that will likely never be bested.
Jimmy Carter has been -- above all else -- a decent, caring human being. He lives his religious beliefs about helping others. He has set the absolute gold standard for every other president who leaves office early enough in life to still go on achieving things through good works and to continue inspiring others.
He is also the first former president to reach the exalted age of 100 years old, as well as setting the record for "the ex-president who lived the longest after leaving office." But that's just a matter of having good genes and staying healthy, so we're not handing Carter this award just for longevity.
Instead, we bestow the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week to James Earl Carter Junior, not for merely living a long life after leaving office, but for what he did with his ex-presidency. Carter now expresses his final wish -- that he lives long enough to cast his vote for Kamala Harris next month -- and we sincerely hope he makes it. Jimmy Carter will go down in history for being the most decent and caring ex-president America has ever had.
[Congratulate former President Jimmy Carter via The Carter Center's contact page, to let him know you appreciate his efforts, and to wish him a happy birthday too!]
We struggled with this one, we have to admit.
Let us be clear: this is not exactly our personal choice. But we do have to admit that many Democrats were rather disappointed in the debate performance by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz this week.
Walz could have easily been a lot more aggressive in confronting JD Vance to his face. He could have called Vance on the carpet for any number of lies Vance has been telling. He could have pressed the attack with vigor and with specific details.
He didn't.
Walz instead chose to be "Minnesota nice." Except at the very end of the debate, when Walz did provide the most memorable exchange with Vance, denouncing him for still refusing to admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. That was indeed the most impressive part of the debate and the most impressive performance from Walz all night.
But the rest of the night, Walz let Vance get away with plenty of other lies and dodges. The moderators were no help either in combating Vance's dissembling, but then again they had warned everyone beforehand that they weren't going to be doing much fact-checking.
Walz and the Harris campaign obviously made a conscious decision to present Walz as a nice guy, which largely did work -- the entire debate was a lot more pleasant to watch than any debate with Donald Trump in it, that's for sure.
But many Democrats expressed disappointment afterwards, since Vance left himself open to any number of ways to undercut the ridiculous and downright dangerous things he's been saying on the campaign trail. And for the most part, Walz refused to effectively press the attack.
So as we said, it is with a lot of reluctance, but we have to admit that in terms of sheer numbers of Democrats disappointed this week, we must in all honesty give Tim Walz the Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week for his debate performance.
[Contact Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on his official contact page, to let him know what you think of his actions.]
Volume 769 (10/4/24)
It's the usual mixed bag this week, with no overarching theme (other than "the upcoming election," of course). So sit back and enjoy, and feel free to use these talking points anywhere and everywhere, as always.
More good numbers for Biden
Kamala Harris is making gains in the way the public sees the economy. So lean in to the good news!
"Under the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, America has added jobs each and every month they've been in office. This has been an unbroken streak that has led to a record number -- 16 million! -- of new jobs added since 2021. That is more than any other administration has ever managed. Last month alone, a quarter-million new jobs were added. And inflation is now back down to 2.2 percent, proving that the spike we all experienced was the result of all the disruptions to the American economy by the COVID pandemic, and nothing more. The economy continues to grow and do better under Democratic leadership. And more and more Americans are feeling better about the state of the economy as well. I'd call that a job well done."
Women have noticed
This has got to be worrying Team Trump, so rub it in!
"Kamala Harris is opening the gender gap with Donald Trump, a recent poll shows. Harris is the choice of 15 percent more women voters than Trump, and she's even now beating him on the twin issues of the economy and inflation. A majority of women now trust Harris over Trump to handle inflation and bring down the cost of living. On the economy in general, Harris beats Trump by eight points among women. As women begin to picture what America would look like with the first woman in the Oval Office in history, more and more of them are confident that things will continue to get better under Kamala Harris -- not Donald Trump."
Born to run
This, of course, would be a lot bigger news if New Jersey was going to be close, but even though that's not the case, it was still fun to see.
"The most recent high-powered endorsement for Kamala Harris this week came from a diner, where the legendary Bruce Springsteen offered his support. Springsteen rightfully pointed out that his opinion and his vote are no more important than any other citizens', but that he felt he had to make a public statement supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and opposing Donald Trump and JD Vance. Bruce laid out his case in detail -- why Trump was completely unfit for office due to his lack of respect for the U.S. Constitution. So if there are any Springsteen fans out there who are still yet undecided, I would urge you to see what The Boss has to say about the upcoming election -- one he calls 'one of the most consequential elections in our nation's history.' Bruce is voting for Kamala, and he wants you to hear why."
Union voters, take note
Once again, Biden stands with the workers.
"When the dockworkers on the East Coast voted to walk off the job this week, Joe Biden could have forced them back to work, using a federal law to end their strike. But he didn't, because he stands with workers and with Labor. Instead, he started browbeating the companies that own and manage the ports to share some of the incredible profits they've been making the past few years with the men and women who have created that wealth by their hard work. And before the week was over, management caved. They offered the workers a 62-percent raise, and the workers agreed to go back to work and continue negotiations over their other grievances over the next few months. This will allow cargo to be unloaded that will help with hurricane recovery and guarantee full shelves for the end-of-year holiday season. Joe Biden is the most Labor-friendly president in American history -- or, at the very least, since F.D.R. was president. All Union workers should remember this in November, when they go to cast their ballots. Democrats stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Unions when it counts."
The retreat begins
More and more Republicans are slowly realizing that they are just on the wrong side of history.
"I see that Republicans from Melania Trump to JD Vance to embattled House members in swing districts are all running as fast as they can away from the extremists in their own party on the subject of abortion. And some of them even mean it! But most are just searching for some way of improving their messaging -- such as attempting to call themselves pro-choice when their own words and voting records prove it to be a lie. Or trying to make the extremists sound somehow reasonable when they deny women basic human rights and put them at risk of needless pain, suffering, and death. Republicans as a whole are slowly realizing that they are woefully out of touch with even their own base voters on the subject, so they have begun to retreat. Of course, they're going to be caught in this trap until Democrat manage to pass a nationwide abortion rights law, so we'll probably see a lot more Republicans desperately trying to move away from where their own party has stood on the issue for the past half-century."
So what?
This bears repeating, as often as possible.
"The most interesting thing from the filing in the January 6th case against Donald Trump was how he reacted to hearing his own vice president was in serious danger from the crowd Trump had whipped up and pointed at the United States Capitol. While watching the whole thing unfold on live television in the White House, an aide brought Trump the news that Mike Pence was being hustled out of the Capitol because it was being invaded and sacked by Trump supporters chanting 'Hang Mike Pence!' Trump's reaction was pretty much how Trump reacts to everything that doesn't personally involve himself -- he said: 'So what?' Because that's his attitude towards everything that doesn't personally benefit himself: So what?"
DonOld
"Is it time to put Grandpa to bed? You decide -- Donald Trump, or as he's increasingly known as online, 'DonOld Trump' -- was ranting and raving about immigrants when he said the following: 'They have a phone app so that people can come into our country. These are smart immigrants, I guess, because most people don't have any idea what the Hell a phone app is.' Really? Trump is that out of touch? He doesn't even know what a phone app is?!? Remember just a few months ago when the media was going bonkers over the fact that Joe Biden was old? Well, here you go, folks -- we've now got one Grandpa in the race who is so out of touch with modern life he thinks people have no clue what a 'phone app' is. You know what I say? Time for bed, DonOld...."
-- Chris Weigant
Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisWeigant
Cross-posted at: Democratic Underground
It is beyond frustrating to witness in the "Groundhog Day" media landscape we live in. I regularly consult multiple media sources. Every one of them praised the VP candidates for being 'civil' (read: "boring") during the debate.
None of them wholeheartedly condemned the stream of lies and repeated evasions of J D Poser. This is merely the latest example of the false equivalency that they have been exhibiting with Trump since 2015.
I am not "jaded" about the facts, but am about the the MSM's coverage of what should be shocking and unacceptable.
History was made yesterday.. Basement Biden actually participated in a real press conference.. Something even Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris hasn't done AT ALL.. One really has to wonder what Headboard Harris is afraid of..
Anyways, Basement Biden decided it was time to do a campaign ad for President Trump..
"Well, {VP Harris}.. I am in constant contact with her. {Harris} is aware that her and I are singing from the same song sheet. {VP Harris} is a major player in everything we have done. She's completely interlocked with me on everything we have done."
-Basement Biden
Get that?? Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris has been trying to distance herself from Basement Biden's calamitous policies and Basement Biden ropes her in and tells the world that Harris has been part and parcel to each and every one of Basement Biden's calamitous policies..
So much for Token DEI-Hire Headboard Harris' claim that she offers a "NEW WAY FORWARD"...
Basement Biden just told the world that Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris'
"new way" is just more of the same Basement Biden way...
Like I said.. Only a brain dead America hating moron with less than 2 brain cells to rub together could believe that Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris and Tampon Tim NO BALLZ Walz actually has a chance of winning this election..
NO ONE in their right mind is going to vote for 4 more years of Basement Biden and Demon'rat policies...
This award is for Democrats only, of course. But we find ourselves mightily wishing we could give it to a Republican this week.
Former Representative Liz Cheney gave a rather amazing endorsement speech this week in Ripon, Wisconsin -- the birthplace of the Republican Party. As usual, she did not mince words one tiny bit. She explained why she was wholeheartedly supporting Kamala Harris for president, and why Donald Trump should never be allowed anywhere near the White House ever again.
Here is ANOTHER indication of just how far down in the sewer those who suffer from PTDS have fallen...
If I would have told 2006's CW....
(Yes. I was here back when Weigantia was formed...)
…. that he would be slobbering honor and integrity over a CHENEY, he would have laughed uproariously... 2006 CW would have NEVER believed that he could EVER honor a Cheney...
And yet... Here we are...
Demon'rats are so eaten up with their Trump/America hate that they would embrace the reincarnation of Adolph Hitler himself if it would stop President Trump..
How utterly sad and pathetic is that? That Demon'rats are so consumed by hate...
It's more likely than not that Demon'rats will have to be put on suicide watch when President Trump wins re-election...
@rusty
I regularly consult multiple media sources.
I regularly consult multiple media sources but only the ones that say what I want to hear.
There. Fixed it for you, Rusty.. :D Yer welcome..
None of them wholeheartedly condemned the stream of lies and repeated evasions of J D Poser.
OR...
OR they are not lies that are being streamed but rather FACTS that you don't like to hear..
"We can't discount the possibility just because we don't happen to like it."
-Martin Sheen, THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
You see, this is the EXACT problem with you Trump/America hating Demon'rats…
You simply CANNOT see outside your own little delusional bubble..
Here are the FACTS that no amount of your Trump/America hate is going to change..
The administration of Basement Biden and Token DEI-Hire Headboard Harris has been an abysmal failure for the American people..
This is well documented FACT...
COST OF...
Mortgage Rates... Up 156%
Rent... Up 22%
Gas... Up 35%
Energy... Up 33%
Transportation... Up 28%
Eggs... Up 53%
Baby Food... Up 30%
Frozen Vegetables... Up 28%
Bread.... Up 24%
Milk... Up 17%
^^^^ Documented FACT...
This is the disaster that the Demon'rat policies of Basement Biden and Token DEI-Hire Headboard Harris has brought Americans to..
Compare President Trump's administration..
No new wars.. Peace and prosperity.. Low prices on gas and groceries... America LOVED the President Trump years..
Now, you tell me Rusty...
Is your Trump/America hate soo deep and sooo vile that you would wish MORE disaster, MORE destruction, MORE death on the American people??
I mean, look at the FACTS.. Demon'rat policies simply cause Americans misery.. This is fact.. You would wish MORE misery on your fellow Americans JUST because you hate President Trump so deeply??
WOW.. That is simply sad...
Well, fortunately we won't have to find out.. Because there is simply no way that Americans will vote for 4 more years the Demon'rat policies of Basement Biden and Token DEI-Hire Headboard Harris.
It's simply beyond the realm of possibility...
Which you will learn in 30 days or so...
Speaking of the Basement Biden press conference I mentioned before...
It turns out that Basement Biden appeared in the press conference AT THE EXACT MOMENT that Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris was speaking at a major event..
Which caused networks to cut the feed to HER even to cover Basement Biden speaking!!
"We were actually about to go live to Vice President Kamala Harris, who‘s speaking right now in Detroit, Michigan and apparently she‘s talking about this port strike ending. She‘s trying to appeal to union workers and yet you have the president of the United States come out, clearly overshadowing her, answering significant questions."
-CNN host Boris Sanchez
BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Basement Biden is trying to tank Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris' campaign!!!
How hilarious is that!!!! :D
"Kamala began speaking in Michigan at 2:04 EST. Biden went to the White House briefing room two minutes later for the first time since he took office. All of the networks then cut from Kamala to Biden. Biden then said he and Kamala are ‘singing from the same song sheet. She's a major player in everything that we've done. He absolutely despises her lol."
-Greg Price
So not only do we have President Trump taking down Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris.. President Trump is getting HELP from Basement Biden!!!
And ta think that there are STILL people out there who thinks that Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris can win!!
How hilarious is that!! :D
CRINGE video of the day...
https://twitter.com/i/status/1842328110508978670
Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris is reading from a teleprompter..
And then the teleprompter dies..
And you can see the EXACT moment that the teleprompter dies because Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris gets that DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS look..
What a complete and utter waste of skin Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris is, eh?
Ya just gotta admire the bravery and courage of President Trump..
Returning to the scene where he was shot in the head and survived...
What a gutsy move...
And where is Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris and Tampon Tim NO BALLZ Walz???
They are hiding in their bunker, completely afraid of facing the press...
There is simply NO DOUBT as to who the next President of the United States is going to be..
President Donald Trump..
Demon'rats just said the quiet part out loud.
We should be, in my view, repealing something called section 230, which gave platforms on the internet immunity because they were thought to be just pass-throughs, that they shouldn’t be judged for the content that is posted. But we now know that that was an overly simple view. Whether it’s Facebook or Twitter or X or Instagram or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don’t moderate and monitor the content we lose total control and it’s not just the social and psychological effects, it’s real harm.
-Demon'rat Hillary Clinton
That's what Demon'rats are all about.. They have to have "total control" of Americans...
President Trump is the only one willing to stand in their way...
Trump then moved on to his favorite subject, and made another false accusation:
The Harris-Biden administration says they don't have any money [for hurricane relief].... They spent it all on illegal migrants.... They stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them.
FALSE accusation??
Now ya'all are simply LYING....
"FEMA Regional Administrators have been meeting with city officials on site to coordinate — to coordinate available federal support from FEMA and other federal agencies. Funding is also available through FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter program to eligible local governments and not-for-profit organizations upon request to support humanitarian relief for migrants."
-Basement Biden Press Secretary Jean Claude Damn, 16 Sep 2022
Basement Biden's FEMA spent FEMA funds on illegal immigrants and now there is not enough FEMA funds to help Americans caught in a disaster.
This is documented FACT that no amount of Demon'rat lies will change...
the accusation was in fact false.
the accusation was in fact false.
And yet, I just PROVED that Basement Biden's FEMA *DID* use FEMA funds for illegal immigrants..
Therefore, the accusation that Basement Biden did use FEMA Funds for illegal immigrants is, in fact, factually accurate..
SILENCE GIVES ASSENT
-Demon'rat Party
I accept your concession....
And yet, I just PROVED that Basement Biden's FEMA *DID* use FEMA funds for illegal immigrants..
Nope. You are just being a partizan hack. FEMA distributes funds to deal with migrants via the Shelter and Services Program but the money does not come from FEMA's budget. Even if it was true, it's hundreds of millions out of a 30 billion dollar budget. And lets not forget similar actions happened during the Trump administration...
You are just trying to manufacture outrage cause' you got nothin' real...
"I am concerned about the security and well-being of civilians suffering in Lebanon and will continue working to help meet the needs of all civilians there and sending them money that would go to essential needs, including food, shelter, water, protection, and sanitation to help those who have been displaced by the recent conflict."
-Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris
The bimbo is more concerned about the terrorists in Lebanon than she is about the Americans affected by Hurricane Helene...
What kind of America hating moron would actually vote for Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris??
And yet, I just PROVED that Basement Biden's FEMA *DID* use FEMA funds for illegal immigrants..
You PROVED that you are a freaking idiot, but that’s about it! It IS simply PATHETIC that Trump is still running his entire campaign on the scary threat that the MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS who enter our nation daily are bringing to our lives!
Quick question: Where are the hundreds of millions of illegals located, exactly? Trump says MILLIONS cross our borders illegally EVERY SINGLE DAY! So where are they? If Democrats are bringing them into this country to vote against Trump, tell us how Trump is able to win even a single state? I mean, Wyoming does not have a million Americans living in the state… it barely has half a million! Democrats would make Republicans winning an election impossible with a single days worth of illegals. Hell, if Trump is telling the truth (And that is a huge IF!!!), then in just the month of September, Democrats would have made it so there is no possible way for Republicans to win an election in Neb, WVa, UT, ID, ND, SD, MT, WY, NH, DE, VT, and Maine ever again! Republican voters need not bother to show up — according to Donald J Trump!
Why would Trump supporters bother to take the time to vote this year since he has made it clear that VOTING is a MASSIVE waste of time? Well, unless Trump has been lying this whole time… but only the most vile of human scum would base their entire campaign on lies, right?!?
Did ya'all catch President Trump's rally in Butler PA??
TENS OF THOUSANDS America-lovers showed up in Butler Pennsylvania to welcome President Trump at the site where Demon'rats almost succeeded in assassinating him..
Now THAT is a courageous American.. President Trump braves Demon'rat assassins to rally Americans..
What courageous thing has Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris ever done??
Got down on her knees to win her political positions?? And look at the douche-bag that Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris married..
A total scumbag who beat on his girlfriend and then knocked up the nanny when married to his first wife..
THAT is the kind of person that Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris is attracted to..
Demon'rats are scum of the earth... Plain and simple...
Helene Makes Clear the Need for America First
Although the Trump campaign hasn’t used the “America First” tagline as much as it used to, it may be time to dust it off again. As the journalist Lee Smith tweeted this week, “What distinguishes Trump from everyone else who has governed this country the last several decades is that he recognizes the primary job of the US President is to protect Americans.” That Smith is correct has been proven again this week in the revelations about what American governmental priorities are. Americans seem pretty far down the list.
The news that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is short on resources to offer the residents of Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee—all affected by Hurricane Helene—but that our government has doled out nearly $1 billion to settle illegal immigrants in the last year through the agency was a bit shocking. Though defenders of FEMA have been arguing that the funds come from different governmental buckets, the question is why are illegal immigrants getting money from these buckets at all when our own citizens have needs?
The ***ONLY*** America First candidate is President Trump..
Demon'rats ALWAYS put America last...
This is documented FACT...
Countless people on the ground are claiming that FEMA and our government are not only not doing a great job managing this emergency; they are in fact impeding those Americans who are using their own resources to help people affected by this disaster. While our media are lining up to call such claims lies, the New York Post reported on Jordan Seidhom, a South Carolina volunteer firefighter and pilot who was threatened with arrest if he continued using his helicopter to rescue stranded Americans. Elon Musk reported that one of his SpaceX engineers was claiming that FEMA officials were “actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own.” Others are reporting, using sources inside FEMA, that politicians such as North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper are “impeding the deployment of military aid” to the affected areas.
Following Odumbo's MAKE IT HURT policies...
Demon'rats are scumbags... Pure and simple...
And from CNN...
Harris weighs more breaks with Biden as he keeps injecting himself into the campaign
Top aides to Kamala Harris are heading into the final month of the 2024 presidential race still wrestling with how much distance she can credibly claim from Joe Biden as she looks for more ways to weave in breaks with him on the campaign trail.
But she keeps getting pulled back to his side for official business at the White House — and he keeps injecting himself into the conversation.
Harris aides are looking at rolling out new plans and promises for what Harris would do as president, in part to directly demonstrate notable differences, like in her recent more blunt speeches about abortion rights and tackling the southern border.
Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris is trying to find a way to say she's not Biden yet the FACTS always get in her way...
A vote for Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris is simply a vote for Basement Biden and Demon'rat failed policies..
The question is... Why listen to any Demon'rat who said Basement Biden could handle 4 more years??
They are obviously MORONS who haven't a CLUE what they are talking about, eh??
More from CNN:
Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response
Who would vote for such a liar? Cult members and the mentally challenged I guess...
More election interference from Demon'rats..
Conservatives blasted Pennsylvania's Department of State this month for scheduling a system maintenance update to its voter registration website the same day former President Trump returned to Butler, where he survived an assassination attempt in July.
The operation would have taken the site offline for several hours during the same time frame the Trump campaign expected to register voters. The department, however, moved the window of time for maintenance to later in the night amid an early outcry.
"The PA State Department voter registration website will be unavailable on Saturday, October 5th, the day that President Trump will be triumphantly returning to the site of the assassination attempt in Butler County, PA. W/ all eyes on PA, the site will be down. Coincidence?" GOP activist Scott Pressler posted to Instagram on Thursday.
Demon'rats are TERRIFIED of a free and fair election!
They will use ANY means, even ASSASSINATION to stop President Trump from winning..
How's that ear doing? Have they found a scar yet?
So your problem is that you do not understand how time works, is that it? If you spend money on something in January, that money won’t be available in September for you to spend.
And before you go off claiming that Trump is so concerned about the welfare of Americans, just remember that over a million lives were lost thanks to his refusal to place their lives over his re-election bid. He knowingly misled his base and the whole country as to the dangers of the virus. Remember his brilliant “If we don't test people for COVID, then fewer people will be counted as having it.” argument? Didn't care whether Americans had the disease, just didn't want it reported that they were sick. Trump thought it made HIM look weak!
Of course if you really care about funding FEMA recovery efforts for Helene and quite likely Milton, I would think you would hold those accountable who voted against the stopgap spending bill that added $20 billion for FEMA's disaster relief fund. All the republicans from Florida voted against it...
SILENCE GIVES ASSENT
this nonsense again, in all caps? the citation was in a different context from two years ago, and doesn't prove what you say it does, much less that donald's blanket statement was somehow correct overall. you know for a fact that I give you credit when I think you're right, but you're still quite wrong on that one.
JL
this nonsense again, in all caps? the citation was in a different context from two years ago, and doesn't prove what you say it does, much less that donald's blanket statement was somehow correct overall. you know for a fact that I give you credit when I think you're right, but you're still quite wrong on that one.
Of course you would say that..
But the facts are these..
FEMA used FEMA money on Illegal Immigrants..
FEMA said they are out of money and can't help HELENE survivors..
These are the facts that no amount of pedantic "what the definition of 'is' is." will change..
And now we come to find out that you can't criticize a Basement Biden agency because it's "dangerous"....
:eyeroll:
FEMA accused of playing the victim after insisting criticism of Helene handling is 'dangerous:' 'The audacity'
'It has a tremendous impact on the comfort level of our own employees to be able to go out there,' FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said
The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) argued Sunday that criticizing the agency's response to Hurricane Helene is "dangerous."
In an interview on ABC’s "This Week," Deanne Criswell addressed public outcry over the federal government's response to Hurricane Helene, warning that the "false" narratives spread online about the agency's handling of the hurricane could hinder FEMA's recovery efforts.
"It has a tremendous impact on the comfort level of our own employees to be able to go out there, but it's also demoralizing to all of the first responders… FEMA staff, volunteers," she told host George Stephanopoulos. "I need to make sure I can get the resources to where they are needed, and when you have this dangerous rhetoric like you’re hearing, it creates fear in our own employees."
Get that?? Americans cannot criticize their own government's agency because it would affect the "comfort level" of the agency members..
And yet, Demon'rats LOVE to criticize and beat on and defund cops!!!
The blatant hypocrisy of Demon'rats simply knows no depths...
:eyeroll:
Gonna have to cut this session short...
We're moving into Alpha/Bravo shifts at the Comm Center due to the approach of ANOTHER major hurricane...
No rest for the righteous... :D
Ya'all stay safe out there...
What, Michale, your handlers can't come up with something new? The FEMA bullshit has been debunked by every news service and their brother. The "dangerous" is your cult leader peddling lies about Helene to help his election chances. Much like complaining about immigration while having his minions torpedo the immigration bill...
all this about wasting funds on immigrants is just nativist nonsense. allegations of FEMA's unwillingness or economic inability to help victims of Helene are categorically false. of course they're going to feel bad, they're being LIED about.
BashiBazouk
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The "dangerous" is your cult leader peddling lies about Helene to help his election chances.
It would be a shame if all those Florida Men and women in the path of Hurricane Milton bought into the absolute asinine misinformation and utter bullshit being spewed by Trump and regurgitated by the gullible MAGA cult minions telling people that their government isn't doing anything to help them. The danger is Florida being obviously full of undereducated morons who will buy into whatever nonsensical drivel and claptrap Trump is spewing and then ignore government's mandatory evacuation warnings and thereby put not only themselves in harm's way but also the first responders who will invariably have to save them from their own stupidity.
It reminds me of all the Americans who were knowingly misinformed by Trump and his regurgitating cult during the worst part of the COVID pandemic and died as a direct result of the lies. It also reminds me of all the gullible people who lost their liberty (and their lives) by becoming an armed mob that Trump conspired to use for his own benefit to remain in power when he knowingly lost an election. It's a pattern with Trump wherein he keeps putting targets on people's backs, and now he puts millions more people's lives in danger by misinforming them about the hurricane response and flat out does not care who might be harmed by the incessant lying.
Both in the two decades leading up to Covid-19 and in the time since, death rates for all racial groups are consistently higher in red counties than in blue.