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“They don’t have a narrative that they’re comfortable with about how to take down Harris,” said Chuck Coughlin, an Arizona-based political strategist. “He’s grasping around. I think he’s desperately grasping around with his instincts. I don’t think his team has any way to put their handle on this, and so he’s instinctually grasping around for what to say.”

The Trump machine had in recent days begun a multi-million-dollar TV advertising blitz hammering Harris for her record on the border, an issue the former president’s campaign sees as a winner — and portraying her as ideologically out of the mainstream. One ad from a pro-Trump group labeled the vice president a “dangerous San Francisco liberal.”

Harris had even begun defending herself from the attacks, hitting back Tuesday night in Atlanta about her border record, and simultaneously releasing a nearly minute-long video framing her as pro-border security.

But Trump’s comments Wednesday on Harris’ racial background drew some of the biggest gasps from the audience, and provided Democrats with ammunition. During the appearance, Trump said Harris “happen[ed] to turn Black … She was Indian all the way and all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black woman.”

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[-] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 148 points 1 month ago

Oh god, he doesn't know that Kamala Harris isn't Nikki Haley, does he?

[-] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

Oh my G-d, I didn't even think of this. This makes so much sense. What an absolute buffoon.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Buffoon

You spelled dementia-riddled-narcissist-sociopath wrong.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

Kamala Haley is a dangerous radical liberal! Everybody says so!

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

“Why didn’t Kamala Pelosi stop January 6th from happening? She was in charge of security that day, I’ll never forgive her for that.”

[-] ech@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago

He might not, but questioning his opponents race is a pretty standard tactic of his.

[-] bomberesque1@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago
[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

He said Indian, not Native American.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

I guarantee Trump hears the i-word slur when someone says Indian to him.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 106 points 1 month ago

John Fredericks, a Trump-aligned conservative radio host, told POLITICO on Monday that the “personal attacks against Kamala Harris are really ill-advised and ill-placed, and have no upside in this campaign,” saying some Republicans’ recent DEI references were “stupid.”

“Certainly on the air, I’m not doing it,” Fredericks said.

Dude admits that it's what they all are thinking, he's just aware enough to know that it doesn't sound good and won't say that shit in public. Coward.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

It sounds like hes saying he's not doing it on the air, but he still believes that nonsense.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Notice he called the attacks "stupid," not racist.

Hes saying it's bad politics, not that he disagrees.

[-] scops@reddthat.com 78 points 1 month ago

“No plan survives contact with the enemy” - Paraphrasing Helmuth von Moltke

"Covfefe" - Donald J. Trump

[-] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 month ago

"We have met the enemy, and he is us." - Pogo

[-] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

"When the enemy does something unexpected, they owe you for the resources you wasted chasing the wrong strategy." - Sun Tzu, The Art of Being an Upwards Failing Fuckup

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

His performance may have drawn some gasps from the audience, but I doubt it had the same effect on his fan base. He was not there to speak to the US as a whole; he was there to speak to his die hard supporters - those who actually enjoy his racist, sexist, hateful remarks and voted for him in 2016 because of them; the same people who were willing to stage a coup in his favour in 2021, after four years of ignorance, pettiness and hatred.

His strategy against Biden was winning because it gathered him bipartisan support - even Democrats were dubious about Biden being able to do a good job - but now that that's out of the question, Trump has fallen back to his usual script, because it's too late to do anything else. After all, questioning Obama's birth and throwing sexist remarks against Clinton won him an election; why wouldn't it work again? Just stick to the fanbase that won you an election once and almost won you another the second time, and hope for the best.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

People always talk about how he is doing things to please his fan base. Maybe. But they are at most 30% of the country and he needs more than that to win.

This is not going to help him with people who are not in his fan base.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 31 points 1 month ago

I’d love to agree but gerrymandering, along with other dubious anti-democratic policies, means that Republicans have a gross advantage. This presidential election will probably be as close as the last.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Gerrymandering has nothing to do with a presidential election. It doesn't even help with senatorial elections.

[-] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago

Sure, but the Electoral College affords Republicans the same advantage in Presidential races.

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[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That wasn't their point. Go back and reread the whole thing. They're just saying the popular vote is meaningless and that Republicans have multiple political advantages that favor them

[-] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh, no, it's having quite an effect on the fanbase. Mostly, they recognize what a losing strategy it is, even if they agree with it.

Just take a look at the old conservative stallwart site, Free Republic: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4255438/posts

There's a few people weakly defending it, but there's a general tenor of "oh shit, we fucked up".

Amusingly, there's a few people saying they should try winning on policy, not race. This after the Heritage Foundation put out a 900+ page PDF with their dream policies, and Americans were horrified by it. Guys, if you could win on policy, you wouldn't have ever needed Trump.

[-] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 36 points 1 month ago

Dementia Don flounders when the unexpected comes along. He's a bad leader. A good leader knows how to manage the unexpected (like a change in a presidential campaign) and take appropriate action (stick to the issues and avoid the racist card). Not Old Sleepy Don! It's just like when the global pandemic came around. The horrible leader didn't rely on experts for help and made up things that got people killed. His narcissism prevents him from getting advice better than his own poor knowledge base. He lost in 2020 and he still stinks. He'll lose in 2024 if people get out and vote. Vote blue not pee-yew!

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Such a weirdo

[-] jprice@kbin.run 22 points 1 month ago

He said that because Vivek sold out to the WASPs so completely that he figured Kamalas “indian half” should have as well. He thinks that because he was raised a Presbyterian. A racist one too. He’s a fucking idiot, what can you expect?

Vote, idiots.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

That headline is priceless.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

He actually likes the taste of foot i guess

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