US Politics, September 2024 -- “I’m Not Going to Apologize For Posting a Joke”

i like the "worst vice president in history" line, I hope Glenn Kessler spends a few paragraphs discussing the tenure of John Breckinridge and gives him 4 Pinocchios.

Did he actually bellow “they are eating dogs” or did I imagine it

fucking lmao

https://i.imgur.com/83XOVK1.png

I do wish they’d called him on this “every democrat wanted row returned to the states” line… does he actually believe this? Who told him this obviously deranged lie?

Trump says the cat/dog story is true. pic.twitter.com/IQmAZfOK5J

— Alex Leary (@learyreports) September 11, 2024

Trump Rally In The Spin Room

where is jd??

A key point missing in a lot of post debate analysis is that Trump’s claim about immigrants eating pets almost perfectly syncs up to the piano in the Peanuts theme song. pic.twitter.com/6icWLe1sPN

— Noah Garfinkel (@NoahGarfinkel) September 11, 2024

I do wish they’d called him on this “every democrat wanted row returned to the states” line… does he actually believe this? Who told him this obviously deranged lie?

I asked this same thing a couple of weeks ago, and I'm still wondering about it.

Sorry for threads and Rupar link but this is on Fox News

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Wtf. Oh well it’s trump getting cat called in the spin room

They’re eating the pets of the people!

I swear the 5 wildest lines in debate history were all from Trump tonight, like even ignoring the transgender alien criminals thing and the "they're coming to eat your cats and dogs" thing what the fuck was he doing saying "yeah I worked with the Taliban"

imagine explaining this to abraham lincoln pic.twitter.com/JeM3yBbXau

— kimani🥂 (@onthattightrope) September 11, 2024

THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS

https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_426,w_758,x_0,y_0/dpr_1.5/c_limit,w_690/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1/galleries/2011/08/17/politicians-eating-corn-dogs-and-other-foods-on-a-stick/politicians-corn-dogs-rick-perry_qp2yny

idk 19th century politics was pretty wild xp

ive wondered if The jason and steven Millers were feeding him all this bullshit Wormtongue style or if he just latches onto whatever Hannity or Tucker sez

the latter, he's like every old person slamming Fox News and right-wing social media into his veins 18 hours a day

Yeah he's always been a sponge for crazy right-wing media. To whatever degree his faculties have diminished I think it just makes it more transparent. He was almost plaintive about the dog-eating, "I saw it on TV!"

Trump got an extra five minutes. He spoke 39 times vs her 23 times. Wow.

What was the deal with that Taliban answer? Was any element of it taken from reality?

not a bad thing when your opponent is constantly punching himself in the balls

ive wondered if The jason and steven Millers were feeding him all this bullshit Wormtongue style or if he just latches onto whatever Hannity or Tucker sez

Yeah--a friend was complaining that they were letting him go on, and I suggested that was a gift.

"Look, I went to the Wharton School of Finance"--they're playing back highlights.

It is kind of funny tbh that we’re now all “debates are very important” after watching Harris put her entire foot in Trump’s ass sideways

well I do believe in the idea that you can't really win on a strong debate but you can lose on a bad one, obviously you don't have to go back very far to see that, but I cannot imagine a single person deciding to vote for Trump based on that, while Kamala I think did everything she needed to do to win over anyone on the fence

The trans illegal aliens getting gender reassignment surgery in jail is so next level it may never be matched and i mean in fiction, comic books, or pro wrestling.

kind of funny tbh that we’re now all “debates are very important”

Seems likely that the 'instant' national polls won't budge very much and the swing states will remain close, even with Harris's vanquishing him with style and panache. But the importance is that last election Biden barely squeaked out the five most important swing states in spite of beating Trump by 8,000,000 votes. Anything that's bad for Trump and good for Harris with the handful of uncommitted voters in those states is of lopsided importance.

“And the stature gap in terms of physical size was also notable, especially with Harris having a shorter podium. Sometimes you’ll hear people say that you should watch the debate with the sound off, and by that measure it was much closer than with the sound on.”

— Nate silver

If she wants to win, Harris needs to train her face not to respond.

It feeds into a female stereotype and, more importantly, risks offending undecided voters. #Debate2024

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) September 11, 2024

idk i really "enjoyed" how foreign countries are sending all their criminals here and giving them to Kamala

btw, I'm disappointed that Harris didn't manage to use the word "unhinged" at some point in the last half hour.

The trans illegal aliens getting gender reassignment surgery in jail is so next level it may never be matched and i mean in fiction, comic books, or pro wrestling.

so, that actually has some basis in truth lol:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/kfile-harris-pledged-support-in-2019-to-cut-ice-funding-and-provide-transgender-surgery-to-detained-migrants/index.html

but this is yet another case of trump referencing some news item he saw without actually explaining it, so it sounds to most people like he's just making shit up.

Nate Silver flopsweating, trying to figure out a way to make it seem close

right I was gonna say it turns out he *was* talking about something specific but it's not really a news story anyone who isn't plugged into FOX 16 hours a day would know about, and he's talking about it in the craziest possible way, in the midst of his side trying to defend themselves against the allegation that they're a bunch of weirdos

are all republicans pro-russia when it comes to ukraine? trump wouldn't say that he wanted ukraine to win and he lamented the deaths of russian soldiers.

"It is kind of funny tbh that we’re now all “debates are very important” after watching Harris put her entire foot in Trump’s ass sideways"

i couldn't believe so many people on here weren't going to watch it! i knew it was going to be special.

can't see how that debate performance could help Trump or not help Harris... dunno how much, but we're two months out now and nobody can afford to lose an inch of ground. with Biden, Trump's campaign team were coasting and could proceed slowly and carefully. now they are scrambling and Harris winning this debate will likely keep them wrong-footed

love to see good ol' Nate chinwagging about the "stature gap" and its deep relevance to voters.

xp jaymc ty, i def needed that

the most lmao thing is that the vast majority of people who watched the debate aren't really plugged into this like we are, Trump saying "they're coming to eat your dogs and cats" must sound totally insane to people who didn't know that was a story

like, Trump was clearly shook in the "spin room" and Harris is already saying bring on the next debate... no way Trump isn't scared of that, and no way could he possibly change his performance in another debate in any way. she'll bait him again, he'll fall for it again, and she'll be even less nervous this time.

i thought she did as good as you possibly could against someone so obviously fucking demented. she kept her cool. she gave him a ton of shots. putin is going to eat his lunch? that was amazing. he landed nothing. it was all old man anger. flailing. it was beautiful to see. he was sweating. his nose was running.

just that beginning alone. coming over into his space and demanding a handshake? that is some dominant behavior. so cool. he was totally flustered by that.

the part where she was like "this...." clearly wanting to say "motherfucker" but instead saying "former president" was so goddamn good

that was awesome. we laughed loudly at that.

I liked how much juice she put into "former president" over and over. Her most consistent message with that and "turn the page" was just, this guy is over. I thought the most cogent summary of her appeal was when she said, "I'm not Joe Biden. And I'm obviously not Donald Trump." That's pretty much what she was selling.

btw one more thing about the transgender aliens in prison remark: it was in response to a question about fracking

I can easily imagine voters under 40 watching Trump fulminating, bloviating, indulging in the most ott doomsaying, complaining, whining, namecalling and just blathering nonsense - and thinking...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRgNbis14pE

lol even the rightwing grifters know what a fucking idiot he is

YOU STUPID MF’ers JUST GOT TRUMP TO REPEAT YOUR LIE ABOUT THE PETS. CONGRATS ON SETTING THE NEWS STORIES TOMORROW BY LYING SO TRUMP PICKS IT UP AND SAYS STUPID SHIT.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 11, 2024

xp with due respect aimless, if it's a simpsons reference, you may mean "over 40"

i was going for an ambience, not literalness