On Thursday in Ripon, Wisconsin, where the GOP was founded in 1854, Liz Cheney told the university audience where she and Kamala were campaigning, that Trump “is petty, he is vindictive, and he is cruel.” The same day, former congressman and 2-term governor John Kasich (R-OH) tweeted “Some people think that I hate Trump. I don’t. I simply don’t think America’s president should be a person who fuels grievances to divide us and doesn’t have a hopeful vision for our future. I’m a lifelong conservative Republican, but I will not be voting for Donald Trump.” Trump reacted to that kind of press— plus the launch of Business Leaders for Harris and the powerful, compelling Springsteen endorsement of Kamala— by posting this:
It’s another In a desperate flood of baseless lies, in the hope that he could force Dimon’s hand or that his followers would never hear the truth. But JPMorgan Chase immediately put out a statement: “Jamie Dimon has not endorsed anyone. He has not endorsed a candidate.”
Another of Trump’s most egregious lies this week was his baseless claim that Biden wasn’t working to ameliorate the impact of Hurricane Helene, especially not in Republican areas. The governors of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and North Carolina all rolled their eyes and said he’s lying again. But what he says is gospel to his moron base. Yesterday, Politico reported that, ex-Pres. Projectionist, in fact, was—according to his own former White House aides— “flagrantly partisan at times in response to disasters and on at least three occasions hesitated to give disaster aid to areas he considered politically hostile or ordered special treatment for pro-Trump states.” Are you one of the people who criticize me for writing that he should be tried and given the death penalty?
Mark Harvey, who was Trump’s senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council staff, told E&E News on Wednesday that Trump initially refused to approve disaster aid for California after deadly wildfires in 2018 because of the state’s Democratic leanings.
But Harvey said Trump changed his mind after Harvey pulled voting results to show him that heavily damaged Orange County, California, had more Trump supporters than the entire state of 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,” said Harvey, who recently endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris alongside more than 100 other Republican former national security officials.
…“It’s the most basic part of being president, and this guy knows nothing about it,” Biden posted on Twitter, reacting to a tweet about an earlier version of this article.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom piled on, calling the episode “a glimpse into the future if we elect” Trump.
Both Harvey and Olivia Troye, a former Trump White House homeland security adviser who backed up Harvey’s claim, say Trump is approaching Hurricane Helene with a similar mindset. They say he is politicizing a disaster that has killed more than 170 people in six states. And Troye, who has endorsed Harris for president, accused Trump of trying to divert attention from his own political liabilities on disaster responses.
…Troye, who played a lead role in federal disaster response, said local political leaders regularly called her office begging for help because Trump refused to sign documents approving aid. Troye said she had to repeatedly enlist former Vice President Mike Pence to apply pressure.
Added Harvey: “There’s no empathy for the survivors. It is all about getting your photo-op, right? Disaster theater to make him look good.”
On Monday, Trump turned a visit to flood-damaged Valdosta, Georgia, into a partisan attack. He falsely claimed the Biden administration— and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D)— were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” and that GOP governors couldn’t get the president on the phone.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, both Republicans, confirmed that wasn’t true and praised the federal response. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) also applauded the Biden administration’s response to Helene, which damaged the southeastern part of the state.
Meanwhile, Trump’s top lieutenant in Congress had an even more unhinged response to Hurricane Helene:
Of course, Marjorie Traitor Greene isn’t the only MAGAt in office trying to use her office to benefit Trump. Yesterday, The Oklahoman ran a barn-burner about the state’s neo-Nazi superintendent of education, Ryan Walters. Remember he decided that every classroom has to have a Bible? “Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material. A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters. But one Bible fits perfectly: Lee Greenwood’s God Bless The U.S.A. Bible, endorsed by Trump and commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.” So… a way for Walters to funnel taxpayer money into Trump’s pockets. The state is planning to spend $3.3 million on the bibles, even though they could get bibles for free.
The Dem attack ads could write themselves--1/6, publicly suggesting ingesting bleach as a Covid antidote, trying to abolish the ACA and having his running mate deny it in debate. I'm not seeing such ads--there's a decent independent ad attacking Trump on tax policy. Meanwhile, I am repeatedly seeing an ad that (accurately) attacks Harris for publicly advocating gender-affirming surgery for CA inmates.
I recall Dukakis gettting abused on Willie Horton, Gore totally F'ing up his VP selection, Kerry getting slimed on Swiftboats, and HRC running one of the most brain-dead campaigns in the history of western civilization. Yes, the Harris/Walz campaign has had its positives, but they're making this race far closer than it should be given the opponent.
"Trump Isn't Severely Punished For His Crimes, It's Like Society Signaling His Behavior Is Fine"
First, he isn't "severely" punished. He's not punished at all. It isn't "like society signaling.." It's flat out society telling him his behavior IS fine.
So... you can write that sentence, which is truth, as a devout democrap party shill, with a straight face? Who is it that has REFUSED to do anything at all about trump's many, MANY crimes... and, thus, has told him that his behavior is "just fine"? Who is it that has refused to fix the supreme court that found that he has sovereign immunity for any consequences at all for anything at all?
You support your corrupt pussies, no questions…