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Thanks for all the articles @janea4old @Vee

Pete Buttigieg is right that Trump is using the Haitian immigrant smears as a distraction, but it's also a clever way (even if he is too decayed to fully understand that - glad to see CNN finally giving clear evidence of his decline) to keep immigration front and center, as that is one of the biggest factors likely to help him. 

I saw a clip of Debbie Dingell, wearing my grandmother's couch, talking on CNN about a conversation she had with a Michigan worker after the debate, and how effective Trump's immigration focus had been. She was very clear in saying how close Michigan is and the race as a whole.

He has a way of zeroing in on the ugliest facets of this country in a way that tends to drive them to the polls. If he wasn't so addled I am not sure the election would even be as close as it is. 

At least the Laura Loomer disaster has helped blunt some of his impact, although it's hard to believe he's involved with her as she's so hideously ugly. He's ugly too, but usually the women he pushes himself onto aren't. Funny how the party that loves to go on about mutilation has such literal hatchet jobs on display.

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Here is the original tiktok from which the tweet was taken, 
in case it's easier for anyone to watch or share via tiktok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@jamellebouie/video/7414108128113052974

 

 

 

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And here is a column by the maker of the TikTok, Jamelle Bouie:

Jamelle Bouie's opinion column for the New York Times:
JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Nationalism Finds Its Target
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/opinion/jd-vance-haiti-ohio-immigrants.html

Same NYTimes column with no paywall: https://archive.is/9FxyW

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Chris Rufo (who was laundered by NYT and Washington Post among others) has put out a video he paid 5K for he claims is from Dayton, Ohio. Some who tried to watch it said it was chickens, not cats. And Vance platformed it today. Vance is also a big Tucker Carlson defender. Yet they are now angry over the world he is happy to wade in. These rotting carcasses want to do anything at any time yet shatter at any criticism. 

I feel like a hypocrite even continuing to follow the whole thing because once again the vilest plans from Trump have paid off for him in taking away attention away from winning issues for Harris and onto the immigration topic that gets the results he wants.

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I have seen talk of, perhaps, the Ohio governor calling in the National Guard to head off the Trump trash, i.e. Proud Boys and other freaks terrorizing the immigrant community there.

Unsure if it's just talk/rumor, but I think it should be done. These freaks are poisoning the community.

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Trump certainly isn't any great intellectual or any great strategy specialist, but the "Springfield Urban Legend" clicks every box for him -- it concerns his favorite subject (the border), it highlights a trait he adores (racism), and it has a certain "tabloid sensationalism" that he loves (eating domestic animals).  I look for him to keep this story going.  He tried another "tabloid" type story at the debate -- "Joe Biden HATES her; he HATES her." 

That's the world in which Trump thrives.   

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