HOLY HELL. No political candidate has hit Trump this hard, ever.
This is how you win elections.
People are questioning the sourcing on this. It’s legit. It was shared by multiple political/media sources as a rapid response message.
I first saw Ken Vogel of the NYT share it:
@ernie it's like the non-evil version of a Gish gallop.
LFG.
Precisely.
Reacting to anything he spews
1. Let’s him control the narrative.
2. Keeps her on the defensive.
3. Slows the spread of her messaging.
The Harris campaign needs to keep up the full court press for a number of reasons, not the least of which is to keep Trump flustered and rattled. He’s going to crack.
Taking Dark Brandon to an exponential new level.
@ScottSoCal @ernie I guess the Kamaleon has dark camouflage too
@ernie I would have used convicted felon and rapist instead of just criminal
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online @ernie@writing.exchange same here.
I do believe that instead of Former President we should use the title Convicted Felon
or Rapist
before Donald Trump's name... but that's just my opinion
@ernie Is this real?
Please let is be so...
@Aviva_Gary @ernie
I was wondering about that, too. I can't find the statement itself, but multiple outlets seem to have picked it up.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/harris-campaign-trolls-78-year-old-criminal-donald-trump-after-fox-news-appearance
@tsld @Aviva_Gary It was shared on Twitter by an NYT reporter; a number of journalists/political types shared it at the same time.
@ernie did he really praise Project 2025? That would be radioactive
@ernie Is this for real? Kind of a rapid response thing?
It doesn't even look real.
@czarbucks @OldAndCranky It’s real, and yes, from their rapid response team. It was shared by an NYT reporter.
@ernie It seems like the interim between the debate and Biden standing down has been used to crank up a campaign like a Vogon ship … ye gods.
@twobiscuits @ernie With Beyoncé providing better poetry!
@ernie
Trump is an aberration, he never should have been elected president in the first place. What a shameful appearance these 4 years were…
@ernie I have one critique. They should leave "lied about other stuff" and any other twitter like general statements out. The specifics hit hard. Otherwise, I love these.
@ernie this is what democrats should have been doing all along since 2015.
@ernie I didn't know just how much I needed this in my life right now.
POOR POST CANT READ BOTTOM
@NaturaArtisMagistra try being nice
@ernie LOVE this energy!
#KamalaHarris #KamalaHarris2024
@ernie ... gee, that's the first time anybody's ever said anything like that!!!!
... or not... "No we really got 'em this time!! NO REALLY!!!"
@ernie I assume Harris has inherited Biden’s team which has historically been very good — flirting with the “Dark Brandon” stuff but never leaning into it enough to make it cringey. Excited to see what they come out with with a candidate who is willing to take the kid gloves off.
@ernie
I think we've all had enough of do-nothing donfraud
@ernie this guy!!!
@ernie wow, that must have been fun to write up!!
@ernie Wow, if they keep picking the bully up by his lifts and dunking his head in the toilet like that, his little glass scratch might get infected.
@ernie I sure miss when there was more respectful decorum in politics. Stooping down to his level doesn't make her a great choice either.
@ernie Just read that Trump is waffling on the next debate date or venue. What Kamala can do is to hold the debate whether Trump shows or not. If not, we swap in a robot backed by a LLM & "deep fake" of Trump's voice, set up to mimic Trump's rhetoric. It's fair: his brain seems to work like a LLM anyway.
@ernie It’s too bad the press doesn’t have her campaign’s balls.
@ernie
Yes! I've been waiting for Dems to discover their inner LBJ!
@ernie Fuck yes!
@ernie I really, really wish they'd leave the "old" thing out, when the DNC was just a few weeks ago asking us to support Biden, who is older. I also think they need to be judicious on calling Trump "weird" because it will rapidly lose its impact if overused. Call it out to Trump's face, as during a debate! That would work perfectly! Constantly saying, "Isn't he weird?" with a sneer makes the sentiment seem to come from an insincere place, rather than a pointed, true observation of his actions.
@ernie
These are so great! Where are these collected?
@ernie This is glorious!