MORRISTOWN – Veteran Republican activist Larry Casha, a renowned high school pitcher in his day, was talking Sunday morning about the thrill of making a sports team and getting your jersey for the first time.

Well, Team Trump needs a jersey too, Casha told about 150 people at Morris County Clerk Ann Grossi’s annual Get Out The Vote breakfast.

With that, he produced a small box and pulled out a black plastic garbage bag. He held it aloft like a man waving a football over his head after scoring a TD.

Garbage has become a big part of this year’s election campaign.

This bizarre trend began last Sunday night when a comedian at a Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden referred to Puerto Rico as “floating garbage” in the Atlantic.

The negative reaction was pretty strong with many wondering if this “joke” would hurt Trump’s standing with Puerto Ricans and Hispanics in general.

In the midst of that fallout we heard from Joe Biden. Kamala Harris probably wishes we didn’t.

Talking about the New York City rally, Biden said the only “garbage” he saw were the Trump supporters. Yes, he tried to “walk that back,” but the damage was done.

It prompted Trump to campaign in a garbage truck – really – and to wear an orange vest while addressing a rally.

And it led to Casha’s garbage bag stunt in Morris County.

After the crowd happily took it all in, Grossi spoke about the presidential election.
“Our freedoms are at stake here in this election,” she said, adding that there is a lot of “hate” out there.

This brings us to a rather ironic observation about the polarization of the day.

Go to a Democratic event and what do they talk about?

A threat to freedom and democracy and the “hateful” rhetoric from Trump and some of his supporters – like the aforementioned comedian.

What constitutes “freedom, democracy and hate” seems to lie with the beholder.