Cult-like Trump Devotion has Democrats Smiling
BEDMINSTER – Democrats are so enthused these days, it’s hard to remember how gloomy they were exactly a month ago.
That was July 19, a Friday, and there were some news reports that Joe Biden – then just recovered from Covid – was preparing to go back on the campaign trail.
We know what happened next.
Biden announced that Sunday that he was leaving the race.
Over the last four weeks, we have seen overwhelming excitement among Democrats around Kamala Harris. Whether it lasts is the question, but polls indicate it is real.
Harris is now ahead in most national polls and in a number of swing states – most notably Michigan.
Of more significance, her entry into the race has made such places as Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina competitive.
Prior to July 21, Donald Trump was leading nationally and in most swing states. He was also very close in some reliably Democratic states like Minnesota and New Hampshire.
The Dems’ upbeat mood likely will continue throughout the week as Harris accepts the presidential nomination at the party’s Chicago convention.
In the midst of all this, the former president plans to campaign throughout the country this week as well.
He, presumably, gave a preview at a press conference last week at his golf course – Trump National.
Calling it a preview is a bit misleading.
One thing we have learned about Trump is that he says basically the same things all the time with the exception of changing names and places when needed.
His event last week was, indeed, more of the same.
Here goes it:
The country is a mess. The economy is awful. Crime is raging. And only Donald J. Trump can fix it.
Or as he said, “I just want to win for the country.”
His legal woes are because of “crooked” judges and prosecutors.
Nothing is absolute, but the facts support little of what the former president said.
Inflation has ebbed, unemployment is still low and the stock market has more than recovered from two days of downturns earlier this month.
On foreign policy, naturally, Trump says wars over Gaza and in Ukraine simply would not be happening if he was president. Try to objectively prove that one.
His ability to see and do everything is also on display when he suggests that the stock market is doing well because people assume he is going to be president again.
A logical question is, how far does this go?
Trump’s act has been front and center for eight years now, and you wonder if it has run its course – like a TV show.
As we said, he does change names and places. For instance, at his press conference, he suggested that Minnesota is a terrible place to live because of Governor Tim Walz, who is Harris’ VP running mate. That was a new one.
But the central point is always the same.
It’s Donald J. Trump against the nasty and corrupt world.
We know Trump’s core MAGA supporters will always be there. Their passion seems to have no limits.
A Trump banner I saw the other day outside a home in Morris County, says:
“Trump was right about everything.”
People who are sensible about politics know that no politician is right about “everything.”
That cult-like devotion explains Trump’s base, but what’s evident day after day is that the base is not growing.
And that’s another reason why Democrats are smiling.
In a matter of seconds a smile can turn to a frown. The city of Chicago is boarded up and its citizens are preparing for Hamas flags to fly in the shadows of a massive blown up IUD all while its’ DNC patrons are welcomed to receive free abortions and vasectomies. Making a mockery out of a profoundly personal and private decision. We have entered the world of lunacy. Our children can’t read and we are more concerned about supplying tampons in the school’s boys bathrooms than the value of a good education. Education, being the civil rights issue of our time.
We will all watch President Biden give his farewell speech, that will look like the most gallant act ever in saving democracy, even after New York Time’s – Maureen Dowd wrote, that it is time to call it what it is – A coup.
“Trump is right about everything “ maybe a stretch too far, but Kamala the new Wonder Woman maybe pushing it a bit too far. A smile can be looked at as nothing more than an upside down frown. And right now the world is shaping up to be upside down!
A smile can be looked at as nothing more than an upside down frown.
How sad for you, NJ Voter, an RFK, Jr. supporter, to learn that CNN reports that your candidate recently reached out to the next President, Kamala Harris for a job in her administration in exchange for his endorsement of her.