"This election is about JD Vance."
~ James Fallows
#Trump #JDVance #age #MentalDecline
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https://fallows.substack.com/p/election-countdown-17-days-to-go
Noting that "it seems clear that a vote for Trump is really a vote for his running mate, Ohio senator J.D. Vance," Heather Cox Richardson says that people had encouraged her to take a day off from writing.
But after Trump's rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, yesterday, she can't do that:
"Trump spoke at a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he told a long, meandering story about golfing legend Arnold Palmer that ended with praise for Palmer’s… anatomy.
He went on to call Vice President Kamala Harris—whose name he deliberately mispronounced— 'a sh*t vice president. The worst. You’re the worst vice president. Kamala, you’re fired. Get the hell out of here, you’re fired. Get out of here. Get the hell out of here, Kamala.'”
"As Trump’s remarks got weirder and weirder, the Fox News Channel cut away and instead showed Harris being cheered at a packed, exuberant, super-charged rally in Georgia. ...
Last night, his advice to an audience in Detroit to vote took its own wild turn: 'Jill, get your fat husband off the couch,' he said. 'Get that fat pig off the couch. Tell him to go and vote for Trump, he’s going to save our country.'"
"'Get that guy the hell off our— get him up, Jill, slap him around. Get him up. Get him up, Jill. We want him off the couch to get out and vote.'
Trump’s performances over the past few days seem to confirm that the 2024 October surprise is the increasingly obvious mental incapacity of the Republican candidate for president."
@wdlindsy when your running partner is JD Vance, it's probably best not to mention couches.
@snigdha Touché. Cleverly noted.
@wdlindsy I couldn't resist!