Trump exploited another death yesterday for selfish political purposes. 8 other officers were shot & killed in line of duty this year before Ofc Diller. Here’s what Trump was doing on the date of their funerals:
JUSTIN SMITH - Rally in IA
JEREMY MALONE - Press conference
GREG MCCOWAN - Posted on Truth about Russia attacking NATO
NEVADA KRINKEE - Rally in NC
MATTHEW RUGE - Spoke at CPAC
PAUL ELMSTRAND - Spoke at CPAC
CODY ALLEN - Met with Orban
JUSTIN HARE - Played golf
Trump didn’t go to any other officers memorial service this year, last year, or year before. He went to this one because it was the same day & place as a huge pre-planned Biden event. He went solely for the purpose of exploiting a man’s death to make it a campaign event.
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So when Trump went on a tangent about a bloodbath if he loses he was just talking about his lie that 100% of the US auto industry was going to move to China under Biden? Although his cult followers might not get that addled nuance, we must assume he’s only lying not inciting?
When he said come to DC on J6 and “be there, will be wild!” he was only talking about the speeches. They were going to be wild speeches. And when Mo Brooks said they have to “kick some ass” in a bulletproof vest he was talking about them just peacefully protesting earnestly.
The problem with media today is that they fundamentally don’t understand what is happening. Journalism school, & maybe previous decades in the business, have taught them to give the benefit of the doubt on intent. But these Weimar journalists still don’t get that what they are dealing with is taught in history classes, not journalism school.
🧵 THE BORDER 🧵
Pretty obvious the GOP is going to run back the border as their main issue for 2024, while triple-downing on it from the midterms. I say triple down because issues like gas prices, inflation, covid restrictions & vax mandates, CRT, that they also used in the …
midterm will either be non-issues by Nov 24 or far less important than Nov 22. So all of America’s issues - crime, drug overdoses, aid to Ukraine, you name it - will all be blamed on the border. So what does the Admin do? They can choose to ignore it like 2022. Appoint a …
‘Border Czar’ who doesn’t want the job and blow it off. They can just say everything is great and Rs are exaggerating. Or, and I know this sounds crazy, articulate a clear policy, the reasons for that policy, and detail how that policy is being enforced. And then message …
Remember when I predicted that the MAGA talking point today was going to be that Biden should’ve went to OH instead of Ukraine? That was before any of these.