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Smarticat's avatar

"but I think people thought ‘Who cares, he’s supporting the right cause,’ ” says Tanya."

You've just described a lot of Trump/Republican voters as well, from the point of view, of well, many. For example, who cares if Trump lied about losing an election and instigated a riot, targeting his own VP for not breaking the law for him, gas prices were low under Trump (thanks to the pandemic lockdowns lol), and I like his tax cuts (thank Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell for winning their majorities and architecting the actual legislation... oh never mind, those are both two of some of the most hated "RINO's" in MAGA-world these days!), etc so what are some "mean Tweets" (ignoring of course objection to Trump's conduct and rhetoric is about a lot more than his juvenile Tweets). Who cares if Trump and Vance deliberately spread a malicious lie about Haitian immigrants murdering and eating beloved pets - it's just important they got the media finally talking about "immigration" (which, I guess if you avoid all mainstream media as a rule, you could be under the impression this is a never-before-been-reported-on topic, otherwise there have been lots and lots of in depth reporting about the trials and stresses of immigration/migration in various locations, including Springfield had a piece in NY Times several weeks before Vance's lies on Twitter about it).

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LovingMother's avatar

"instigated a riot" - riiiiight - and watchout for Trump's sub machine gun - just like the would-be assassin.

I think the Cheneys and the Bushes don't want to accept that the Republican party has moved beyond them. I'd agree with that. I am a recent Republican - former Independent - who likes having Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, Vivek Ramaswamy, RFK, Jr. and Elon Musk on the team. The Democrats gained a singer. Should we hold our breath for a Ministry of Song?

Open Borders and illegal immigration are a major problem hurting cities and was not getting enough attention, IMO. Besides, people are having lots of fun with the cat memes.

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I think we can agree the Republican Party has "moved on", I'll leave you to your "fun" and team sports (seriously, consider touching some grass at some point if that's your idea of "fun" though!).

Again, if you actually consumed any mainstream media even casually at all, you would know that immigration/migration strains and stresses has been heavily covered for well over the past several years under the Biden Administration, and usually is heavily critical of the Administration's handling of the border and migration. JD Vance didn't do shit but make his boss look "weird" on a national debate stage in front of millions of independent voters who are not heavy into online right wing memes and discourse - and on one of the topics that Trump is actually in positive territory on where he could have instead made some more effective points instead of getting pwned into letting go of that bit of verbal diarrhea ;p Instead he has let loose the worst of the Right's "discourse" around immigration into normie circles, and while I'm betting that normie voters want some border reform and wanted it yesterday, what they might dislike even worse are images of KKK fliers and Neo Nazi figures circulating around a town, calling in bomb threats to schools and hospitals over, and other associated "masks off" moments where these folks are happiily linking JD Vance and Trump to their presence and interestingly doesn't seem to be getting much of any pushback from the latter, so good luck with that!

Anyway, back to the "fun memes" :D

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LovingMother's avatar

" I'll leave you to your "fun" and team sports" I don't understand what that means.

"Again, if you actually consumed any mainstream media even casually at all"

I've seen it. It is bad - including the WSJ.

"JD Vance didn't do shit but make his boss look "weird"" Walz is majorly weird - they just accuse the opposing side of what they are/do.

" KKK fliers and Neo Nazi figures circulating around a town, calling in bomb threats to schools and hospitals" - that is bad. Who is doing it? I am pretty cynical after our summer of Antifa burning love and "fine people" hoaxes.

Anyhow, the cat memes are great fun & winning/saving the country could even come down to them :)

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Smarticat's avatar

"Anyhow, the cat memes are great fun & winning/saving the country could even come down to them :)"

if you think that's how it's playing out so far... please proceed : )

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LovingMother's avatar

Will do! I almost want to "like" your comment - except that I have never made a meme. :-)

This parody is awesome though so I will share it:

"BREAKING: The Babylon Bee has obtained this exclusive, official, 100% real Gavin Newsom election ad."

https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1836518555648692570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1836518555648692570%7Ctwgr%5Ea25fa24fb0f273bc83a9fc2a03223edeec103181%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F673118%2F

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Smarticat's avatar

Is Gavin Newsom running for Office this year? I mean otherwise, totally convincing bit of "parody"? ;p

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LovingMother's avatar

No, Gavin Newsom is not running for office this year (as yet he has not been switched in as a candidate anyway :) but Kamala Harris is apparently running for high office - if you care to watch the Babylon Bee video you will understand that!

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nah ;p but thanks!

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