Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumHarris clearly struck a nerve, because scruffy little shitweasel Don Jr leaped into action.
I don't want to post his now-deleted tweet here, but suffice it to say that he fired up the racist conspiracy base, and they were quick on the uptake. After he deleted the tweet, the minions stepped up and carried it for him.
I know many, perhaps most, of the folks on DU are prepared for how LOW this election is going to go.
I also know that if Harris makes it into the home stretch, she's equipped to deal with it.
The slimy wheels are turning. In the 2020 election, there will be no "bottom."
And Don Jr gave us an early taste of that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
madaboutharry
(40,218 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)That's about all I want to say about it here. I deliberately chose not to post it because I'm not going to take a hit for "spreading Republican talking points," but because this was initiated by Don Jr, I felt that it was appropriate to address it under the Terms of Service of this site.
We need to see this crap coming from a distance. That's why I posted it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)posts (one from a Malcolm Nance tweet).
It is a concerted hit effort
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)"Trump Jr and an army of suspicious social media accounts target Kamala Harris with a racist smear."
It was a dog whistle for the racist conspiracy bots to go into action, and they did.
Once again, my entire reason for posting is that this was initiated by Don Jr, and we need to be aware that "the Trump campaign" WILL be pushing those buttons, and they already are.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Trump fanned the flames of racism, and got elected.
Pundit after pundit after pundit has been saying that his 2020 campaign is a re-hash of his 2016 campaign.
MSNBC played the clip of him, back in the birther days, saying he had dispatched private investigators to Hawaii and "you won't believe what we found down there."
Problem is, people DID believe it, he KNEW it was a lie, it got him traction, so he leaned into it.
He can take false shots at Obama's record in 2020, but he can't take shots at Obama as an opponent, because he's not running.
So he'll do the "next best thing"...he'll start a birther movement around Harris, and try to slime her in the minds of African American voters.
As I said, there is no "bottom."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
madaboutharry
(40,218 posts)saying this stuff.
Don Jr is an idiot.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ecstatic
(32,727 posts)One of my low info friends said it to me when I asked how she felt about Kamala. I corrected my friend, but my heart sank a little because I knew then and there that the trolls had already been hard at work (and had made considerable progress).
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
peggysue2
(10,839 posts)Don Jr. is jumping onboard with the Neo-Nazis and Obama-birther contingent.
Good to know. Not surprising.
And this is why we must win 2020.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)But what was the gist of what he said?
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Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)That's all I'm going to say.
It's one of the headlines on the Raw Story home page, for anyone who wants to see it. He deleted it but Raw Story has a screen shot.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)And Don Jr. Lead the Charge before he recently deleted it. Get ready because this is what Election 2020 will look like:
Link to tweet
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ecstatic
(32,727 posts)Therefore, she's an "American Black," borrowing Ali the troll's terminology. Her parents were immigrants, but that doesn't make her any less black or american. Also, Jamaica had forced slavery as well, so her dad is likely a descendant of slaves.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
D23MIURG23
(2,850 posts)This type of petty and divisive bullshit is their MO exactly.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)so it's bound to be stupid, racist, or both.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)He's the Blanche Dubois of presidential siblings.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden