One of the tells about where campaigns stand is the mood they project. Winners tend to be having fun and speaking broadly about the future, while losers tend to seem frenetic and desperate.
Call it a "vibe," if you like. It's not that vibes are infallible indicators, but they definitely are evidence of what is going on behind the scenes in campaigns.
Earlier today I wrote about the stench of stinky flop sweat that exudes from the Democrats right now. They are screaming HITLER!!!, babbling incoherently, and darkly warning about the end of democracy unless we go out to vote for them.
Trump? He went to McDonalds and served food to people.
This is a Norman Rockwell painting pic.twitter.com/5a6u0ssttE
— Lee (Greater) (@shortmagsmle) October 20, 2024
That is a HUGE vibe difference. Democrats seethed for days about Trump doing what would normally be a simple photo opportunity. In a very real way, their rage made the visit iconic in a way that Trump himself could not. He broke their narrative and broke their souls.
J.D. Vance, the articulate spokesman for the movement (Trump is the flash and personality, while Vance is the man who articulates what it all means), was on Chris Cuomo's News Nation show and, as usual, hit the ball out of the park. But what was more remarkable than his articulation of the ideas was his message about what should really matter to people.
For all the talk about "unity" on the left, their message is 100% hate. All hate, all the time. HITLERSTALINMUSSOLINISEALTEAMSIXMURDER. It all runs together into a kind of hate that you usually see before pogroms, which I suppose is on brand for the radical left these days.
Vance, though, said this.
Here's that remarkable quote from JD Vance during the #NewsNation #VanceTownHall about civility:
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 25, 2024
"We've got to be better at communicating and talking to one another. The biggest thing I worry about and we talk threats to democracy -- that's a term that you hear a lot -- to me,… pic.twitter.com/Ld7w4m4D9r
It is a lovely message:
"We've got to be better at communicating and talking to one another. The biggest thing I worry about and we talk threats to democracy -- that's a term that you hear a lot -- to me, the biggest threat to democracy is the rising tide of censorship. The idea that we should be trying to silence our fellow Americans rather than persuade them and talk to them. That's always going to -- that's always going to lead to people being pissed because they don't like being told what to think or what to say. They like to talk to one another and that one thing that I'll always commit to. As your vice president for the next four years, I'll always try to talk to people. We'll go out there and do events with people who disagree with us. We'll answer questions from people who don't always see eye to eye, but I think if we set the tone from the top, the leadership of this country is all about communicating with one another, I think that's how we start to heal the divide, but we all have a role in it. And one final point I'll say about this. You know, don't get too personal all the time, but you know, one of the things I've seen, especially from, you know, some of my wife's friends and some of my friends is they disagree with us on politics sometimes they'll get very personal about it. And, if you're discarding a lifelong friendship because somebody votes for the other team, then you've made a terrible, terrible mistake and you should do something different.
If you contrast that with Harris' closing message, you get a sense of what is going on behind the scenes. Kamala Harris has run the most hate-filled, violence-inspiring campaign. I don't know a Republican who doesn't expect serious violence, riots, and murders by leftists if Donald Trump wins. And it's not conspiracy theorizing to expect that. It has been the M-O of Democrats for years.
NEVER FORGET it started with THEM
— Theo McFadden (@TMcFaddenK) October 24, 2024
January inauguration Riot . . . 2017
pic.twitter.com/5cLre8qp0K
This was DC on the day of Trump's inauguration; the 2020 riots were worse.
— Eddie (@Eddies_X) January 6, 2024
The #January6th set-up pales in comparison. #Jan6th pic.twitter.com/8HQUESXaNi
January 6th, 2021 stood out so much because Republicans aren't violent. Riots were everywhere in 2020, and the Democrats egged them on. Kamala Harris raised money to bail out the rioters, and Tim Walz spoke highly of the rioters until things turned so ugly that he had to quell them after days of praising them.
People seem to forget that on Trump's inauguration day violence broke out all around the Country. Trump supporters were blocked from attending events, pushed and shoved, eggs thrown at them, it was mayhem. Here are a few snippets. pic.twitter.com/1P2whPWxDV
— Hmc (@Hmc181456) October 22, 2024
As Trump and his team project fun, happiness, and optimism, Kamala Harris and her team have come unhinged. As I wrote earlier today, Harris and her influencers are spewing hate nonstop, and her closing message seems to be this:
KAMALA HARRIS: Donald Trump is increasingly unhinged and unstable after 'invoking Adolf Hitler.' Those who once tried to stop Trump from pursuing his worst impulses, like John Kelly, would no longer be in the White House to rein him in. He wants unchecked power. pic.twitter.com/S0oQlzQn2e
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 23, 2024
That is not a happy warrior asking for votes. That is, dare I say it, exactly what a fascist looks like when she sets the mob on her political opponents.
Donald Trump openly admires dictators, including Adolf Hitler.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 24, 2024
He is unhinged and unstable. In a second term, he is out for completely unchecked power. pic.twitter.com/lwLrONIdkO
"Nice reputation you got there. It sure would be a shame if somethin'... HAPPENED to it."
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) October 25, 2024
J.D. Vance is clearly speaking from the heart, asking Americans to come together. Our fellow Americans are not deplorable. It's the elites who are.
. @HillaryClinton just doesn’t know when to stop … we are not only deplorables in her eyes, but now we’re N*zi supporters. This is divisive & hateful rhetoric.
— C-Reason🇺🇸 (@CreasonJana) October 25, 2024
To top it off, notice Caitlyn of @CNN’s face during this atrocious monologue … she smugly smiles as Hillary gets to… pic.twitter.com/OFrX8os4wx
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