Kamala Harris gave a 'meh' speech in a vain attempt to save her campaign, and Joe Biden stepped on it either out of spite or because he is, well, senile.
It can't be the latter because Kamala Harris and the establishment assure us that he is up to the job of running the free world--he does remain the President of the United States, after all--and Biden made clear tonight that he and his administration consider you and me human garbage.
2016: Deplorables
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) October 30, 2024
2024: Garbage pic.twitter.com/DvRsmrLzEx
As much as Kamala Harris tries to suggest otherwise, this has been the theme of the Democratic Party's campaign for years now. In 2016, you were deplorable; in 2018, you were a Russian stooge; in 2020, you were a vector of viral infection; in 2022, you were an anti-American insurrectionist; and in 2024, you are human garbage.
This is Corey Comperatore. A fire chief in Pennsylvania, loving dad, and husband.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 30, 2024
During the July 13th attack in Butler, he sacrificed his life to save his daughter.
Joe Biden called him garbage. pic.twitter.com/KF5z9JjhRR
Get the message yet? You are not welcome here in the United States. Tren de Aragua needs room to expand.
I'm not an editor anymore, but I feel like the president calling Americans garbage should be a bigger story than an insult comedian making a bad joke about Puerto Rico.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) October 30, 2024
Kamala Harris began her speech with a broadside against Trump and MAGA, but tried to suggest that she is the person to heal the partisan divide in the country.
On @NPR’s morning edition, zero mention of the controversial “garbage” comments made last night by the president, but yet another report on what the comic said Sunday at Trump’s Puerto Rico rally https://t.co/YSlAUu3Y4t
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) October 30, 2024
As she tried to do that, her mentor, Joe Biden, laid bare what we all know the Democrats really think: we are ready to be thrown in the dump.
Holy shit. The media spent all week crying about a joke from a comedian. Meanwhile, Tim Walz called Trump supporters Nazis. Kamala Harris refused to condemn it. And now Kamala's biggest Democrat ally, Joe Biden, is calling all Trump supporters "garbage." Absolutely disgusting!!! https://t.co/f0QKtaCbQm
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 30, 2024
Before you think I am taking Biden out of context--and I have to admit that people do that all day every day no matter the political party--this is not a new theme for Democrats. There are gaffes--saying something inartfully and taking a hit for it--and Kinsley gaffes--saying what you really mean and getting in trouble for it.
"[Biden], Harris, the Democrat Party, and most of their campaign do believe that half the country is garbage. They've also said people who go to Trump rallies are Nazis — so it's pretty apparent the disdain with which they hold half the country." @ScottJenningsKY pic.twitter.com/JQVaiSklWY
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 30, 2024
The New York Times says Biden only "appeared" to call Trump voters "garbage." That's disinformation. What Biden said is clear from the video. And now the White House has altered the official transcript in a potential violation of the Presidential Records Act pic.twitter.com/ZxHJQpjTee
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) October 30, 2024
This was a Kinsley gaffe. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the entire transnational elite DO really think you are garbage and the less-than-fluent Joe Biden just said what we already know they think.
Jeff Bezos can watch the video of Joe Biden calling Trump supporters "garbage."
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) October 30, 2024
He can then read how the Washington Post characterizes these comments.
In real time, he can see how WaPo shapes the narrative, and lies to protect Democrats.
Generally speaking, I am in the camp of people who charitably interpret the words of people who speak so much that their words are easy to take out of context. If Biden and the Democrats hadn't spent a decade insulting Americans who disagree with them I would be inclined to give him grace.
But come on. He said what he meant and what many Democrats think, Just as Hillary did.
PA Governor Josh Shapiro (D) slams President Biden for calling tens of millions of Americans "garbage"
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 30, 2024
“I’m giving you my fresh reaction to it. I would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans even if they chose to support a candidate that I didn’t support.” pic.twitter.com/OM5NOBXXYB
Josh Shapiro, who would have been an excellent choice for a presidential candidate, immediately saw the problem with Joe's expostulation. He is in a purple state and understands that insulting voters is hardly a smart political move. He immediately distanced himself from Biden, and smartly so. He wants to remain viable as a future candidate. Biden is done, and Harris along with him God willing.
ON KAMALA’S INSTRUCTIONS JOE BIDEN CALLED 150 MILLION AMERICANS — INCLUDING COPS, SOLDIERS, UNION WORKERS, STEEL WORKERS, NURSES, PARAMEDICS, BORDER AGENTS, FIREFIGHTERS, WWII VETERANS — GARBAGE. He called them all GARBAGE. While he and Kamala lavish benefits and love on criminal… https://t.co/xqTk3YIOWS
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) October 30, 2024
The media will go on full cleanup mode because, well, Democrats. A speaker at a Trump rally in the early afternoon cracking a joke in poor taste got round-the-clock coverage for two days, but by tomorrow afternoon, the Pravda media will have this all cleaned up.
Gee, when a comic made a joke about garbage at Trump's rally, the story in the establishment media was Trump.
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) October 30, 2024
When Joe Biden called half of the electorate "garbage" for supporting Trump, the story at @politico becomes Republicans pouncing. Quelle surprise. https://t.co/qE3L9HRSEo
Except, maybe not. They will clean it up, debunk it, explain it away, and memory-hole it. But some things are stubborn and stick around because they resonate.
“We will be the party of UNITY, you filth!”
— Stephe96 (@Stephe96) October 30, 2024
Kamala's speech was not memorable because it didn't ring true. Biden's off-the-cuff expostulation may stick around despite the media whitewash because it was a perfect encapsulation of a reality we all get in our guts: they hate us. They really, really hate us.
He didn’t say it.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) October 30, 2024
Yeah, he said it, but it’s not a big deal. His brain doesn’t work.
He said it & it’s good he said it because it’s good to call garbage people what they are—garbage.
He said it, it was just truth, and people pouncing are the problem, and also misinformation.
You know that. I know that. The media knows that. It is a reality as fundamental as gravity, and you can't ignore gravity.
Hillary calls you deplorables.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 30, 2024
Kamala calls you Nazis.
Biden calls you garbage.
President Trump calls you patriots.
Biden: Trump supporters are garbage.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 30, 2024
CNN's Jim Acosta: Calling someone garbage is disgusting and hateful.
CNN's Kasie Hunt: Calling someone garbage is so incredibly crude.
CNN's Dana Bash: Calling someone garbage is too X-rated to share on TV.
MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski: Calling… pic.twitter.com/GefhywPQkz
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