Wednesday's Final Word

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🚨BREAKING: Kamala Harris instantly seizes upon an already DEBUNKED hoax from the Atlantic and weaponizes it to attack Donald Trump:

"Trump would invoke Adolf Hitler, the man who is responsible for the death of six million Jews."

They're going to get Trump killed. Pray. pic.twitter.com/OBKAWedqqf

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 23, 2024

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Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told The Tennessee Star on Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris must apologize after she fanned the “flames of political violence” in her remarks, delivered earlier that day from the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., where she compared former President Donald Trump to genocidal dictator Adolf Hitler.

Ramaswamy described Harris’ speech as “insane” and “irresponsible” in a statement provided exclusively to The Star.

“Comparing Trump to ‘Hitler’ is not only insane, it’s irresponsible given the near-tragedies we’ve seen in recent months,” said Ramaswamy, alluding to the multiple confirmed attempts to assassinate Trump.

Ed: It's desperation. And yes, it's insane. 

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I'm sorry, am I supposed to now believe that Trump is a Hitlerian Nazi? Because on a personal level, I have some questions. pic.twitter.com/qd1Oi2ljpk

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 23, 2024

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On the other side, you have Kamala, who rarely mixes with the public, and often looks awkward when she does. She is the Queen of Cringe, as her attempts at humour typically fall flat. The latest example is the lame ‘comedy’ video she submitted to the Al Smith charity dinner (the very fact that she broke tradition and failed to appear in person at the event evinced her fear of interacting in public). On the day after Trump’s McDonald’s appearance, Harris held a town-hall event that was entirely scripted and did not allow audience participation. When one voter asked, ‘Are we going to be able to ask a question?’, the host, Maria Shriver, said, ‘You’re not, unfortunately. We have some predetermined questions.’

Unable to connect with voters on the grounds of ideas or personality, Harris is left with ‘at least I’m not Hitler’. But the effectiveness of that pitch this year is very much in doubt. Not only is the talk of Trump’s fascistic tendencies overblown – it is also tired.

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Noting this could be politically unhelpful to Harris, a former Biden admin official texts me: “we gotta lock Joe up.” https://t.co/juzeUrhM1H

— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 22, 2024

Ed: Gee, isn't this ... fascist? Especially from a president whose DoJ is pursuing multiple cases to actually ACTUALLY lock Trump up?

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Given her concern that Trump is planning a Holocaust, perhaps Kamala Harris should finally meet with Jewish students who’ve repeatedly been told by their classmates to “go back to Poland,” have had swastika drawn outside their dorms, and been targeted for their faith? pic.twitter.com/yA20iyszcm

— Shabbos Kestenbaum (@ShabbosK) October 23, 2024

Ed: She's too busy letting everyone know that the claim that Israel is committing genocide is a real thing.

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Now, we have two anonymous sources telling us that Trump refused to pay for the funeral of a murdered Army private. By now, one hopes most people understand how the game works. Goldberg published a non-falsifiable October surprise. Other outlets, unlikely to run wholly uncorroborated claims themselves, can spread the smear without verification. They did this to Justice Brett Kavanaugh. They’re going to keep doing it.  

Barely anyone trusts journalists anymore. This is one reason why.

Ed: Among many. 

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It is too late to expect Trump to speak with precision and prudence. As the Times itself notes, many of his supporters treat his more flamboyant pronouncements as theater, not as serious policy. One’s partiality in either direction also depends on one’s assumptions. Conservatives are as alarmed by leftists’ rhetoric as Democrats and other leftists are about Trump’s. We give our side the benefit of the doubt but hear the worst in the other side’s excesses.

But the “Trump wants to hunt down his opponents” meme is beyond ordinary partisan filtering. It speaks to the dishonesty that has characterized the media’s approach to the Trump phenomenon from the beginning. It is that dishonesty, not Trump’s worldview, that is becoming increasingly dark and that threatens the possibility of civil coexistence.

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I’ve avoided commenting on intra-staff leaks or rumors or even lies as it relates to my time at the White House but General Kelly’s comments regarding President Trump are too egregious to ignore. I was with each of them more than most, and his commentary is *patently false.* pic.twitter.com/T167w9GSv1

— Nick Ayers (@nick_ayers) October 23, 2024