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Kamala Harris has put Trump in a box, and he’s struggling to break out
The New York Times ^ | Aug 23, 2024 02:21 PM | Dan Balz

Posted on 08/23/2024 9:06:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

CHICAGO — In his history as a candidate for president, Donald Trump has never experienced anything like the past month. Vice President Kamala Harris, a Black and Indian American woman, has pushed the White alpha male to the sidelines of the national conversation, denying him the spotlight he craves and constantly demands.

Democrats concluded their electrifying national convention here on Thursday night with Harris as the main event, delivering an address sculpted to keep her on the crest of a wave that has changed the contours of the presidential election.

The Democrats are in the game, the former president is in a box, and it’s not clear whether he knows what to do.

Trying to free himself from this bind, Trump has plucked from what was once a tested playbook of tricks that in the past has kept his opponents off-balance and himself at the center of attention. But as the campaign now moves to its next phase, the focus on him and how he attempts to regain his balance will be as much or more of the story compared with how Harris navigates the road ahead.

Harris defined the stakes of the election in blunt terms in her acceptance speech. “Fellow Americans, this election is not only the most important of our lives, it is one of the most important in the life of our nation,” she said. “In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences — but the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious. … Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a joke! There’s more truth in last year’s National Enquirer than today’s NYT.


21 posted on 08/23/2024 9:16:34 AM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dan’s got a lot of balz.

kamala ain’t got the goods and her first unscripted exposure will surely show that.


22 posted on 08/23/2024 9:16:34 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hahahaha!


23 posted on 08/23/2024 9:17:28 AM PDT by cookcounty (Uuuuuuhh.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Black and Indian American”

The NYT lied in the first paragraph.


24 posted on 08/23/2024 9:18:50 AM PDT by caver ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Vice President Kamala Harris, a Black and Indian American woman, has pushed the White alpha male to the sidelines of the national conversation, denying him the spotlight he craves and constantly demands.

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Man, the NYT is all-in on race-hustling, aren’t they?


25 posted on 08/23/2024 9:20:04 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: frogjerk

It’s a good thing his parents didn’t name him Harry. Harry Balz.


26 posted on 08/23/2024 9:20:21 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Left constantly branding their opponent incorrectly, sharing their fantasy as if it’s reality. They will lie and lie and stop at nothing. In the end, they are going to cheat again. Is there anything we can do to stop it?

This whole things has to stop. Trump not only needs to win, he needs to bring to light all their lies and prosecute every single of one of them. From the CIA to their lapdog media. These braindead Americans still hypnotized by the utopia they talk about, needs to know the truth whether they like it or not. This is the most important thing Trump can do. Everything else is a temporary fix because once he’s gone, they’ll be back to destroying the country unless they are destroyed first.


27 posted on 08/23/2024 9:20:28 AM PDT by larryleo
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If you ignore that these people are serious this stuff is funny.


28 posted on 08/23/2024 9:20:34 AM PDT by Leep (Re-elect deep state. 2024!)
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To: central_va
-snicker
29 posted on 08/23/2024 9:21:35 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I thought he was dead.


30 posted on 08/23/2024 9:22:32 AM PDT by abb
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To: Leep

I think it’s hilarious. The desperation is palpable.


31 posted on 08/23/2024 9:23:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hey thanks. I appreciate a good laugh on Friday.


32 posted on 08/23/2024 9:24:19 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
“In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man.

Funny how the always accuse their opponents of what they are guilty of. Kamala is perhaps the most untested Presidential candidate in our history, she's not a serious candidate.

33 posted on 08/23/2024 9:24:29 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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fr thread-—Harris displayed bizarre tic addressing
the DNC........and Trump was among first to notice.


And this....Harris PTB had to tell Walz to cool it......many people
criticized Walz’s hyper, overly excited behavior, alongside her.

She’s so inconsequential, an idiot like Walz was upstaging Harris.


Walz came across as effeminate, ruled by his impulses, and looked
like a Price is Right contestant hoping to win a trip to the border.

Besides, he couldn’t very well appear “too masculine” next
to the cocky, aggressive Harris who is still “finding herself.”


34 posted on 08/23/2024 9:24:34 AM PDT by Liz
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free
What a joke! There’s more truth in last year’s National Enquirer than today’s NYT.

The Old Gray Lady isn't lookin' too good...


35 posted on 08/23/2024 9:24:51 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The country bounces along like Custer on the way to Little Big Horn, thanks to Dear Leader)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

36 posted on 08/23/2024 9:25:29 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dunno ‘bout y’all, but I don’t want to hear about Komrade Kamala’s box.


37 posted on 08/23/2024 9:25:59 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The New York Times???

I bet this person came up with this screwy idea while walking through central park.

...and they truly think the mime is trapped in a box


38 posted on 08/23/2024 9:26:24 AM PDT by farmguy ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s a Load of Malarkey!


39 posted on 08/23/2024 9:30:08 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Another New York Slimes fairy tale?


40 posted on 08/23/2024 9:54:52 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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