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  • Trump Keeps Turning Up the Dial on Vulgarity. Will He Alienate the Voters He Needs?

    08/30/2024 9:36:32 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 87 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Aug. 29, 2024 | Ken Bensinger, Karen Yourish, Michael Gold
    Over his decades in the public eye, former President Donald J. Trump has a well-established history of making degrading and racist remarks about women, people of color and pretty much anyone else who crosses his path. It is a proclivity that dates to his days as a reality television star and that has only expanded in the meme-driven era of social media. In the words of Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, Mr. Trump is “an equal opportunity offender.” But in Vice President Kamala Harris, Mr. Trump has found a particularly complicated and risky target for his trademark brand...
  • ‘Coup’ and ‘Cover-Up’: How the G.O.P. Is Reacting to the Harris Candidacy

    07/24/2024 2:00:59 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 39 replies
    The New York Times ^ | July 24, 2024 | Karen Yourish and Lazaro Gamio
    President Kamala Harris after President Biden’s announcement that he would leave the 2024 presidential race, a vast majority of prominent Republicans have treated the development with suspicion or scorn.A New York Times analysis of statements by Republican senators, representatives and governors found that their reactions to Ms. Harris’s presumptive candidacy and Mr. Biden’s withdrawal clustered around several themes, including the opinions that Mr. Biden must resign or that the events of the past few days amounted to election subversion or a bloodless coup. Recent polling suggests nearly 9 in 10 Americans believe Mr. Biden’s decision to step aside was the...