Quote (IceMage @ Aug 12 2024 09:07pm)
Trump's running on deporting millions of people and handing over the staffing of his government to the Heritage Foundation. His most passionate position the last number of days is that he has very large crowd sizes and Kamala's are either small or AI generated. Is that substantive policy? No... it's not. It's inane ramblings from an angry old man.
Kamala has been running for 3 weeks and she's already announced or clarified numerous policy positions, including on immigration/border security and fracking. Campaigns are about big messages, and hers are about freedom, loving America, and not turning the clock back. It's not hard to see how she's moving ahead in the polls. You guys are just mad that Trump sucks and the vibes clearly favor the younger and more positive ticket.
I won't respond to a question where the framing of what happened 3 weeks ago is so blatantly dishonest and hackish. But sure, doubling down on your support for the guy who attempted a coup because you're supporting democracy makes a lot of sense.
I think a lot of voters put some distance between Harris and the consequences of the Biden presidency. She was kind of invisible the past few years... nobody really knows what she was doing. Voters have been watching decrepit Biden and aging/crazy Trump the past number of months and now there's a fresh face who talks about loving America and defending freedom. Seems to be working.
The Heritage foundation is an establishment institution. Irrespective of whether Trump
would, wouldn't an "establishment conservative"
want that to happen?
Americans support reducing immigration to increasing it 55% to 41%. 47% of Americans support the immediate mass deportation of
all illegal migrants. 53% want Trump's border wall. Harris ran for president on decriminalizing border crossings and she served as Biden's top surrogate as the border was overwhelmed. When all you consume is WaPo/NYT these can be easy things to miss.
Harris's "freedom" is government control over children and tax-payer funded abortion on demand. Her record on the 1st Amendment reflects a deep hostility towards religious freedom (and towards Catholics specifically), and a willingness to abuse her own position (as AG) to target conservative donors and chill political speech. Her attitude on Biden's unconstitutional student loan forgiveness (i.e. pull an Andrew Jackson) reflects deep-seated authoritarian tendencies.