Ron's Recap of Today in Politics, 10/11
Everything you need to know about today in the 2024 campaign
… More lies and conspiracies from the Trump campaign, as his ‘Trump War Room’ account on Twitter posted a video claiming that Kamala Harris was using a Teleprompter at her town hall last night. The Univision producer explained that it was being used only by the moderator with text in Spanish. All they do is lie and crank out deceptive and edited clips all day, every day.
… Sean Hannity deleted his retweet of the clip claiming that Harris used a Teleprompter after I called him out on it 30 seconds after he posted it. But that didn’t stop his good pal Trump from repeating the lie today in Colorado.
… Obama gave a barnburner of a speech in PA last night where he hammered Trump on his grifts and his cynical ploys of trying to appeal to young male voters with sneakers, rappers and mug shot tee shirts. He also pointed out that Trump inherited a great economy which he now takes credit for, and handed off a mess to Biden. Hopefully we will see a lot of Obama down the stretch.
… As I predicted right after Obama’s speech, Trump did not say a word to go back at Obama like he normally does with everyone else. That’s because I know Trump, and he fears Obama and doesn’t want him on the campaign trail in swing states every day from now until the election. Trump has been careful not to attack Obama for a while now to avoid poking the bear. He didn’t say a critical word about him on social media, and didn’t say his name once in his speech today. Obama owns him.
… NBC is reporting that Trump has stopped playing golf since the Secret Service told him that they cannot absolutely guarantee his safety during golf outings on his various courses. He has not played since Sept. 15. Supposedly he is the Chosen One and God is protecting him, but he still wants a Secret Service guarantee.
… Former Trump-endorsed candidate for Senate Herschel Walker chimed in as a leader of Black MAGA to criticize Obama’s speech. As usual, he made no sense and was somewhat incoherent with his argument, and he claimed that Obama was telling black men to vote for Harris just because she was black. That’s not how I heard his remarks, but Walker has CTE issues.
… In Michigan, Tim Walz ridiculed Trump for his Made in China Bibles. He said that Trump probably didn’t notice the Made in China label because it’s on the inside of the Bible and he has never opened one.
… Trump held a rally in Aurora, CO today, where he unveiled his new “Operation Aurora” mass deportation plan based on the premise that migrants have supposedly taken over the city and will soon overrun the entire state unless he is elected. He said he will invoke the “Alien Enemies Act of 1798” which was used to justify Japanese-American internment camps during WWII.
… This Act cited by Trump can only be used in times of “declared war” or “invasion by a foreign nation or government.” But he will invoke it to deport people with asylum cases pending and no war. As has been demonstrated many times, Trump is going to do what he wants if he wins, the law the Constitution means absolutely nothing to him and there will be nobody in his Cabinet this time willing to check his worst impulses.
… Kamala Harris was at a ‘Republicans for Harris’ event in Arizona today. She reiterated that she would have at least one Republican in her Cabinet and create a bipartisan policy advisory board. She can’t win AZ without the chunk of John McCain Republicans that Biden got in 2020, and after also campaigning with Liz Cheney she seems intent on scooping up the Biden Republicans who have been on the fence.
… Jon Bon Jovi helped Doug Emhoff raise $1.3 million at a fundraiser in NJ. Bon Jovi publicly endorsed Harris today with a song.
… Judge Chutkan denied a motion from the press consortium to unseal additional documents pertaining to Jack Smith’s immunity filing. They asked for the sections that were redacted to be revealed to the public. She declined to give details on her reasons, just noting that the redactions contain “sensitive” materials and the First Amendment isn’t absolute. Likely the press knew this ruling was coming, but they try in every high profile case.
… Tesla stock has been tanking for 5 days since Musk’s showed up at Trump’s rally and did his cringy jumping performance. Apparently investors aren’t amused that he’s alienating most of the company’s customer base. The company has lost over 10% of its value in the past week. ETTD.
… Joe Biden said that Trump isn’t solely to blame for the lies being circulated about storm response, but said that he “has the biggest mouth.”
… Lauren Boebert opened up for Trump at his CO rally by repeating the lie that storm victims will only receive $750 in assistance from FEMA. It’s a dumbed-down base that believes any lie that gets handed to them.
… The NYT reported today that the Trump campaign coordinated with Musk and Twitter to remove/disable links to a reporter who published some of the info from the hacked documents from the Trump campaign. I have no issue if you have a “no