In case you haven’t noticed, Kamala Harris is Black. And in case you haven’t noticed, she’s also a woman. With those comes certain things you shouldn’t attack. Things that any decent human being wouldn’t attack. Despite Donald Trump knowing all the above, it didn’t stop him from targeting Kamala Harris for being Black. He can’t help himself from going back to the same playbook year after year.
In 2016, it may have made sense politically for him to attack a Black man and woman. The nation was coming off its’ first Black President ever, and a successful one at that. A percentage of this country wanted neither though. Some despised the United States for electing a Black man as President, and Trump knew that. By playing to that group, he was always going to have a portion of this country support him for all the wrong reasons.
But those same reasons are why that strategy won’t work in 2024. That 30-35% of the country isn’t enough anymore. I’m not convinced it brings anything with it either. The foundation he’s built only supports three walls. And the footings he needs for the third, he’s now pissing away.
He’s pissing it away on two fronts: First, his campaign has made enemies of suburban women. Whether it’s him or his running mate, attacking women for not having children is not only heartless, but it’s stupid. When it comes to having children, women do what they always do: support each other. Calling them “childless cat ladies” just showed that their campaign doesn’t get that. Either that, or they don’t care.
The other group he’s managed to piss off is the Black community. Speaking to them the way he did at the National Association of Black Journalists conference not only upset them and their community as a whole, but frankly, most of the country. And he needs their votes if he plans to win in November. To not only insult their professions, but to disrespect their ethnicity was just stupid.
I don’t know if Trump is losing it, but I’m questioning that more lately. After all, he’s only a couple of years younger than Joe Biden. If he isn’t losing it, he certainly isn’t as politically smart as he once was.
Kamala Harris has brought excitement and energy back to this race. She’s turned her campaign into a train running down the tracks at full speed. And if Donald Trump doesn’t know how to hit the brakes, he’ll get run over.
If he hasn’t already.
Good riding with you,
Joel
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