Something is wrong with this split-screen picture. On one side, former president Donald Trump rants about mass deportations and claims to have stopped “wars with France,” after being described by his longest-serving White House chief of staff as a literal fascist. On the other side, commentators debate whether Vice President Kamala Harris performed well enough at a CNN town hall to “close the deal.”

Let’s review: First, Harris was criticized for not doing enough interviews — so she did multiple interviews, including with nontraditional media. She was criticized for not doing hostile interviews — so she went toe to toe with Bret Baier of Fox News. She was criticized as being comfortable only at scripted rallies — so she did unscripted events, such as the town hall on Wednesday. Along the way, she wiped the floor with Trump during their one televised debate.

Trump, meanwhile, stands before his MAGA crowds and spews nonstop lies, ominous threats, impossible promises and utter gibberish. His rhetoric is dismissed, or looked past, without first being interrogated.

  • @[email protected]
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    1301 month ago

    You mean the ones whos mega-rich owners are being promised massive tax cuts by trump? Those very same ones?

    I’m shocked to my core. I’m glad I was sitting down when I read your comment.

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      351 month ago

      But but but there’s no direct physical evidence of these major media owners handing giant round bags of cash with big dollar signs on them to trump personally while they twirl their moustaches!!!

      Don’t you see - we can’t know if they support him or not!

      /s obvs christ some people on here are russian trolls or steadfastly refuse to understand a goddamned thing

    • Diplomjodler
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      131 month ago

      A lot of them aren’t just in it for the tax cuts but because they like the ideology.

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            530 days ago

            Imo, when it comes down to it, a lot of them won’t give a care what colour their wage slaves are, in much the same way that most of them aren’t really Christian or are secretly gay etc.

            Imagine having to come out as a non-rascist to your conservative parents

            Fuck that