Whenever anyone who served with Vance is asked about his service, they are very complimentary. The former Marines who served with Vance liked him and still like him even though their politics differ; see A Tale of Two Veterans: What the Service of Walz and Vance Tells Us About the Men. //
When the brigade sergeant major, Walz's superior in the Noncommissioned Officer support channel, was interviewed, CNN abruptly terminated the damning testimony; see BOMBSHELL: Tim Walz's Former Superior Goes on CNN, Delivers Devastating Testimony.
He went on to remind the world that the Hamas murderers executed the hostages in the midst of negotiation talks, and pressure needs to be put on them, not Israel:
"These murderers executed 6 of our hostages. They shot them in the back of the head. That's what's changed. And now after this, we're asked to show seriousness. We're asked to make concessions.What message does this send Hamas? It says, kill more hostages, murder more hostages. You'll get more concessions. The pressure internationally must be directed at these killers, at Hamas, not at Israel. We say yes. They say no all the time, but they also murdered these people. And now we need maximum pressure on Hamas."
Matt Whitlock @mattdizwhitlock
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I had completely forgotten about the “I’ve studied the maps” line from Kamala Harris demanding Israel not go into Rafah - which is where these latest murdered hostages were found.
She has been dangerously wrong about every aspect of this conflict.
8:54 PM · Sep 1, 2024 //
"What the Biden-Harris administration should have done from the beginning is not pressure Israel to restrain its response, but let Israel win from the very outset," Cotton said, saying Biden and Harris put more pressure on Israel than on Hamas, Iran, or the other Iranian proxies. They've tried to hamstring them at every turn. A lot of the problem is that Hamas has known they can keep holding out because of such actions and comments by the Biden-Harris team. You can't keep handing them leverage and hope like that. But that's what Biden and Harris did.
Hamas Atrocities @HamasAtrocities
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It's worth remembering that in March Kamala Harris pressured Israel to not enter Rafah after she "studied the maps"!
Could more hostages, some of them Americans, have been saved if the USA hadn't blocked Israel?
5:46 AM · Sep 2, 2024 //
Even now, their first response to the murders isn't "we need to wipe out Hamas," it's that we have to "focus on a deal." So Hamas knows they can ask for anything at this point and probably get it, at least from Biden and Harris.
"Que Mala!" means "How Bad!"
Then they tried to translate the MALA to "Make America Love Again," which is basically trying to rip off former President Donald Trump's MAGA structure.
It's also just not that relevant and ignores the bigger issue at play. Harris couldn't even be bothered to show up for the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base despite taking credit for the withdrawal that got the service members in question killed. She was never going to show up for this wreath-laying ceremony and everyone knows it. It's also been established that she won't return the calls of the families anyway so Harris not receiving a formal invite isn't surprising. You'd need to pick up the phone for that.
I have no idea why Harris continues to lean into this. The right move from the beginning was to shut up about the issue and just let it fade. By attacking Trump (and by proxy, the Gold Star families who wanted the pictures taken), the vice president has pumped new life into a story that does not play in her favor. Going after Gold Star families is never a good look, and using the biased press to do it via anonymous sources (in this case, an aide) looks even worse.
Harris has had the opportunity to do the right thing for years. She hasn't done so. She has no moral authority to criticize others over respecting America's war dead when she clearly doesn't do so herself. //
Outerlimitsfan
2 hours ago
Trump is a good guy. Apparently he has been in contact with the families for years, and even hosted them before at a private event. He is actually friends with them now. Which is exactly why they invited him to this.
He didn't just show up to Arlington for 10 minutes either, but was with them for over 4 hours.
Yeah, I'm shocked the Gold Star families support the guy who actually cares about them and the fact their children needlessly died. //
anon-608f Bluepillprofessor
an hour ago
You beat me to it. This is intentional. She and her staff despise, they HATE, these families because they put the lie to the Afghan "success" story...and have been quite vocal about it.
It's just that simple. These families never targeted her for any attacks or lies, and they didn't need to. All they needed to do was tell the truth, show some grief, and Heelz Up let that hatred flow!
As Politico put it on Sunday, Kamala Harris' "secret power" is "she is whatever you want her to be." The question is, could Kamala's "secret power" be her key to victory in this whacked-out election season?
I've said it before and I'll undoubtedly say multiple times before November 5: Nothing — and I mean nothing — could surprise me throughout the rest of this crazy campaign. //
As I wrote on August 18, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich admonished voters to "ask yourself two questions whenever you hear one of Kamala Harris' empty questions."
As you hear each new false promise and nice sounding agenda item, you should ask yourself two simple questions:
Why haven’t they implemented them over the last four years?
And why should we believe they would now?
Those two questions will reveal how phony and staged the entire Democratic National Convention will be. //
Rainy Day Patriot
5 hours ago
The campaign of JOY: Joke's On You.
The claim that Trump made "campaign content" at Arlington National Cemetery is simply false. None of the pictures with the family have been used in ads or placed in a political context by the Trump campaign. He was there at the behest of the Gold Star families. Given their children died defending this country, I think they have a right to snap a few pictures if they'd like.
This game has long been played left and the federal bureaucracy. When John McCain took some video of him walking among the gravestones, the press attacked him for it. When Barack Obama and Joe Biden did the same thing (including Biden being pictured in Section 60), no one said a word. No ANC official came running out telling them to put the cameras away while accusing them of breaking the rules. Let a Republican show up to honor the fallen though, and suddenly it's a scandal. The entire thing is so transparent.
"The Manchurian Candidate," a 1959 novel by Richard Condon, posits the son of a prominent American political dynasty who is captured by a Soviet Union commando unit during the Korean War and brainwashed into becoming a Soviet sleeper agent, an assassin who is triggered into action by, of all things, a card game. The goal of the Soviet Union in this exercise? To have their sleeper agent kill a presidential candidate to install his running mate, who is secretly controlled by his wife, a secret KGB operator. //
Trump War Room @TrumpWarRoom
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DUFFY: Walz taught in China, he visited China 30 times, he honeymooned in China, and he promoted Chinese communism to his American students as a teacher. Is Tim Walz a national security risk?
@KristiNoem: Absolutely. I am 100% convinced he's a national security risk. Show more
10:51 AM · Sep 1, 2024 //
When I was on a general staff, working for the Command Surgeon, U.S. Army, Europe (USAEUR), I had to have a Top Secret clearance. It was quite the process; the FBI talked to my parents, they talked to my in-laws, they talked to old friends; they even talked to my first wife, who later mentioned to me that she told them that while she and I had our differences, I was as solid an American patriot as one was likely to find. I give her full honesty points for that.
But had I had Tim Walz's China background, I doubt I would have received my clearance. //
Trump War Room @TrumpWarRoom
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.@KristiNoem on Tim Walz: He's a bully, and he pushes mandates down on his people. He's got ties to companies in China. You don't go to China 30 times to be a tourist. You go because you have an affiliation with their government. Show more
10:35 AM · Sep 1, 2024. //
In summary: Tim Walz is a national security risk. Governor Noem points out that Tim Walz wants America to become more like China. China, I remind you, is entering into an economic crisis because of all their years of economic fakery. They are entering into a demographic collapse because of decades of the idiotic "one-child policy." China, I remind you, tightly controls every aspect of the lives of Chinese subjects; I will not call those poor people citizens, as they are not. One cannot own a home in China; land and apartments are leased from the Chinese Communist Party. China is on a dark road into an uncertain future, including very possibly a complete collapse.
"China Tim" Walz wants to take us down that same road.
“President Trump has called. President Trump shows up. President Trump takes the time to hear our loved ones’ stories, why won’t you do the same?”
Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris
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As Vice President, I have had the privilege of visiting Arlington National Cemetery several times. It is a solemn place; a place where we come together to honor American heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of this nation.
It is not a place for politics.
And… Show more
12:14 PM · Aug 31, 2024
The statement was disgusting on its face. While claiming to "never politicize" the deaths of American soldiers, she quite literally politicized them by using their families to attack Donald Trump for the grave sin of actually showing up to honor the fallen. That was something Harris herself couldn't be bothered to do, and to this day, she has never spoken to any of the Gold Star families involved. //
As of this writing, eight different families have released video responses criticizing Kamala Harris for both her behavior and her failures while in office.
Kamala is taking what was a solemn remembrance for the families and is now making it a political issue herself. She's doing what she's accusing Trump of doing.
That's just vile and disgusting. She truly has no shame; she's effectively attacking the families. But it's all about trying to wreck the fact that Trump was doing the job that she and Biden were supposed to be doing here. And it's right in line with how badly the Biden-Harris team has treated the families for years. //
JD Vance @JDVance
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President Trump was there at the invitation of families whose loved ones died because of your incompetence.
Why don’t you get off social media and go launch an investigation into their unnecessary deaths?
Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris
As Vice President, I have had the privilege of visiting Arlington National Cemetery several times. It is a solemn place; a place where we come together to honor American heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of this nation.
It is not a place for politics.
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There is actually a pattern developing here.
Every time the Harris campaign exposes their candidate to the public, the public reacts negatively. It happened after the DNC as well.
You can also see the reduction in Harris's popularity in other places too. The betting website, Polymarket, also saw Trump pull away from Harris after the interview aired.
stevewhitemd | August 30, 2024 at 11:46 am
If a blue state can force Mr. Kennedy to remain on the ballot despite his desire to exit, can a red state force Mr. Biden to remain on the ballot? //
Leslie Eastman | August 30, 2024 at 11:06 am
What the Harris supporters have just done is treated RFK Jr. voters like idiots. This will backfire. RFK Jr. supports are angry at the Democrat party, and hate it now more than Trump. They will vote for Trump out of spite, whereas they may have stayed home otherwise.
There are a lot of reasons why Kamala Harris does not deserve to be president, but perhaps the most important one is her unwillingness to level with the American people about Joe Biden's health. She could have done it in a way that showed respect to her boss but that still got the point across and didn't make her look like a complete shill and tool.
But she didn't. And my guess is that because in doing so she would have exposed her own complicity in the sham and troublesome cover-up.
Kamala Harris will always put personal ambition and politics ahead of country. If the American people didn't learn anything else about her from the CNN interview, let's hope they learned that much. //
Sargon of Cincinnati Granny Heartful
18 hours ago
A side effect of an anti anxiety medication is that it can result in a loss of focus, and continued returning to a point the speaker wants to make. As this happens the speaker uses key remembered phrases to gain time to regain the intended message. Resulting in long winding sentences that have little success in communicating the speaker’s thought.
Anti anxiety drugs are not intended for stress reduction before a speaking engagement. Usually they are used for stress inducing events like flying. Or, if a patient is anxious in large crowds. Not intended for interviews. //
It’s a dry heat
15 hours ago
"I have served with President Biden for almost four years now. And I’ll tell ya it’s one of the greatest honors of my career, truly. He cares so deeply about the American people. He is so smart and — and loyal to the American people. And I have spent hours upon hours with him, be it in the Oval Office or the Situation Room. "
But she is not "tethered" to Biden in any way LOL
During the 2019 Democrat primary, Harris was asked whether she would commit to a federal ban on fracking.
“There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” Harris said. “So yes.” //
“In 2020 I made very clear where I stand. We are in 2024, and I have not changed that position, nor will I going forward. I kept my word, and I will keep my word,” Harris said. “My values have not changed. I believe it is very important that we take seriously what we must do to guard against what is a clear crisis in terms of the climate. And to do that, we can do what we have accomplished thus far.” //
“Well, let’s be clear. My values have not changed. I believe it is very important that we take seriously what we must do to guard against what is a clear crisis in terms of the climate. And to do that, we can do what we have accomplished thus far,” Harris said.
DANA BASH: You said you supported banning fracking. Did it change?
KAMALA HARRIS: In 2020, I made clear where I stand. We are in 2024. I kept my word.
DANA BASH: Why did you change your position?
KAMALA HARRIS: Let's be clear. My values have not changed.
What we’ve already done –creating over 300,000 new clean energy jobs – that tells me from my experience as Vice President, we can do it without banning fracking.
And therein lies the tell: "My values have not changed." Harris repeated that line TWICE during the interview. What it shows is that she will spout whatever is necessary to pacify the Pennsylvanian and American voters, and after she is securely installed as president, she'll adhere to those values she's been committed to for decades, and that's to double down on the climate change agenda. //
Paul Hoffer
10 minutes ago
Her positions have changed 180 degrees since she ran in 2020 but Kamala Harris’ values have not changed between 2020 and 2024. What does that mean exactly? What are those values she talks anout? Obviously, the only values on display here is that she will lie and say anthing necessary to get elected. Deception and prevarication are her values.
“Just an FYI – Kamala Harris’s campaign reached out. They’d like to pay us about $1,000 for access to the email list,” Alcorn wrote in a December 30 email to Hunter and Hallie Biden, Beau’s widow.
The money would go to the [Beau Biden] campaign, then be transferred to the foundation,” explained Alcorn, who ran the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children from January 2016 to June 2021, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Now, here's the onion:
Three former members of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) told The Post that donor list swaps are common and legal among campaigns, as long as each pays fair market rate.
But funneling the Harris payment to the foundation in exchange for the donor list — after the Biden family made clear months earlier that Beau’s campaign funds would be donated to the foundation — would have been a different matter.
“Charitable organizations are not supposed to be involved in transactions with partisan campaign committees,” said Michael Toner, who served as FEC chairman in 2006 and as a commissioner between 2002 and 2007.
The first layer to peel off here is the status of the Beau Biden "campaign." The money paid — and sure, a grand isn't all that much in the grand scheme of things, but the amount doesn't matter, the law does — the money appears to have been funneled through the campaign and into the Beau Biden Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation. Non-profits of this kind are not supposed to be involved in partisan politics, and according to Mr. Christenson, the Beau Biden Foundation, on a Form 990 filing, had denied “...engag(ing) in direct or indirect political campaign activities on behalf of or in opposition to candidates for public office.”
The second layer here is that the Beau Biden Foundation later offered Kamala Harris a seat on their board of directors. That's an unpaid position, but one that carries some influence, and could also run afoul of election finance law.
What's less believable is that this harrowing story of a working-class woman having to pay her way through college by salting fries was only worth mentioning when she began to run for president.
For decades, Harris never mentioned it, not on the campaign trail nor in two books. It’s absent from a job application and résumé she submitted a year after she graduated from college. Third-party biographers did not write about it. Not until Harris ran for president in 2019 and spoke to a labor rally in Las Vegas did she mention the job, telling the crowd that she "was a student when I was working in a McDonald’s."
It would seem odd for Harris to never mention this detail about her life story until she was in her mid-50s. She wrote multiple books, and none of them included her working at McDonald's. The multiple biographers who profiled her apparently never knew about it either. Only when it became politically convenient did Harris start making the claim.
Then there's her post-college resume, which never mentions any job at McDonald's. In the same document, she mentioned fairly irrelevant details about her travel to Africa and India. //
BurbankBob 3 hours ago
The McFib is back!
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Rainy Day Patriot BurbankBob 2 hours ago
Would you like lies, I mean fries, with that?
The interview may be long-awaited, but it’s not the unscripted conversation the nation deserves from an incumbent.
Both she and Joe Biden seem to think the role of the government is to open up the taxpayers's coffers and use the money in giveaways to buy votes. They don't seem to understand that it's the overspending that helped to kick off the inflation that has been crushing people. So, they keep proposing things that will only make things worse. //
Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris
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Even if aspiring homeowners save for years, it is often still not enough.
My administration will provide first-time homebuyers with $25,000 to help with the down payment on a new home.
3:31 PM · Aug 27, 2024 //
Elon Musk @elonmusk
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Replying to @KamalaHarris
Unless you increase the supply of new homes, this just raises the price by $25k and does nothing for affordability
10:10 PM · Aug 27, 2024 //
Adrianne Curry @AdrianneCurry
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Replying to @KamalaHarris
and you havent done it now...why?
Why did you abuse everyone for four years?
9:14 PM · Aug 27, 2024 //
GotOutofCali
5 hours ago
There has never been a problem liberals won’t throw other peoples money at. //
Steprock
5 hours ago
The price of my home is up by nearly double over the past couple of years - I just checked yesterday. Right along with what Trump said.
Glad I bought when I did. The Lord was looking out for us and giving us open doors. 100% serious with that.
anon-pt3l Steprock
5 hours ago
Under her unrealized gain tax plan you would have to pay taxes on that increase. It’s unbelievable.