"Holy Toledo. Oh, my goodness gracious," Enten declared. "These are the types of groups that you would have never thought that Donald Trump would have gained so much support among eight years ago."

Plus, it was the best GOP showing with age 18-29 year olds in 20 years, black voters in 48 years, Hispanics in 52+ years, he explained.

(((Harry Enten))) @ForecasterEnten
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Trump's mandate:

1. More states (49 + DC) swung in his direction vs. last election than anyone since 1992.
2. Best GOP showing w/ age 18-29 in 20 yrs, Black voters in 48 yrs, Hispanics in 52+ yrs.
3. Coattails: best GOP showing in House popular vote in prez year since 1928.

9:33 AM · Nov 8, 2024

Let's not forget this point that Enten also made about the exit polls and just how well Trump did with Latino men, the best for a Republican candidate since they started exit polls in the 1970s and ten points better than Kamala Harris. //

anon-2hhh
21 hours ago
The fact that so many demographics gravitated towards Trump is a testimony to the power Free Speech (internet, talk radio, X) has over Propaganda (MSM).

Carey J anon-2hhh
21 hours ago
And so it was that the trillion dollar propagaanda complex was defeated by ronin memelords. //

Highlar75
18 hours ago
To me there seemed to be 2 big turning points in Trump's campaign with messaging, demeanor, and everything: his pick of JD as his running mate and the first assassination attempt on his life. After this, his messaging became decidedly more on point, policy oriented, more positive and he seemed to actually be enjoying his time on the campaign trail. I think it was a wakeup call for him, that he really accepted from the Man upstairs to become the serious candidate we all wanted and needed him to be.

Long before Trump’s audacious rhetoric, rallies packed with fervor, and tweets that lit up the internet, the GOP had a blueprint for reaching minority voters. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t invented in 2023, or 2024. Go back a few decades, and you’ll find that Reagan and Jack Kemp had already planted the seeds. Their strategy? Think less “Build a beautiful wall” and more “Build opportunity and wealth.”

Jack Kemp was more than just another politician; he was an ex-NFL quarterback turned congressman who believed that economic empowerment was the great equalizer. His vision was straightforward but revolutionary for the time: break the cycle of government dependency and create opportunities for people to own their future. And he didn’t just whisper these ideas in a phone booth. He took them to the streets, addressing minority communities directly with speeches that resonated beyond typical party rhetoric. In a 1979 talk to the International Longshoremen’s Association, Kemp laid down an argument that felt as relevant then as it does now—why minority communities and the GOP shared more than they realized.

Kemp’s advocacy wasn’t just political theater. It was practical, rooted in the realities of his time, when America was wrestling with economic stagnation and social upheaval. He argued that conservative principles—entrepreneurship, lower taxes, deregulation—weren’t just talking points; they were tools that could dismantle barriers holding minority communities back. Reagan picked up on Kemp’s ideas and infused them into his 1980 campaign and his presidency, broadening the Republican platform’s appeal.

Fast forward to Trump’s rise. His 2024 campaign strategy included a surprising plot twist: an uptick in support from Black and Hispanic voters. Some analysts were quick to brand this as an unprecedented shift, a result of Trump’s unique ability to connect through a mix of bravado, policy promises, and a mugshot. But if you know your political history, you know Trump’s outreach to minority groups wasn’t entirely novel, his mugshot notwithstanding. It was the resurgence of Kemp’s vision, tweaked for a different era and amplified by digital media. //

Trump’s messaging, while often polarizing, hit on key themes that Kemp had long-before championed: economic opportunity and self-sufficiency. During his first administration, Trump pointed to job growth stats, touted the benefits of deregulation, and pushed Opportunity Zones—policies that echo Kemp’s urban revitalization agenda. Kemp believed that America’s inner cities, neglected by decades of failed policies, needed incentives for investment that would spark real, sustainable growth. Sound familiar? Trump’s version has different packaging, but the song remains the same. //

Now, back to Kemp’s original vision. He didn’t just want minority outreach to be an election-year gimmick. For him, it was about creating a long-term coalition grounded in respect and shared goals. Kemp’s view was that the GOP could be the party that lifted people up—not by expanding welfare but by expanding entrepreneurship. He believed that if people saw that the GOP’s version of economic growth and personal responsibility matched their own aspirations, they wouldn’t just be voters; they’d be champions of the party’s message. //

msctex
10 hours ago
One of the best Political "What If" scenarios there is, revolves around if Reagan had gone with Kemp instead of Bush.

Sabotage msctex
10 hours ago
He was made an offer he couldn't refuse. They shot him anyway.

Sabotage msctex
9 hours ago
Bush was the CIA director. Same arrangement (blackmail) that got LBJ on the ticket with Kennedy. Same follow up plan. Read up on the blood transfusion Reagan got after he was shot. He was never the same.

msctex Sabotage
8 hours ago
Damn, you live up to the name, don't you.

And while Trump's "NeverTrump" detractors like Rick Wilson and the like would say "Well, we helped kick him out of office in 2020," the net effect of that effort was a) to make Trump get even louder and b) to drive even more people in Trump's direction (including bigtime movers and shakers like Elon Musk and Joe Rogan), which culminated in one of the most (if not the most) spectacular comebacks in American political history.

Something equally delicious about the voter repudiation of these types of tactics on Tuesday will be that five or 10 years down the road and beyond, very few people will remember much about the NeverTrump movement. But they will for sure remember how Trump seemingly rose from the political ashes to get his revenge in the best way possible: by way of the ballot box.

Since McDaniel supports Whatley so strongly, many observers have wondered if there will really be any change at the RNC or if the misplaced spending priorities, use of crony consultants instead of folks who can actually get the job done, and fundraising failures will continue. Fortunately, with this restructuring Trump is bringing in Chris LaCivita as COO, and several RNC members who spoke with RedState on condition of anonymity expressed confidence that LaCivita will bring back the fiscal responsibility that's been missing. //

A-Nony-Mouse
8 months ago
"....Trump deserves to have the team he wants....."

basically she's saying that she was NOT on the Trump -- or America's -- team.....

There were some moments of great joy, such as the moment Pennsylvania supporters found out.

Kassy Akiva @KassyAkiva
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MCCORMICK HEADQUARTERS GOING BANANAS AS TRUMP WINS PENNSYLVANIA

1:21 AM · Nov 6, 2024

They broke out in praise and song at the Trump victory party, singing "How Great Thou Art," as the people who had been slandered as extremist and "garbage" gave thanks to God.

Lisa Boothe 🇺🇸 @LisaMarieBoothe
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Witnessing this as I left the Trump victory party moved me to tears. These people have been slandered and demeaned. They are good people. Patriots of all backgrounds who love this country and came together to make it great again. 🇺🇸

3:22 AM · Nov 6, 2024

As the nation enters the home stretch of this unpredictable campaign season, Christians hoping to steward their vote wisely have much to consider. One way to go beyond the click-bait headlines, short sound bites, and endless advertisements and gain deeper insight into the priorities of each party is by reviewing the party platforms.

He made it a point to stop and highlight that you aren't the weird ones, they are. Their behavior is atrocious, and their aims are just evil. "Reality has flipped," he said, stating that normal people aren't supporting the Democrat machine.

"It's the party of weirdos, of envy, of hate, of resentment, of bitterness, of weakness, of a total lack of creativity," Carlson said. "It's a part of conformity, it's a party of the machine where it doesn't matter who the candidate is, because individuals are immaterial. All that matters is the collective. That's the Soviet model." //

"Every person in this room needs to understand you are not in a despised minority," said Carlson. "You are in an incredibly gentle and tolerant majority who put up with this crap for way too long as they're insulting, not only you, but the memory of your ancestors who died for this country. They tore down statues to their memory. People who've never built anything in their lives. They went out of their way to humiliate you and spit on you, and the graves of your ancestors, and that's not an exaggeration. They did that."

"And this country is so nice," Carlson continued. "It's so polite. It's so thoughtful and empathetic and sweet. It's the kind of country that loves dogs and gives directions to strangers, that we put up with it for four years, but we can't anymore." //

The weird ones are the people who hate this country. It's the people who don masks and attack their fellow citizens in the streets over political disagreements. It's the ones who burn down their own neighborhoods and murder over falsehoods and exaggerations.

It's the ones who force divides between men and women, preaching that unhappiness and adherence to a corporate system is good, and that a loving home with a stable marriage and children is slavery.
... //

These people cannot win. The corporate media cannot succeed, and the Democrats cannot be given the power to continue driving us down this path of destruction born out of a prejudice for all things good.

You are the moral majority with the power to change things faster than you think. They don't want you to know that. They want you to think you're alone and powerless. They want you to think the world is theirs and there's nothing you can do about it.

It's time to prove them wrong. Get out there and vote.

And once we win, it will just be the beginning. We the people will destroy the machine they built and restore goodness and sanity to the madness. Things will change because they have to. They hope we'll go back to sleep, thinking we won the war. We won't. This isn't over. The war is just heating up. America has arrived at the battlefield.

Get ready.

"And it is because of my love for our country — and specifically, because of the leadership that President Trump has brought to transform the Republican Party and bring it back to the party of the people and the party of peace — that I'm proud to stand here with you today, President Trump, and announce that I'm joining the Republican Party. I'm joining the party of the people, the party of equality, the party that was founded to fight against and end slavery in this country. It is the party of common sense and the party that is led by a president who has the courage and strength to fight for peace."

There’s going to be a presidential election in a couple weeks, but few think that we’ll know for sure the next president on November 5—what used to be known, quaintly, as “Election Day.”

Most likely, it’s going to be weeks, maybe even months, before we see a victor. And here’s a prediction: The Sturm und Drang will come in five phases: litigation, negotiation, discreditation, devolution, and then, monetization. I can explain.

GBenton
2 hours ago edited
The right understands the left. The left does not understand the right.

In sparring here with Trump haters for years I have noticed that they do not understand him. Their image of him is a simplistic charicature. In reality, Trump confounds easy categorization. He's got huge self confidence and ego and yet is unafraid to make fun of himself or get roasted. That's why he was able to thrive at the Al Smith dinner and Kamala could not - she cannot tolerate any jokes at her expense because she's so insecure and fake.

Trump is a billionaire who loves the common man and speaks in the language of the common man, including coarse language and jokes - and he's a genuine populist (where Bernie Sanders is not, trust me, he does not like the average American).

Kamala is not built for this contest. Trump is - and the things that some people don't like about his personality is part of why he is able to withstand all the hate and attacks and do things like this anyway.

Even though I make fun of losers like Billy Wallace, the truth is I feel sorry sometimes that they can only wake up and hate this man to the point of obsession. That's their right, of course, but it's still a pathetic way to go through life and warped way to experience this unique moment in American history.

He's the fighter we need to take down their Machine. He's part of the New Right that is willing to reach regular Americans where they live, unlike the Bushes and Cheneys and Romneys who look down at us (though GWB and Jeb! were somewhat better in this aspect).

Vote. Vote. Vote (even in blue districts). Let your voice be heard. Our leaders are NOT above us, they should serve us - and in this case, Trump was serving fries.

BJW#IStandWithTX GBenton
2 hours ago
You make a good point, ike they watched too many episodes of DALLAS and believed it was a documentary.

GBenton BJW#IStandWithTX
an hour ago
They love House of Cards, West Wing, Veep, Madame President, etc.

They think people on the right are the stereotype they hear about on MSNBC. And they stay in their bubble. That's why folks like Scott Jennings on CNN are so disruptive because they're speaking truth to stupid right to their faces.

What the left can't accept is that regardless of their level of intelligence, their ideology is fraudulent and their ideas are childish and quite stupid.

Their cancel culture seals the deal because they do not allow any "heretics" to stray from the narrative, which is why they get so blindsided when the people do not behave as they expect.

Tolly GBenton
an hour ago edited
"They love House of Cards, West Wing, Veep, Madame President, etc."

And this is why they have such a distorted and false understanding of how DC works and what the functions of the different branches of the government. It is their only source.

I noticed that in each of the shows you enumerate, the liberals were always portrayed as benevolent and saint like, and played by somewhat attractive actors, and the conservatives depicted as gruff, unstable, mean-spirited ogres, mostly played by the dorkiest of actors.
I wonder why that most always seemed to be the case.

Actually, I don't.

GBenton Tolly
an hour ago
They see the Republicans as fascists and tyrants and war mongers, religious zealots. And they grew up on Watergate and the fantasy that lefties are the good guys (and the ends justify the means).

They're pretty big fans of Game of Thrones, too.

Howard said that his congresswoman was able to get two contracted helicopters for search and rescue, but he also pointed out that local authorities are stopping even the media from seeing how bad the destruction is. He related a story that sheriff’s deputies in the Lake Lure area wouldn’t let CNN video the devastation.

He also gave an example of the buck-passing that’s going on in North Carolina: //

Howard pointed out that some of his colleagues are funding their rescue missions out of their own pockets. At the same time, Air Force helicopters are grounded and personnel aren’t working because they’re awaiting Title 10 orders that aren’t coming from above. //

Howard said that he doesn’t “know what kind of conspiracy” is behind this bureaucratic nightmare. In my more cynical moments, I can’t help but wonder if Gov. Roy Cooper (D-N.C.) and the Biden-Harris administration are willing to let Republican voters in a reliably red part of the state fend for themselves — and die. I don’t want to believe that, but it’s hard to shake that gut feeling. //

“I hope these politicians get fired,” he concluded. “I hope people get pissed off. They'll probably kick me out of the state of North Carolina for doing this. But you know what? I don't care. Because if I can save one more life for it, it's f***ing worth it to me.”

If only politicians in D.C. and North Carolina cared this much.

[If only churches cared this much about saving people!]. //

Jeroboam Maximus Decimus Cassius
7 hours ago edited
Those in power do care about one aspect of this, though. If they slow walk rescue and recovery efforts, no actual polling [voting at polling places] can take place in the worst affected counties, all Republican, a mere month from now. This could give the swing state of NC to the Democrats and probably would hand the Senate seat in Florida to them as well. It might also make a difference in Georgia.

Democrats want to prevent Republicans from ‘engaging in any activities related to recounts, certifications, or similar post-election activities,’ and they’re counting on a judicial branch ally to make it happen. //

The case threatens to effectively put back in place restrictions that hindered the RNC for nearly four decades. A judge appointed by President Jimmy Carter instated the restrictions when he settled a case between the RNC and the Democrats with a consent decree that limited Republicans’ abilities to partake in regular election practices like poll watching.

From 1981 to 2018, the judge, who only served for 15 years but took senior status for 21, continued to renew the consent decree, and modify it in favor of Democrats, as The Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway pointed out in her book Rigged:

For decades, the Democratic Party built up expansive coordination efforts that the Republicans were prohibited from developing. Republican candidates and state parties could do things on their own, but not with help from the national party. …

The consent decree also meant the RNC was kept out of almost any litigation related to Election Day. In fact, a main part of the RNC’s legal efforts came to be training RNC staff to stay away from Election Day operations on Election Day, including recounts, and fending off litigation that arose from the consent decree. It utterly paralyzed the political operation of the RNC, as the slightest misstep would result in getting sued by Democrats. //

With the election coming up, the case has recently seen movement after being “randomly reassigned” to Chutkan in 2023. According to court documents, the case had two different judges before landing before Chutkan.

Although no major decisions have been made on the case yet, at a November hearing, Chutkan highlighted how important it was to keep the case moving in time for the 2024 election. //

A ruling in favor of the plaintiffs would restrict the Republican Party from being involved in elections more than the 1981 consent decree because the new lawsuit, in addition to asking that poll watcher restrictions be reinstated, seeks to limit GOP interactions with election officials.

Speaking with CNN, Rajiv Parikh, a Democrat attorney involved in keeping the 1981 consent decree alive, said Democrats believe a court intervention here will be particularly helpful for them in swing states like Georgia and Pennsylvania, where lawsuits and challenges are almost certain to arise.

BASH: You just said that you're creating a story.

VANCE: We ought to be talking about public policy. [09:15:05]

BASH: Sir, you just said that you're creating the story.

VANCE: What's that, Dana?

BASH: You just said that this is a story that you created...

VANCE: Yes.

BASH: So, the eating dogs and cats thing is not accurate.

VANCE: We are creating -- we are -- Dana, it comes from firsthand accounts from my constituents.

I say that we're creating a story, meaning we're creating the American media focusing on it. I didn't create 20,000 illegal migrants coming into Springfield, thanks to Kamala Harris' policies. Her policies did that, but yes, we created the actual focus that allowed the American media to talk about this story and the suffering caused by Kamala Harris' policies.

David K
6 hours ago edited
RFK Jr understands the basics of the Reagan 80/20 rule: i.e., "The person who agrees with you 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor." Never Trumpers have the Reagan Rule backwards and support Democratic candidates that have less than 20% agreement with their so-called "True Conservative" values and they hate Trump and MAGA supporters even thought they arguably have more than 80% policy agreement with them. Unlike these Never Trumpers, RFK Jr isn't taking his ball and going home in a hissy fit, but following the Reagan 80/20 Rule. Similarly, Trump understands that 100% political alignment with the majority of voters is an impossible dream. He also understands that he and RFK Jr don't need to be in complete agreement for each of them to get their best possible outcome in the 2024 election. Like life, politics is not a strict zero-sum, all-or-nothing game.

etba_ss David K
2 hours ago
These people endorsing Harris to "save conservatism/democracy/the republic" are lying. They don't really believe that. They just hate Trump. Just like the left didn't believe Dick Cheney was "literally Hitler". As soon as he turns a trick for them, they like him again. The left thinks like Voldomort, both being pure evil, that there is no good or evil, only power. Only evil claims that.

Let's also acknowledge people like Dick Cheney hate us. They tolerated us when we knew our place, sat down, shut up and let them run the country. Since that gig is up, they expose themselves. They don't agree with us 80% of the time. That's why they hate us. They agree with Harris closer to 80% of the time than they do with us. They just want to funnel favors to a different set of friends. They are all for power, forever war, globalism and elitism. If they just hated Trump, they wouldn't also be campaigning against Ted Cruz. They wouldn't hate Ron DeSantis too.

These are the people who hated Reagan. Then when he got power and was so popular, they pretended they were like him. Reagan also spent a lot of money on defense, which lined their pockets. Reagan was winning the Cold War. This isn't 1980 anymore. There is no USSR. China is a real threat, but we are doing next to nothing about them. We are too busy meddling in everything else in the world to get serious about the real threat.

Republicans, you’re not going to best the anchor on the facts, because the anchors aren’t conceding any facts. The best you can do is beat them into submission. //

A conversation of “Yes, she was,” “No, she wasn’t” is useless and a wasted opportunity. Instead, there are two options for taking advantage of these little shows:

One is to force the trifling anchor to fully expose himself as a Democrat surrogate by demanding he explain and defend his counterpoint.

Senator Tom Cotton did this expertly in a recent interview with ABC’s Jonathan “Milhouse” Karl. When Karl attempted to run interference for Kamala by insisting Kamala no longer supports every godawful policy she professed to support and even aided in implementing as vice president, Cotton challenged Karl to show his math. “How do you know that’s not her position?” said Cotton in a way that kind of turns me on. “How do you know that’s not her position? She has not said that. She has not said that. She has not said that.” //

Karl went on to say on behalf of the Kamala campaign that the vice president is “clearly making an effort to move to the middle,” revealing whom he supports in this race and whom he believes needs help across the finish line.

At that point, Republicans, you can proceed to acknowledge that the anchor is here to assist Kamala, nothing more, and you can continue to make the points you want.

The second option is to aggressively confront every rebuttal sputtered by the anchor because the media collectively and individually have proven themselves to be irredeemable liars and fiends. Say so. They deserve it. The voters are on your side when you do. //

Why are you defending her?

Why are you speaking for her?

Why are you letting Kamala and the Democrats dictate your coverage?

Why are you trying to debate on their behalf?

If you want a debate, host one and demand that she be here to answer for herself, rather than you answering for her.

Why are you repeating her campaign’s lies, which you know are false, and which you refuse to “fact-check”?

Why do you apologize for her campaigners’ lies when they’re not here and then get snippy with me for rebutting them, even though I did you the courtesy of showing up while they refuse to answer your calls?

More than 200 former aides to the three GOP presidential nominees who preceded former President Trump in 2016 — former President George W. Bush, former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) — endorsed Vice President Harris on Monday.

The majority of the group also endorsed President Biden in 2020. The group wrote a letter announcing the endorsement, USA Today first reported. //

If most of these people were already supporting Biden in 2020, then guess what? While they might identify as Republicans, they're supporting Democrats. It tells you a lot more about them. They're not just being anti-Trump -- they're supporting Biden and Harris. If they can support Biden or the radical ideas of Harris, then they're not conservatives, in my humble opinion. Also, this just confirms that there were a lot of people who weren't conservative working for Romney et al.

Harmeet K. Dhillon @pnjaban
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Prolife activists who are trying to suppress Republican votes over prolife policy differences, enabling enthusiastic abortion cheerleaders to write the rules and appoint the judges and prosecute the journalists, are grossly irresponsible and destructive to the prolife cause.
3:08 PM · Aug 26, 2024 //

Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy
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If you want women to have fewer abortions, the tool for this job is not DONALD TRUMP lol.

If Donald Trump is the only guy you are waiting on to deliver you the no-abortion utopia of your dreams, you might want to rethink your strategy.

Overturning Roe was about returning it to the States.

THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT and what the movement marched for - for decades.

Now your fight is in the state houses. Ohio, Kansas - lots of low hanging fruit out there!

Not as high-profile as fighting with Trump but it will get you farther.

Suggesting a Trump boycott is a full-throated call for Kamala and Roe4Evah.
7:46 PM · Aug 26, 2024 //

Harmeet K. Dhillon @pnjaban
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Replying to @pnjaban
It’s almost as if their goal is increasing their own perceived power instead of saving the lives of innocent children.
3:15 PM · Aug 26, 2024 //

The alliances that Trump is forming with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard have nothing to do with rejecting conservative principles or becoming more Democrat: it's about saving the lives of America's children. The execution may not be to the liking of certain voices in the pro-life movement, but the goal hasn't changed. It is a tragedy that many of these self-proclaimed activists appear to have forgotten this or are so focused on their loss of perceived power that they no longer care to.

But for those not compelled by conscience, please consider the ramifications: If Kamala Harris wins, Democrats will pass a federal law which, at a minimum, makes Roe v. Wade (and not the more limited holding of Casey), the law of the land, preempting the pro-life laws currently in place in some states. Harris will hold the power to appoint federal judges and possibly replace one to three Supreme Court justices — and that’s if Democrats don’t expand and stack the high court. Harris will hold the bully pulpit and will only further dehumanize the unborn, making it more difficult to change the hearts and minds of Americans.

Trump may not govern as a pro-life president, but Harris will most assuredly be the most pro-abortion president ever elected. With Trump in office, the status quo can be maintained until four years from now, a primary battle can demand a candidate willing to fight for the sanctity of life. While society will still not be open to laws that protect all human life, a pro-life candidate can support a federal ban on late-term abortions while working to support pregnancy resource centers and promoting life.

It took us 50 years to get to where we are and it will take decades more to move society toward a place where the populace will agree to ban most abortions. But if Harris is elected, we may never have the chance to start changing hearts, minds, and laws.

For instance, being a third-party candidate on a debate stage alongside Republicans and Democrats is borderline impossible thanks to rules that were created through a group founded by both Republicans and Democrats. I wrote of the Commission on Presidential Debates in 2016 and how it effectively pushed out the League of Women Voters to seize control of the debate stage:

The organization itself was founded in 1987 by a bipartisan Republican/Democrat effort, and has run the debates ever since. //

Before the CPD, the debates were run by the League of Women Voters from 1976 to 1984. The League withdrew when Republicans and Democrats made a deal that would give them full control over the debates, and how they were run.

Nancy Neuman, then head of the League, called the deal “outrageous,” and noted that the Democrats and Republicans wanted to control the questioners, composition of the audience, press access, and more. All of this was done behind closed doors. By the time the deal was done, the League was presented with 16 pages of non-negotiable rules for the debates.

The League departed with a statement that called out exactly what the dual parties were doing and remains accurate to this day:

“The League of Women Voters is withdrawing its sponsorship of the presidential debate scheduled for mid-October because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter,” League President Nancy M. Neuman said today.

“It has become clear to us that the candidates’ organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and honest answers to tough questions,” Neuman said. “The League has no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public.”

Even Walter Cronkite called it an "unconscionable fraud." //

No matter how insane you might think the person is, they deserve a fair shot at winning the people's affections. The rules should not be weighted against them, and the other parties should not be able to manipulate rules to keep them from reaching the people.

It's my honest opinion that a two-party system is incredibly dangerous and limiting. If America's economic system has taught us anything, it's that competition brings out the best in people and the best people overall. Yet, we're currently tied to a dual-party system so filled to the brim with corruption that sometimes it's hard to know where one party begins and the other ends.

I will say that Clear Choice — this PAC, this DNC-aligned PAC — that was created specifically to take us out has spent millions of dollars to take us out. They have, unfortunately, turned us into a spoiler. And we don't want to be a spoiler. We wanted to win. We wanted a fair shot. The DNC made that impossible for us. They have banned us, shadowbanned us, kept us off stages, manipulated polls, used lawfare against us, sued us in every possible state. They've even planted insiders into our campaign to disrupt it and to create actual legal issues for us. And I mean, the extent by which the sabotage they've unleashed upon us, it's mindblowing. I mean, we're still learning new ways that they have sabotaged us.

It is exclusively because of the Democratic Party taking us out. And I am so disappointed I ever helped them. //

And, you know, given this, I think we are taking a very serious look at making sure that the people that have corrupted our fair and free democracy do not end up in office in November. It's hard — I mean, it's really hard, Tom, to say these words, because it's also acknowledging how bad things are.