Trump just had his worst month since he announced his candidacy. Sports fans know the best time to make your mistakes is early in the game, and with two conventions and over three months left until the election, it’s still early days. From Michael Krieger at libertyblitzkrieg.com:
Donald Trump has been running around like a total clown over the past month or so. Meeting with war criminal Henry Kissinger, vowing to debate Bernie Sanders in California and then running away like a scared child…his damaging month ultimately culminated in a mindless attack against a federal judge based on his ethnicity. The past four weeks have represented a series of foolish missteps that hurt his campaign greatly.
Fortunately for him, it’s still very early days, and he happens to be running against one of the least liked, most corrupt human beings to ever creep around planet earth. It seems someone finally talked some sense into him, as his speech today was powerful and effective. He finally landed punches all over Hillary Clinton, while at the same time appealing to disenfranchised Bernie Sanders supporters.
Here are a few examples, courtesy of Politico:
Donald Trump ripped into Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, painting her as a corrupt career politician who he said would enrich her allies and cater to special interests at the expense of the American people.
In an address where he rarely strayed from his prepared remarks, Trump accused the former secretary of state and presumptive Democratic nominee of being a “world-class liar” who “may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency.”
Pointing to her past debunked claims about landing under sniper fire in Bosnia in the 1990s and her “pathetic email and server statements,” Trump accused Clinton of corrupting America’s economy, foreign policy and national security.
Trump also looked to grow his coalition, and cut into Clinton’s, with messaging that echoes elements of Bernie Sanders’ appeal to voters. Trump ripped his rival’s support of trade deals — a frequent target of Sanders — while also promising to create jobs and boost wages for blue-collar workers. And, in a near-verbatim lifting of Sanders’ message, Trump complained of a system that’s “rigged” against the American people.
In contrast, Clinton “has perfected the politics of personal profit and even theft,” Trump said.
“She ran the State Department like her own personal hedge fund — doing favors for oppressive regimes, and really, many, many others, in exchange for cash,” Trump said — allegation Clinton’s campaign has repeatedly denied. “Pure and simple, folks, Pure and simple. Then, when she left, she made $21.6 million giving speeches to Wall Street banks and other special interests — and in less than 2 years — secret speeches that she does not want to reveal under any circumstances to the public. I wonder why.”
To continue reading: Trump Appeals to Sanders Supporters and Lands First Real Punch Against Clinton
This fantasy about Trump magically getting votes from Bernie supporters is hilarious! Sure, they are REALLY going to vote for the poster boy for all the evils of unrestrained capitalism, when they can instead vote for an opponent who’s in agreement with their hero 93% of the time.
Dream on, Trumpkins!