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Apologies to all for the subject of this newsletter. It relates to Trump's posting a sexually crude attack on Kamala Harris. If you would rather not hear or read about it, please stop here and skip ahead to the article entitled âTrump-Vance campaign doubles down on cemetery desecration.â
On Wednesday, Donald Trump used his vanity social media platform to distribute a photo of Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, which contained the caption: âFunny how blowjobs impacted both their careers differently . . . .â
The link is here if you donât believe that Trump posted this disgusting sexist attack on Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton. I urge you NOT to click on this link. But if you must see for yourself, it is here: Truth Details | Truth Social
The post was part of a string of lunatic posts on Wednesday in which Trump promoted QAnon memes, suggested that Barack Obama should be tried before a military tribunal as a traitor, showed a half-dozen Democratic leaders in orange prison jumpsuits, and featured AI images of Trump riding a lion.
None of the above managed to pierce through the mediaâs criticism that Kamala Harrisâs first interview after the convention will be with her running mate, which the media suggests is a sign of Kamala Harrisâs weakness. Such joint interviews are traditionalâincluding Trump/Vance, Trump/Pence, Obama/Biden, Biden/Harris, Romney Ryan, and Clinton/Kaine.
But when Kamala Harris follows that tradition, the media loses its collective mindâwhile ignoring Trump's use of a misogynistic trope asserting that the only way a female politician can get ahead is by performing sexual acts.
Where is the outrage? Where are the demands to apologize? Where are the editorials in stentorian tones proclaiming that Trump is unfit for the presidency?
We are witnessing the near universal moral collapse of the media. They have created the monster that is Donald Trump. They are allowing him to âslut shameâ the first Black South Asian female presidential candidate with impunity. Until the press finds its backbone and moral compass, Trump will continue to slander women, minorities, veterans, LGBTQ people without consequence. That is the lesson Trump takes from our collective silence.
The first question in every press conference with Donald Trump henceforth must be âWill you apologize for and renounce your statement that Kamala Harris used sexual acts to succeed as a female politician?â If Trump refuses to answer that question, the media should walk out of the press conference. Cut off his oxygenâmedia exposure.
As a husband, father of three daughters, and grandfather of three granddaughters, I urge all women and the men who love them to stand against this outrage. We must not be silent or accept grotesque misogyny as the norm. We harm all women everywhere if we do so. We cannot be silent.
 [Update: Late Wednesday evening, the NYTimes ran a front-page, above the fold story on this topic: Trump Reposts Crude Sexual Remark About Harris on Truth Social. This article is accessible to all. It was written by Michael Gold. I have emailed Michael at [email protected] thanking him for writing a factual article on this topic.]
Trump-Vance campaign doubles down on cemetery desecration and insulting women without children
A campaign led by normal people would apologize for the Trump's campaign altercation with a military worker at Arlington National Cemetery. Not the Trump-Vance campaign. Instead of apologizing for violating federal rules against using the national cemetery for political purposes, the Trump-Vance campaign released a Tik-Tok video of Trump's visit, claiming that the family of one of the deceased soldiers gave permission to photograph them at the cemetery.
The problem is that family members do not have the authority to waive federal regulations prohibiting photography. Why? Because as the Trump âthumbs-upâ photo shows, it is impossible to take a photo that does not capture other grave markers or mourners (as Trump's photo did). Worse still, the family could not give permission to Trump to use Arlington as a site for political campaigningâwhich he did by converting the photo and video into a campaign ad. See CNN Politics, Arlington National Cemetery: Fresh controversy brews over Trumpâs visit.
The increasingly creepy and angry JD Vance responded to the controversy by claiming that the media had exaggerated the significance of âthe altercationââhis word, not mine. Worse, he criticized Kamala Harris for not investigating the Abbey Gate bombing on the last day of US troop withdrawal by saying that Kamala Harris could âgo to hell.â See CNN Politics, JD Vance defends Trump after cemetery incident, says Harris âcan go to hellâ.
Ah, yes! JD Vanceâs precious family values are on full display as he defends the indefensible by swearing at a person who dares to criticize Donald Trump. Of course, Vance is wrong in asserting that there was no investigation of the Abbey Gate bombing. There were multiple investigations by the Department of Defense. Kabul Airport Attack Review Reaffirms Initial Findings.
Perhaps JD Vance intended to be provocative and outlandish in his defense of Trump's desecration of Arlington because yet another âchildless cat ladyâ video of JD Vance has surfaced. This time, Vance asserts that any woman without children is unfit to teach in school because they will âbrainwashâ the minds of their students. See The Guardian, JD Vance attacks childless teachers in newly resurfaced remarks.
A video of JD Vanceâs remarks is here:Â An Evening with the Ohio Candidates for US Senate.
So many of the leaders of the left, and I hate to be so personal about this, but theyâre people without kids trying to brainwash the minds of our children, that really disorients me and disturbs me.
Randi Weingarten, whoâs the head of the most powerful teachersâ union in the country, she doesnât have a single child. If she wants to brainwash and destroy the minds of children, she should have some of her own and leave ours the hell alone.
As usual, Vance is wrong on the facts, politics, and morals. Randi Weingarten is a stepmother to her wifeâs child. Factual errors aside, JD Vance believes that anyone without children is out to âbrainwashâ his kids. In most of America, people without children are known as teachers, coaches, principals, clergy, mayors, business leaders, politicians, and just plain âpeople.â JD Vance has a creepy worldview in which parents have a privileged status that entitles them to a greater voice in governance than people without children.
Meanwhile, Team Normal continues to act like normal people campaigning for the presidency and vice-presidency
After the disgusting and creepy display by the Trump-Vance campaign, the appearances by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in Georgia felt like a breath of normalcy and decency. They started their bus tour through Georgia with a high-profile rally of 10,000 in Atlanta. See Slate, I Was at the Kamala Harris Rally in Atlanta. What Youâre Seeing Is Very Real.
Kamala and Tim visited a school in Hinesville, Georgia, where they dropped in on a band practice. The video is here:Â Harris and Walz speak to students. The tour is part of an effort to decrease GOP margins in red counties of Georgiaâessential to winning the race on a statewide level in November 2024.
Harris and Walz will conduct a similar tour in Michigan and Wisconsin over the Labor Day weekend. Trump, Harris heat up campaign trail in mad dash toward Election Day (usatoday.com). And President Joe Biden will appear with Kamala Harris this week!
As I said yesterday, they are acting like candidates who really want to win in November by taking their campaign directly to the people.
[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]
