The Daily Populous Wednesday July 31st, 2024 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by harsh2k5

A source “familiar with the Trump campaign’s thinking” who spoke with the Post “on the condition of anonymity to share candid views,” seemed to think that it’s all but inevitable that Trump will make problematic comments toward Harris. “We hope he doesn’t act like a crazy racist and sexist person, but we can’t control him,” the source said. “There are probably dog whistles and racist and sexist tropes he’ll stumble into. His campaign is going to try to keep him out of that rhetoric, but it’s going to be difficult.”

This isn’t the first time that Republicans have fretted about the bigotry in their own ranks affecting their electoral prospects. Last week, Politico reported that leading House Republicans had to tell “lawmakers to focus on criticizing [Harris’s] record without reference to her race and gender,” following “a series of comments by their members that focused on Harris’ race as well as claims she is a ‘DEI’ pick.”

Over the weekend, several Republican lawmakers and Black Trump supporters told Reuters they worried about “demeaning racist and sexist attacks” and “whether the onslaught could harm Republicans at the ballot box.”

OilOdd5530 on July 30th, 2024 at 17:38 UTC »

“Trump team unsure how to not sound racist and misogynistic when their entire platform is racism and misogyny.”

FTFY

ianandris on July 30th, 2024 at 17:34 UTC »

Imagine being a republican, coronating Trump with plate sized bandages on your ears, smiling adoringly at your chosen messiah, and his campaign has to front run his behavior with:

> … “we’re going to try steer him away from the racism and sexism, but we can’t control him”.

That’s literally the GOP doing damage control. And this is who they want to foist on America. This is who they think America wants.

Just consider that for one second, please.

TheBigToes on July 30th, 2024 at 17:31 UTC »

Insults are the only move he has. He doesn't know what to do without them.