The Daily Populous Tuesday August 13rd, 2024 morning edition
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With reports that he has been in total meltdown mode over Kamala Harris’s rise continuing to pile up, Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday to allay Republican fears, convincingly demonstrating that he has not become unmoored by his opponent’s popularity and will spend the next 85 days running a disciplined campaign that will deliver votes come November 5.

No, just f--king with you, of course. He instead went on a multi-post rant about Harris faking the crowd sizes at her rallies, the tone of which could best be described as “internet troll meets old man who thinks his microwave is spying on him.”

Long obsessed with crowd sizes, Trump wrote the following to his followers:

Has anyone noticed that Kamala CHEATED at the airport? There was nobody at the plane, and she “A.I.’d” it, and showed a massive “crowd” of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST! She was turned in by a maintenance worker at the airport when he noticed the fake crowd picture, but there was nobody there, later confirmed by the reflection of the mirror like finish on the Vice Presidential Plane. She’s a CHEATER. She had NOBODY waiting, and the “crowd” looked like 10,000 people! Same thing is happening with her fake “crowds” at her speeches. This is the way the Democrats win Elections, by CHEATING - And they’re even worse at the Ballot Box. She should be disqualified because the creation of a fake image is ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Anyone who does that will cheat at ANYTHING!

In subsequent posts, he added: “Look, we caught her with a fake ’crowd.’ There was nobody there!” and “EVERYTHING ABOUT KAMALA IS FAKE!”

As The New York Times notes, “The crowds at Ms. Harris’s events, including one in Detroit outside an airplane hangar, were witnessed by thousands of people and news outlets…and the number of attendees claimed by her campaign is in line with what was visible on the ground.” Beyond the fact that Trump’s claims are simply not true—nothing new there—his posts give off strong vibes of a guy who is figuratively, and perhaps even literally, s--tting his pants over competing with Harris, hence the call for her to be “disqualified.” If he thought he was going to sail to victory, he’d be happy to go up against her, just like he was happy to face Joe Biden.

Even before his ridiculous claims of “A.I.’d” crowds, Trump’s panic over Harris was extremely evident. On Thursday, amidst a fact-free press conference, he insulted the vice president’s intelligence numerous times, falsely claiming she couldn’t pass the bar and calling her “barely competent” and “not as smart” as Biden. Then, on Saturday, the Times reported that since Harris’s move to the top of the ticket, Trump had:

Attacked a major donor in text messages sent by an aide on his behalf

Doubled down on his claim, at an event for donors, that the VP had only recently decided to be Black

Told said donors, who had asked about the upcoming election, “We’ve got to stop the steal”—a revival of his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen

Repeatedly called Harris a “bitch” in private (which a spokesperson unsurprisingly denied)

Not exactly the actions of a guy who is confident he’s got the election in the bag.

BobB104 on August 12nd, 2024 at 20:21 UTC »

At her next rally, Kamala should tell the crowd that Trump will be claiming that they aren’t really there. In fact, she should say it at every rally. Ask them to take and post videos of their experience. She will have some fun with this. And Trump will give another freakish response.

EAS1000 on August 12nd, 2024 at 19:36 UTC »

So now he wants her disqualified over something he made up?

Donny is getting worse by the day.

Ban-Circumcision-Now on August 12nd, 2024 at 19:35 UTC »

Quote from Trump regarding the obvious lie where he claimed crowd size pictures were a.i. generated:

“She should be disqualified because the creation of a fake image is ELECTION INTERFERENCE. “

That is quite unhinged and not true.