Summary

Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance faced intense backlash after calling Vice President Kamala Harris “trash” during a rally in Atlanta, a comment that MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace described as a major misstep.

Wallace and other commentators noted that such rhetoric, following Vance’s past controversial remarks about “childless cat ladies,” could alienate female voters—a demographic the Republican ticket already struggles with.

The “trash” comment is part of a broader trend among Trump’s supporters, who have recently used “garbage” imagery in their rhetoric.

  • justhach
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    7218 days ago

    If someone is undecided at this point, they’re either disingenuous and embarrassed about their support for Trump, or they’re a moron.

    • ElcaineVolta
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      2318 days ago

      you’re right, but there sure seems to be a lot of morons in the electorate, so…

    • @absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
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      1918 days ago

      You have to remember these are just simple farmers.
      These are people of the land.
      The common clay of the new west.
      You know…
      Morons

      • @BassTurd@lemmy.world
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        518 days ago

        Sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded…and cattle raped.

        Now the time has come to act…and act fast.

        I’m leaving.

    • @moody
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      218 days ago

      There are a lot of morons out there. And some actually might be swayed one way or the other.

    • @neanderthal@lemmy.world
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      218 days ago

      I had a random conversation today with someone that knew absolutely nothing about politics and wasn’t sure about voting. I would guarantee you that if Harris herself talked to this person they would go vote for her.

      Here we have some serious selection bias. Not necessarily right vs left, but interested enough to be commenting about it on the fediverse.