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Donald Trump on Wednesday night falsely smeared Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as a “proud member of Hamas.”

The Republican presidential nominee made the insulting remark about the top-ranking U.S. Jewish official at a rally in Pennsylvania. It came on the same day that Trump separately sparked an angry backlash for questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity.

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 89 points 3 months ago (4 children)

i’m having a real hard time believing that anyone’s actually “on the fence” about whether to vote R or D at this point. i think they’re voting R and just don’t want to say it out loud

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They’re called “low information voters”, the common clay of the new West.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 62 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Ersatz86@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's from this scene in Blazing Saddles if you weren't aware.

[–] Ersatz86@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

That’s why I lol’d

[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Gabby Johnson is RIGHT!

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The real question at this point is who shows up to the poll booth. I'm not sure how much trump using the n word would depress his turnout or enthuse kamala turnout.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 months ago

Him saying it out loud would probably make his turnout better, but also enthuse Harris turnout

[–] Steve@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think and or hope theres a lot of people who will vote D but dont want their friends and family to know

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I will admit, I don’t think we are as “in your face” as the Trumpers are. This is the first time I’ve been vocal. Just got my Cat Ladies for Kamala T-shirt in the mail today. 😻

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 3 months ago

There's probably a small cohort that would vote for him for tax or regulatory reasons that might get turned off by too much of this crap, but I don't it's electorally significant.