Democrats Demoralized as Republicans Unite and Revel in Trump’s Heroic Defiance of Assassin’s Bullet

by johndavis, July 17, 2024

Democrats Demoralized as Republicans Unite and Revel in Trump’s Heroic Defiance of Assassin’s Bullet July 17, 2024 Vol. XVII, No. 7 1:13 pm A bullet changes everything Trump bloodied but unbowed; an iconic image for the ages. Surrounded by Secret Service agents, blood dripping down his face, his clenched fist raised in defiance of an
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Democrats Demoralized as Republicans Unite and Revel in Trump’s Heroic Defiance of Assassin’s Bullet

July 17, 2024 Vol. XVII, No. 7 1:13 pm

A bullet changes everything

Trump bloodied but unbowed; an iconic image for the ages. Surrounded by Secret Service agents, blood dripping down his face, his clenched fist raised in defiance of an assassin’s bullet. Victorious.

As we saw last night at the GOP convention in Milwaukee, Republicans, including all former primary opponents like Ramaswamy, DeSantis, Scott, Burgum, and Haley, are now unified behind Trump. Enthusiastic about their prospects of winning the presidential race this November. Emotionally committed to doing the hard work of winning the 2024 presidential race. Sacrificial hard work.

Democrats demoralized

Meanwhile, Democrats are demoralized. Discouraged by polling numbers that show their aging and often befuddled leader is running behind Trump in the battleground states (the only polling that matters in the race for 270 Electoral College votes). Per today’s Real Clear Politics average, Trump is leading by 5 points or greater in North Carolina (+5.4), Nevada (+5), and Arizona (+5.7); leading in the “blue wall states” of Pennsylvania (+4.5), Wisconsin (+3) and Michigan (+1.3). Leading in Georgia (+3.9).

Democrats are devastated by the realization that if Biden’s trendline continues, the GOP will win it all. The White House. The US House and Senate. More state executive and legislative races. Behind the scenes, respected Democratic insiders continue to work to replace Biden and Harris with a ticket more likely to reenergize the party faithful and stop the attrition of major donors. A winning ticket.

Many Democrats have become like Rep. Adam Schiff, D-CA, the censured architect of numerous failed attempts to bring down Trump, like his Russian collusion conspiracy theory and his partisan attempt to impeach and convict Trump of Abuse of Power, who told an audience of contributors in East Hampton, NY, last Saturday, “I think if [Biden] is our nominee, I think we lose.” Per New York Times, Schiff said, “And we may very, very well lose the Senate and lose our chance to take back the House.”

Democrats know they are in deep trouble when they lose the confidence of their own leaders like Schiff, who just today released a statement calling on Biden to step aside. And then there is the loss of major donors like Reed Hastings, co-founder of Netflix, and Abigail Disney, heiress to the Disney family fortune, who said she will not donate to Democrats until they dump Biden.

Now this, a new poll released today by AP reveals that 65% of Democrats say Biden should withdraw from the race so Democrats can pick a winning ticket. It’s over for Biden.

J.D. Vance speaks tonight

Meanwhile, back in Milwaukee, Republicans have a nearly-martyred-now-heroic presidential nominee who has chosen a running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-OH, who has the conservative bona fides and small-town life experiences that make him the politically perfect Trump vice presidential nominee.

In anticipation of Vance’s prime time keynote address tonight, here are a few bio notes:

Vance is a 39-year-old Ohio venture capitalist, who said of the verdict against Trump in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, “This verdict is an absolute miscarriage of justice.”
Vance is one of the principal investors in Rumble, the online video and web hosting platform used by conservative social media sites like Truth Social, owned by Trump.
Vance was raised in rural Kentucky and blue-collar Ohio by a “blue dog” Democrat grandmother who owned 19 handguns and who nurtured a deep Christian faith.
Vance wrote the best-selling book, Hillbilly Elegy, which prompted The Washington Post to call Vance, “the voice of the Rust Belt.”
Vance, a Marine, is an Ohio State University graduate, summa cum laude.
Vance is a Yale Law School grad, where he served as an Editor of The Yale Law Journal.
Vance is married to attorney Usha Vance, daughter of Indian immigrants. They have three young children. They met while students at Yale Law School.
Vance is a US Senator, elected in 2022

NOTE: If you are thinking that two years in the US Senate is an inadequate foundation of federal level experience for vice president, consider that Barack Obama announced his campaign for the presidency on February 10, 2007, two years after he was sworn in as a US Senator on January 3, 2005.

On Monday night in Milwaukee, and again last night, the GOP convention featured “everyday Americans” who spoke about their challenges to provide for their families due to inflation and their concerns about the immigration crisis, particularly as it relates to crime and drug overdose deaths. Their voices were as powerful as the best of the seasoned Republican leaders.

Tonight, J.D. Vance will speak to working class Americans, too many of whom are struggling to make ends meet. Struggling to overcome circumstances, like the consequences of chronic poverty and dependency, that Vance believes are problems rightly laid at the feet of government and its elite enablers. As with the first two nights at the convention, Vance’s story will be profoundly personal.

On Thursday night, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will speak. There will be unending joyful cheers and many tears as Republicans unite and revel in Trump’s heroic defiance of an assassin’s bullet.

A bullet changes everything.

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