{"id":12734,"date":"2024-08-07T21:55:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T21:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2024-08-07T21:55:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T21:55:20","slug":"gullible-media-repeats-gop-spin-that-trump-is-thrilled-by-walz-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=12734","title":{"rendered":"Gullible media repeats GOP spin that Trump is \u2018thrilled\u2019 by Walz pick"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Donald Trump and his marketing campaign have been <\/span>expecting<\/span><\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris to select Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her operating mate, they usually had an unpleasant sport plan for it. They have been going to <\/span>exploit Shapiro<\/span><\/a> being Jewish and attempt to inflame divisions amongst Democrats on the conflict in Gaza. Harris blew that plan up when she picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, leaving Trump to <\/span>fall back<\/span><\/a> on the generic declare that Walz is a \u201cdangerously liberal extremist\u201d who will \u201cunleash HELL ON EARTH.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump<\/span> isn\u2019t giving up<\/span><\/a> on stoking division\u2014”That is the worst crew ever assembled for a Jewish individual, or for Israel, both one,\u201d he mentioned Wednesday on \u201cFox & Associates\u201d\u2014however he\u2019s attempting a brand new messaging ploy: Trump and Republicans are “thrilled” about Harris selecting the \u201cextremist liberal\u201d Walz.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And naturally, conventional media shops are consuming it up.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Axios ran <\/span>a whole story<\/span><\/a> about how Republicans \u201cexpressed shock and reduction\u201d about Harris selecting Walz. \u201cRepublicans noticed Walz<\/span>\u00a0as the simpler goal for them as they attempt to regain momentum after a tough few weeks\u00a0<\/span>for the GOP (and their very own VP candidate),\u201d Axios reported, saying Republicans plan to \u201cpaint Walz as far left.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hill and different shops have been solely too pleased to print that <\/span>Trump is “thrilled<\/span><\/a>\u201d with the choose, reporting on Trump\u2019s \u201cFox & Associates\u201d interview. \u201cHe\u2019s a really liberal man, and he\u2019s a stunning choose,\u201d The Hill quotes Trump as saying. \u201cI couldn’t be extra thrilled.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Axios <\/span>ran a similar story<\/span><\/a> about that interview, quoting Trump\u2019s \u201cthrilled\u201d comment and writing that Walz offers Republicans a brand new line of assault on the Democratic ticket. By no means thoughts that Republicans have been already falsely attacking Harris for being “<\/span>the most liberal senator<\/span><\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Even New York Journal <\/span>had to write about<\/span><\/a> how \u201cthrilled\u201d varied different Republicans are about operating towards Walz. However because it seems, these Republicans have been so pleased about it that <\/span>not a single one<\/em> went on the report within the piece. \u201cAs we speak is the very best day for the Trump marketing campaign since Kamala Harris was picked,\u201d mentioned one of many many nameless Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, Republicans are going to say these items, and naturally, any candidate Harris selected\u2014wanting impartial Sen. Joe Manchin, possibly\u2014was going to be labeled as an ultraliberal whom Republicans couldn\u2019t wait to run towards. They absolutely had the press releases and the fundraising emails able to go, all they wanted to do was plug within the title.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To his credit score, at the least one New York Occasions reporter will get the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For all we all know not selecting Josh Shapiro might value Harris Pa. and the election\u2026 However the barrage of sigh-of-relief tales from the Republican facet suggests it\u2019s additionally a messaging effort to arrest her momentum \u2014 by injecting an unforced-error narrative.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

For all of Trump\u2019s supposed pleasure about dealing with the Harris-Walz ticket, he\u2019s going to must <\/span>give up this dream<\/span><\/a>: successful Minnesota. In a rally final month in St. Cloud, he insisted he would win the state this time, saying, \u201c[I]f they don\u2019t cheat, we’ll win this state simply.\u201d The state hasn\u2019t voted for a Republican president since Richard Nixon\u2019s landslide victory in 1972.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thrilled or not\u2014and with <\/span>Harris and Walz\u2019s massive crowd sizes<\/span><\/a>, he\u2019s most likely not\u2014Trump\u2019s continued assaults on Walz as an excessive liberal might be an issue if the normal media retains shopping for into his schtick. Walz continues to be an unknown with the overwhelming majority of voters: <\/span>70% of registered voters<\/span><\/a> in a current NPR\/PBS Information\/Marist ballot had no opinion of Walz. There\u2019s a hazard within the media serving to Trump to outline him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the media goes to have a tough time convincing the general public that <\/span>this man<\/span><\/a> is a harmful extremist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s thwart Trump and the traditional media and help Harris and Walz win this November. Donate Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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