Election Season Surprises

Former President Donald Trump will speak at a rally at Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora on Friday afternoon, his presidential campaign announced in a news release Monday. The Republican presidential nominee first talked about Aurora’s recent problems with blighted apartment complexes and the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua during a New York campaign rally in September. Aurora city and police officials have repeatedly said claims that the city is overrun by the gang are untrue, but the Trump campaign again on Monday claimed the city is a “war zone.” Related Articles Politics | US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Hurricane Helene response as a “truly dangerous narrative” Politics | Should Colorado spend $350 million on police and require more prison time for some criminals?

In a powerful new ad for Harris-Walz, a narrator is useless when Donald J. Trump's own words can be used against him. Sure, on Jan. 6th, Trump told his mob to go "peacefully and patriotically" once, but he also used the words "fight" and "fighting" at least eleven times. Trump also said, "We fight like hell.

With the Federal Emergency Management Agency reeling from major staffing and funding shortages amid the impact of Hurricane Helene, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refused on Sunday to commit to reconvening the House before Election Day to aid recovery efforts. In response to a letter from President Biden urging congressional leaders back to replenish federal disaster loan funding, Johnson said during a Fox News Sunday interview that he’d only do so after the election—all but ensuring the funds will run out.

[Above video from August shows efforts made by the Florida Democratic Party in The Villages, Florida. -eds.] What is happening? This. The Villages, Florida, generally known as a rich white right-wing Trumper's paradise, is seeing a lively outburst of Harris Walz patriotic joy. Associated Press via Daily Kos reports: “They are beginning to realize that they have a voice and they can use it,” said Diane Foley, president of the Villages Democratic Club, which has seen its membership nearly double since the 2020 election cycle, to around 1,500 people. Prior to that time, she noted, “Democrats have been inclined to be quiet and to not broadcast their political preferences because we were so overwhelmed by the Republican party." Parades of golf carts decorated in support of Harris have rolled through the streets, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff recently paid a visit.

Democratic strategist Brad Howard couldn't help but laugh Sunday when Donald Trump supporter Neil Chatterjee claimed Vice President Kamala Harris was doing a "puff piece" by participating in an interview on 60 Minutes. During a Sunday report, Fox News noted that Harris planned a weeklong "media blitz" by appearing on 60 Minutes, The View, the Howard Stern Show, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the Call Her Daddy podcast. "I think the vice president going on everything from The View to Howard Stern to Univision is impressive," Howard told Fox News.

During an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Trump reiterated his fascination with Eugenics and insanely claimed migrants coming into the country have the murder gene. Trump was rambling and disassembling with his attack on VP Harris, when his addled brain went off into a tangent about murderers and their genes. This narcissistic buffoon is cracked. TRUMP: [Kamala Harris] wants to go into government housing.