Most Republicans Now View Traitor Trump As A Liability, Old Fool and a
Failure

GOP Squirms Over Donald Trump�s �Abhorrent� Attack On Kamala Harris� Racial
Identity

Republicans struggled to defend their presidential nominee�s comments about
the vice president, suggesting he stick to attacking her policy record
instead.
By
Igor Bobic
Aug 1, 2024, 10:03 AM EDT

Republicans were on the defensive after GOP presidential nominee Donald
Trump attacked Vice President Kamala Harris� racial identity in front of a
group of Black journalists, drawing condemnations on both sides of the
aisle.

In interviews on Wednesday, Republican senators ducked, dodged, or
downplayed Trump�s comments about the first Black and South Asian woman to
serve as vice president.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said, �Of course,� Trump�s comments were
defensible during an interview on CNN in which he spent the vast majority
of time bringing up things the former president didn�t bring up himself in
Chicago, such as Harris� progressive policy positions she has shed since
becoming the de facto Democratic nominee for president.

�He also said, either is fine, both is fine,� Cotton said of Trump. �He
loves African Americans, he loves Indian Americans, he loves all Americans.
The point is, we don�t know where she stands politically.�

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) told reporters on Capitol Hill that Trump�s
comments are often �misconstrued� and he should be more careful about
discussing race because they often lack nuance.

�I don�t think he�s doubting her Blackness,� Cramer said. �What he�s doing
is he�s making fun of the fact that she chooses it when it�s convenient,
and chooses another race when that�s convenient.�

Harris is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants and has always
identified as a Black woman.

Other Republicans said that their party should stick to talking about
Democrats� record on the economy, border security and national security -
just about anything but race and gender.

�We focus on that we win. We shift focus away from it, we start losing,�
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said of Harris� policy positions.

�The president speaks for himself, and I speak for myself,� added Sen. John
Barrasso (R-Wyo.), declining to state whether Trump�s comments about Harris
were appropriate. �My concern is her positions� I think her record helps
Republicans win.�

At Wednesday�s convention for Black journalists in Chicago, ABC News
congressional correspondent Rachel Scott asked Trump whether his supporters
should keep calling Harris a �DEI hire,� referring to diversity, equity and
inclusion programs.

�I didn�t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened
to turn Black. And now she wants to be known as Black. So, I don�t know, is
she Indian or is she Black?� Trump said about Harris, the first Black woman
vice president who attended Howard, a historically Black university.

Trump has a long record of making racist statements and questioning his
opponents� racial identities, suggesting they are somehow un-American. He
was a prominent backer of the �birther� movement that baselessly cast doubt
on former President Barack Obama�s U.S. citizenship, promoted the false
claims that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Harris might not be a U.S. citizen,
and also falsely suggested former South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki
Haley couldn�t run for president because she wasn�t born in the U.S., even
though she was born in South Carolina.

Trump�s attacks on Harris�s racial identity were preceded by several other
outrageous comments this week. He agreed with a radio host that Doug
Emhoff, Harris� husband, is �a crappy Jew� and said that Harris �dislikes
Jewish people even more than [President Joe Biden] did.�

At a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night, Trump again
attacked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over his criticism
of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that Schumer �has
become a Palestinian.� He then falsely said that the senator �has become a
proud member of Hamas,� the terrorist militant group.

�The lower he drops in polls, the more unhinged he becomes,� Schumer
responded in a statement provided to HuffPost.

Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan, the state�s former
governor, also condemned Trump�s comments about Harris without directly
referring to the former president by his name.

�It�s unacceptable and abhorrent to attack Vice President Harris or
anyone�s racial identity. The American people deserve better,� Hogan wrote
on X, formerly Twitter.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who is just about the only elected GOP
official willing to publicly criticize Trump these days, also lamented the
state of the campaign.

�If you�ll recall, in the previous election, you had former President Trump
questioning [Barack] Obama�s citizenship� Again, it�s unfortunate these are
the issues being raised,� Murkowski told reporters.

�Maybe they don�t know how to handle the campaign,� she added, �so they
default to issues that simply should not be an issue.�

kniblock wrote:
> Most Republicans Now View Traitor Trump As A Liability

Some troll-fuck like oU is no authority on what "most republicans"
think, you exterminable leftarded filth.

Go kill yourself.