‘Donald Trump is losing his marbles,’ former Congressman and Republican Adam Kinzinger said

Republicans are concerned that party leader Donald Trump is having a “public nervous breakdown” after he made a series of offensive outbursts about Vice President Kamala Harris as he slips behind her in the polls.

The former president has made a number of  insulting personal attacks against his Democratic rival since she moved to the top of the ticket. Last week, Trump questioned Harris’s racial identity  at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. Over the weekend, he accused Harris of having a “low IQ.”

New polls indicate Trump is slipping behind the vice president in the popular vote and races are tightening in battleground states.

“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist and former Trump state department appointee, told Politico.

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They’re only worried that it will happen before the election.

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Well, they probably also realize that if it happens after he wins, and he can’t continue in office, then no couch in the country is safe.

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Vance’s first presidential decree: All couches shall from now on be referred to as loveseats

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I am worried about his homosectional agenda.

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I’ll just throw this right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcaYfIxMfyk

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he can’t continue in office

Based on Reagan’s second term, nothing short of actually being dead would meet that criteria.

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Nah, Vance is more self serving. He’ll 25th Amendment himself into the job as soon as he has an excuse.

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He can take away my vote, but I’ll be dammed if I accept jus primae noctis with my furniture.

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Headlines like this have existed for the entire time Trump has been in the political spotlight.

Do not trust conservatives will see this and agree. Do not get complacent. Vote. Encourage friends and family to vote.

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At this point the people who are already Trump supporters will not be swayed. He was always nuts, he was always weird, he always spewed out nonsensical word-salad. The fight is for independents who are still on the fence, and everyone on both sides considers them gullible idiots, and campaign strategy will reflect that.

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Everyone correctly considers them gullible idiots when it comes to politics.

All those people will have other areas of individual expertise as well.

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Also the supporters who aren’t diehards. Most races are won largely by just how motivated likely voters are to show up.

Largely why Hillary lost.

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My concern with Harris running is all the positivity will get people complacent due to the polls.

Polls don’t mean shit. Get out and vote. Tell everyone to go vote.

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The Republicans will cheat, swindle and intimidate to win this election. They will break every rule they can, and they don’t even need the popular vote in order to win. Trump might be shitting the bed but this is still far from over. The only way to keep him out of the white house is if people vote against him in vast enough numbers to counteract their cheating.

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They’re not wrong, it’s just that being in a breakdown/meltdown state is normal for him.

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It’s called a Narcissist Shame/Rage Spiral.

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There’s only a handful of people in the world trump could beat in an election…

And he never imagined Biden would actually get out of the way, so he has no idea what to do now that it’s not Biden.

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I am absolutely convinced that Trump’s entire election strategy was to just coast to victory on “Biden old” and “I got shot”. By the time of the republican convention he was confident that he had it in the bag and didn’t need to keep trying, so when Biden dropped out it completely shattered his plan and he’s got nothing to replace it. He does not have the cognitive ability to pivot against Harris/Walz and his ego is way too big to actually listen to his campaign strategists (if he even has any that aren’t just yes men).

* this should not be interpreted as complacency. It is definitely not a sure thing that Harris will win

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Harris isn’t a guaranteed win, but she’d have to royally fuck up to blow this election.

trump just isn’t as popular as he used to be. The last two elections there was trump shit all over my red state. I haven’t seen a single trump bumpper sticker. Not even old ones from prior elections.

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I get the rage but shame? That’s not a thing Trump has

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narcissists don’t shame themselves, they try to shame non-loyalists.

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I think he feels shame, but not about things that would make a normal person feel shame. Like, I’m pretty sure losing or appearing weak make him feel shame, but hurting people doesn’t.

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No, I don’t think those things make him feel shame, either, just anger.

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This guy analyses.

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If he wins, his legal troubles go away. If he loses they come back with a vengeance.

Looks like this weird old man is starting to get nervous and lash out.

Please continue.

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Finding out the Supreme Court isn’t going give him unlimited power might’ve blown a gasket.

On top of what you said if Harris wins a prosecutor who Trump constantly insults will be president, and Biden, who Trump also insults and put his son in prison, will have 3 months to do whatever the fuck he wants. Lol

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All true except Biden had nothing to do with his son being prosecuted. At most, Biden will allow him to go to prison by leaving office without pardoning him (which I believe he will do, because it’s the not-corrupt thing to do.)

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No, he absolutely should pardon Hunter. He should acknowledge the hypocrisy in a public statement, though. He should note the broad power the Supreme Court has given him to take Official Actions like this with impunity, and double-dog dare Congress to do whatever it takes to rein in abuses like that.

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Biden should direct the ATF to pull Marijuana Receipts and IDs from dispensary logs. Then compare that against FID card dates and charge the lot of them.

Conservatives would howl about prosecution, then he can just pardon all of them, including his son.

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Amazing how quickly things can turn around. I was getting worried when Biden was still in the race. Now it’s open season on those peculiar far right oddballs.

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“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed and we will deserve it.” - Lindsey Graham

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“Took fucking long enough”-me

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Important to note that what Lindsey meant was that they would get “destroyed” in the election (which obviously did not happen), not that the party itself would be destroyed. But I hope that second meaning comes to pass regardless.

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Let’s hope in hindsight it feels like a Monkey’s Paw Event

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