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Legendary Texas Republican makes shocking Harris-Trump prediction about ‘afraid’ GOP voters

https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/10/legendary-texas-republican-makes-shocking-harris-trump-prediction-about-afraid-gop-voters.html

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Former Tarrant County Judge Glenn Whitley — a life-long member of the Republican Party who served from 2007 to 2022 — has been one of Texas’ most prominent Republicans.

And as the November elections approach, he sounded a warning: He is voting for Vice President Kamala Harris over former president Donald Trump, and while he’s announcing his break with the party publicly, he believes many Republicans will vote for Harris in secret.

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“There are a lot, I think,” Whitley said. “They’re afraid to come out, because when they do, they get ridiculed and they get bullied and they get belittled. And so a lot of people who have been staunch Republicans and still are staunch Republicans, are afraid to stand up and be confrontational with some of the leaders that we have right now.

“It’s going to be close, but I truly believe that that a lot of Republicans are going to go into that booth and say, ‘I can’t support the insurrection.’ ... I have talked with a number of people who I believe will do that, and they may not openly come out and say, ‘I’m voting for Harris,’ or they may just not vote.”

When it comes to Trump, there are a lot of reasons for Republicans to reject him, but also good reasons to vote for Harris, Whitley said. While Trump holds a four-point lead in the latest Texas polls, Harris is leading in most battleground states, but many polls are within the margin of error.

“Trump has constantly belittled and, you know, bullied people,” Whitley said. “He’s disrespected our military and our vets, he was convicted of paying hush money to a porn star. And then the thing that broke the camel’s back for me was the insurrection on Jan. 6.

“And so that’s the reason I wouldn’t vote for Trump, but the reason that I will support and vote for Harris is the fact that I do believe she wants to lift people up.”

Whitley said he believes that Harris will govern with an open mind, just as she changed her position on fracking by learning more about it. Harris also has said she would include at least one Republican in her cabinet. Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, who has endorsed Cheney, could be considered.

Whitley — who also said he also was rejecting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and voting for Democrat and former NFL player Colin Allred — believes Trump still will win Texas, but said disenfranchised GOP voters might help swing other battleground states to Harris.

Whitley added that he’s concerned about Republicans again trying to steal the presidential election, and the election lies Trump, MAGA and elected GOP officials are likely to spread.

“I am concerned about the rhetoric we’re going to hear leading all the way up to the election,” he said. “And just as importantly, the days after the election.”

 

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3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

It's just a resolution, not a law, so it doesn't require anyone to do anything.  It has also just been introduced.  Lunatic legislation like this gets introduced all the time.  See, e.g. Greene, M.T., Boebert, L, and Gosar, P.

So even if passed, it's a fart in the wind.  But it is a pretty clear statement of intention.

No no no, let them cook.

 

President Harris should recognize that West Virginia doesn't recognize her or the authority of the United States. Pull federal funding and BUILD THE WALL.

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4 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

The kamala podcast strategy is intriguing and even the Trump team dipped their toe in with an interview with Dave Ramsey. Couple thoughts.

  • if this helps Kamala, it could be the death of Sunday morning and cable interviews. Or at least they will be deprioritized.
  • these podcasts give the ability to show your human side with a long form format, if you can handle it. 
  • I have to wonder if Mark Cubans recent podcast interviews isn’t a coincidence.
  • Call her daddy and Stern can both be sex filled talk but the hosts would stay away from that. Call her daddy can gotv with young, college aged women. Maybe stern can break down a few open minded non-college blue collar workers. Hes clear on his support of Dems so his loyal listeners at least tolerate that. Or change the channel

 

The Call Her Daddy episode was solid.  More of a conversation than anything.  I like how Cooper (the host) framed it.  She said that the topics were going to be relating to women and young people and if you want to hear about economics, fracking, etc. she's probably not the right one to be talking about that.

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12 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

No no no, let them cook.

 

President Harris should recognize that West Virginia doesn't recognize her or the authority of the United States. Pull federal funding and BUILD THE WALL.

I'm glad most of the mainstream media has finally backed off on trying to "understand" or humanize trump supporters. 2016-2018 was like non-stop visits to diners full of opioid addicts and social security recipients.

It's time to jettison these people. Give them the freedom they think they want.

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Well, duh.

 

https://popular.info/p/trump-held-a-contest-to-join-him

Trump held a contest to join him on stage at his rally in Butler. Was it a scam?
 

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In a series of fundraising appeals, Trump offered his supporters a chance to appear with him on stage during an October 5 rally when he returned to the site of his attempted assassination, Butler, Pennsylvania. These solicitations were sent to the Trump campaign email list, which reportedly includes tens of millions of people. 

"I’d love to bring you up on stage for my Butler rally!" was the subject line of a September 2 fundraising email from Trump. "Can we take a picture together during my rally in Butler, Pennsylvania?" Trump asks in the body of the text. 

 

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Trump sent emails promoting the contest on September 10 ("I want YOU right there by my side when we make history again"), September 28 ("I’ll be hand-selecting my VIP guest for this historic rally in just 72 hours, so if you want to be considered, please chip in $5 or more right away"), and October 1 ("[T]he crowd is going to LOVE YOU when you're introduced as my VIP guest). 

Trump held his rally in Butler on Saturday, and the only person he introduced on stage was Elon Musk. 

 

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There was no sign of a contest winner at any time during Trump's lengthy appearance at the rally — from the moment Trump took the stage to when he left almost two hours later. 

It's possible, of course, that a winner was selected and met Trump privately. But that was not the prize that was promised in Trump's emails. 

Was it all a scam? The Trump campaign seems sensitive to this criticism. The bottom of Trump's October 1 email promoting the Butler contest invites supporters to "MEET OUR PREVIOUS CONTEST WINNERS." It includes a photo of Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and two supporters at the Miami Grand Prix held in May. 

But there could not have been a contest to meet Trump at the Miami Grand Prix because, according to USA Today, the race organizers "did not disclose before the race if Trump would attend for security reasons." A database of Trump's fundraising appeals contains no mention of the Miami event.

The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment. 

 

Trump's dubious contests during the 2020 campaign — and beyond

During the 2020 election cycle, Popular Information identified 21 contests to share a meal with Trump at various locations. The tactic was cribbed from former president Barack Obama's election strategy; Obama held a series of contests for "Dinner with Barack." Each meal with Obama generated extensive media coverage, with detailed information about the attendees. There was no information, however, about any of the winners of Trump's contests. Nor did any winners post pictures of their meal with Trump on social media. 

One contest promoted a meal with Trump in Chicago on October 23, 2019. Popular Information contacted the pool reporter traveling with Trump that day, the Washington Post's Anne Gearan, and asked if she had heard anything about Trump's meal with a contest winner. She had not and put in an inquiry with the campaign. The campaign never responded. 

Popular Information's report was picked up by Vanity Fair and other national publications. Soon thereafter, the Trump campaign began promoting an article from the right-wing Daily Caller that supposedly debunked Popular Information's reporting. 

But the Daily Caller article only addressed one contest for a meal. Joanna Kamis "won" a breakfast with Trump in New York City on September 26. She did attend a breakfast in New York City on that day but Trump did not attend. Instead, Kamis was "able to mingle with the likes of Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Elizabeth Pipko." In other words, that contest was a fraud. (Later, Kamis took a photograph with Trump.)

There is still no information about any of the other "winners" of the contests for meals with Trump during his 2020 campaign. The fact that the Trump campaign put the Daily Caller in contact with Kamis and no other contributors raises serious questions about whether anyone else won.

The Trump campaign did not comply with requests to release the names of the winners of its 2020 campaign contests — from both Popular Information and the New York Times — even in cases where disclosure was required by state law. 

Trump's political operation continued to promote contests for meals with Trump beyond the 2022 election cycle. In March 2022, the Washington Post reported that Trump's leadership PAC, Save America, "sent at least 15 emails in recent weeks offering small-dollar donors the chance to win a coveted prize if they gave money: dinner with Trump in New Orleans last Saturday." 

But, the Washington Post reported, "no such winner was flown to New Orleans last weekend, according to four people familiar with the matter." Instead, Trump met with "a handful of Republican Party donors who gave large checks, taking pictures with some of the party’s most well-heeled members and speaking to a larger group of donors who each gave tens of thousands of dollars." A Trump campaign spokesman said that "due to an administrative error in this individual circumstance, the contest winner was not properly notified for last weekend’s event in New Orleans."

The Washington Post also "asked Save America to provide winners for other contests it has held, which included meeting the president at a rally in South Carolina this weekend, meeting Trump at his palatial Florida club last year, playing golf with Trump and Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker in Palm Beach, or receiving commemorative memorabilia — such as a football signed by Trump and Walker, a College Football Hall of Famer." Save America "declined to comment."

 

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15 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

He is the sole avowed trumper, of whom I am aware, on this site. 

You must not read the football board. Lots of Trumpers over there. 

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8 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

I love how every governor from every affected state has publicly said this is bullshit and to please stop and yet he continues. he's the ultimate "I'm going to do the opposite of what you tell me to do" asshole. just plunging himself more and more out of favor. fucking dildo

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2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

This is the most racist campaign since 68 George Wallace.

As he gets more desperate, he may take that final step and just say "We need to get the brown people out". 

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Just now, Red Five said:

As he gets more desperate, he may take that final step and just say "We need to get the brown people out". 

I’m just waiting for his Univision town hall this week when he says he’s going to deport anyone brown, except the Cubans, because no one loves Donald Trump like the Cubans who vote for him 

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2 minutes ago, Red Five said:

As he gets more desperate, he may take that final step and just say "We need to get the brown people out". 

With a 'hard' R

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3 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:

I’m not a particularly religious person, but if I was, wouldn’t it seem like a pretty strong sign that God has slammed two hurricanes straight into the state where one of the presidential candidates currently lives?

I guess you can just wipe that away by claiming Democrats can control the weather…

Apparently the Democrats are more powerful than God. We should probably vote for them. Wouldn’t want to piss them off. 

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10 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I hate how turnip says “Black”

 

bLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAACk

He pronounces it like "blech."  If it was someone smarter and more well read I would think it was an allusion to Mad Magazine.

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2 hours ago, bluto said:

The fact either of them are considered good interviewers is insanity 

Rogan is objectively good at interviewing people and Theo Von has the rare ability to pull out the human core of a person if they are willing to go where the conversation takes them. Probably the realest conversation with Donald Trump I’ve ever heard. 

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2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Oh there will be.

Once he dies.  And hateful bigots live entirely too long.  My grandma made it to 94 on pure spite and basically becoming mummified in Phoenix for half her life. 

Strom Thurmond lived to be almost 101 

My grandfather had his daily shot of bourbon in the morning AND afternoon and swore that was what kept him alive. Til it didn’t. 

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Just now, Brandywine said:

My grandfather had his daily shot of bourbon in the morning AND afternoon and swore that was what kept him alive. Til it didn’t. 

User name and such.

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3 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Rogan is objectively good at interviewing people and Theo Von has the rare ability to pull out the human core of a person if they are willing to go where the conversation takes them. Probably the realest conversation with Donald Trump I’ve ever heard. 

Theo is interesting because it sounds like he is really trying to talk to someone and the conversation can flow well but other times he sounds really dense and uninformed.  BUT he doesn't seem to have overwhelming opinions in the sense that he will listen to someone explain themselves so that his listeners can hear the perspective.  I though Cuban did really well... someone who seems to be excellent at being empathetic but then taking the conversation back to his points, even if they run counter to Theo.

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19 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

Moscow Mitch had his chance to get rid of Trump and chose not to impeach him.  Fuck that guy forever.

While I agree with fuck Mitch, he’s not stupid and can count to 67.  I’m sure he would have been satisfied with an outcome barring Trump from his present campaign.  

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15 hours ago, Js1 said:

And we are days away from another major hurricane about to hit Florida

 

Translation: The hurricane didn't hit Louisiana, so I'm not in any hurry to help people out.

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37 minutes ago, Goredho said:

He pronounces it like "blech."  If it was someone smarter and more well read I would think it was an allusion to Mad Magazine.

Its because he thinks this guy was the hero:

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Biden really needs to get out there and start combating hurricane relief fund misinformation. Call Mike Johnson's ass out.

MAGA today: Kamala should be ashamed of herself doing interviews while Americans are suffering in North Carolina and Florida! Trump is saving people. Also why are we giving all the funds to undocumented immigrants and Ukraine?

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38 minutes ago, Goredho said:

He pronounces it like "blech."  If it was someone smarter and more well read I would think it was an allusion to Mad Magazine.

It's bleck, damnit. 

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8 minutes ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

Biden really needs to get out there and start combating hurricane relief fund misinformation. Call Mike Johnson's ass out.

MAGA today: Kamala should be ashamed of herself doing interviews while Americans are suffering in North Carolina and Florida! Trump is saving people. Also why are we giving all the funds to undocumented immigrants and Ukraine?

How do you suggest convincing people who want to be lied to that they're being lied to? They literally will not believe anything that isn't "Kamala is the devil." It's really just an echo chamber amongst the morons at this point. 

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1 hour ago, royiv said:

You must not read the football board. Lots of Trumpers over there. 

Yeah, I visit the football board, but I typically bail on any thread that goes political AND restricts my ability to return fire. Sack posts on this board occasionally, those other fools don’t.

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not much anymore there isn't they've all gone to OTF where their feelings don't get hurt and they can give their stupid ass takes to no one in particular and not get flamed for it. 

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1 minute ago, Mo Horn said:

Was listening to npr on my drive this morning and they are in Detroit talking to different groups. This morning they were talking to Muslim leaders and one of them said even though she's a strong Democrat her #1 goal this year is to keep Harris from getting elected. Trump has said he would immediately stop the war with Israel, and Harris won't make that same statement, so even though she disagrees with everything the gop stands for she's voting for him. Lady, you are a fucking idiot if you believe any statement he makes about anything is worth shit. I know, just another in a long list of stories about how this is an election that shouldn't be anywhere close, but here we are. 

Yeah.. by nuking everyone who looks like you, lady.

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4 minutes ago, immamac said:

not much anymore there isn't they've all gone to OTF where their feelings don't get hurt and they can give their stupid ass takes to no one in particular and not get flamed for it. 

There are a couple of self appointed mods on the football board that just can’t scroll past anything they deem to be “CR” without making a big deal about it and getting wrapped around the axle.

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