Liberals gathered in Chicago on Monday for a four-day group fest to support Kamala Harris, who’s unanticipated ascendancy to the top of the seat, in a victory-selection victory.
The opening evening will feature retiring President Joe Biden ( who will serve until Jan. 20, 2025 ), before making way for other party luminaries to discuss the nomination of the first woman of color in US history for the White House race.
Despite having the upper hand in the polls, Kamala Harris still faces fierce opposition from white nationalists who are shocked to see a dark Caribbean-Indian-American person win the presidency, which they have owned for the majority of their 248-year history.
MAGA Republicans ‘ ugly tricks office leaves no stone unturned to undermine the Harris battle, from dusting up a connection she had 30 years ago to insinuating she slept her way to the top to claiming she has a drinking problem. The MAGA media lathered up anger over her having Nacho ( a model of tortilla chips ), in one of the more outrageous work over the weekend, a dramatic turn from just a month before when he was facing Biden and leading easily.
The former president is so insecure about rising poll numbers that he falsely claimed an endorsement from Taylor Swift, the country’s current cultural czar, on Sunday after his supporters misappropriated a joke about how Trump’s fans turned to him because she had to cancel a concert due to ISIS threats.
The rapidly aging Republican nominee, who posted an AI-generated image of Swift dressed as Uncle Sam and urging Americans to vote for him, and then declared,” I Accept,” supported skewed claims that” Swifties for Trump”!
There was nothing to accept. Although she has not formally endorsed Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift is avowedly anti-Trump. However, the MAGA caper highlighted the mischief AI deployment is anticipated to cause over the ten weeks leading up to November 5 as the election day approaches.
Microsoft issued a warning about AI-generated deepfakes influencing elections on Monday, citing examples from other nations where this has already occurred. Separately, AFP, citing disinformation researchers, reported that hundreds of fake media outlets have proliferated in recent months, “fueling an explosion of polarizing or false narratives” and inviting foreign powers to meddle in the November 5 election.
Not that there is n’t enough domestic mischief. Kamala Harris ‘ slow-motion video clips were posted on social media over the weekend, allegedly showing her at public events as “drunk.” Democrats-leaning politicians have also not fallen behind in promoting extensive fakes, including fake photos that suggest the Trump assassination attempt was a hoax.
On Sunday, both sides threw their weight behind Kamala Harris by stopping at a gas station while on her bus tour of Pennsylvania, with Democrats claiming it was a reflection of her regular behavior and MAGA trolls alleging the entire episode was fabricated.
” The leader of the free world responds to binge eating Doritos,” the leader of the free world says. Can you picture Putin chugging down a bag of” Sour Patch Kids”? a pro-Trump talking head fumed. ” I’ll take the candidate that eats Doritos, not the one who looks like he rolls around in them before he goes on camera”, clapped back a Harris supporter.
The vicious battle for perception has trivialized more important policy issues, with significant differences being distilled into alarmist epithets ranging from” socialist” to” traitor.” Trump’s supporters are describing the DNC in Chicago as a gathering of communists and anarchists, their narrative based on pro-Palestine protests that are taking place close to the venue, as his lead at the polls is quickly eroding.
At the four-day “fun and joy” event, which features Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton on Monday, Michelle and Barack Obama on Tuesday, Bill Clinton and Tim Walz on Wednesday, and includes Kamala Harris ‘ acceptance speech on Thursday, a celebrity line-up of entertainers and impresarios is expected to regale the Democratic party faithful.
