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SIGN UP By signing up with your email, you agree to The Dispatch’s privacy policy BIDEN AIMS TO QUELL VOTER ANXIETY ON CAMPUS PROTESTS Plus: The deal to force TikTok divestment turned on under-the-radar maneuvering. By Michael Warren, David M. Drucker and Charles Hilu May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 19 Happy Friday! We would like to send our condolences to the family of New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who died last week after suffering a heart attack. At his Thursday funeral, fellow members of Congress remembered him as a dedicated and well-dressed representative. UP TO SPEED * Former President Donald Trump will attend the Libertarian Party’s national convention later this month, he announced Wednesday. “If Libertarians join me and the Republican Party, where we have many Libertarian views, the election won’t even be close,” Trump said in a statement. “We cannot have another four years of death, destruction, and incompetence. WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AND WIN!” Third-party candidates have received significant attention this cycle. As Trump courts the Libertarian vote, both he and the Biden campaign have attacked independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Republicans and Democrats fear could draw votes away from their respective candidates. * Speaking of Biden, the White House hired campaign operative Greg Hale—a veteran of Democratic politics who has worked on multiple presidential races—as its director of presidential production, the Hill reported Wednesday. Hale worked on President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign, as well as the unsuccessful presidential runs of Al Gore, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. Hale is especially experienced in creating backdrops and optics for presidential events, and his hiring comes as the White House has ramped up Biden’s travel schedule. * Biden’s White House has also made a key hire on border security, bringing on Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy Blas Nuñez-Neto, Axios reported Friday. Though it is unclear exactly when the move will take place, it represents a beefing up of White House staff on the issue of border security, as Republicans have slammed Biden on illegal immigration ahead of the 2024 election. Nuñez-Neto played a central role in the January negotiation of the bipartisan Senate deal that tied aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan to measures on border security, which House Republicans and Trump killed. * The Justice Department is preparing to announce an indictment of Rep. Henry Cuellar, NBC News first reported Friday morning. The home of the Texas Democrat was raided in January 2022 as part of an investigation into dealings between American businessmen and the central Asian country of Azerbaijan. While it’s unclear what the charges are, Cuellar issued a statement asserting his innocence and pledging to continue running for reelection to an 11th term in his district, which stretches from San Antonio to the southern border with Mexico. * Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a repeal of her state’s near-total abortion ban Thursday, making the 15-week limit approved by then-Gov. Doug Ducey in 2022 the law of the land. The Arizona Supreme Court sparked a firestorm earlier this month when it ruled that the now-repealed ban, passed in 1864, was the legitimate law on the books, leaving Republicans in the state scrambling to distance themselves from it. The repeal has also divided Republicans in the primary for the state’s deep-red 8th Congressional District, which includes state House Speaker Ben Toma, indicted “fake elector” state Sen. Anthony Kern, failed attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh, and failed Senate candidate Blake Masters. * In congressional news, a Republican primary candidate in North Carolina’s 13th District withdrew from the race Thursday after Trump endorsed her opponent. “In light of President Trump’s endorsement of Brad Knott for the congressional seat in District 13, it has become clear that a pathway to victory is no longer feasible,” Kelly Daughtry said in a Thursday statement. Daughtry had finished first in the March primary election, but she did not reach the 30 percent threshold to clinch the nomination, setting up a May 14 runoff between her and second place finisher Knott. BIDEN ATTEMPTS TO THREAD THE NEEDLE IN DISCUSSING CAMPUS UNREST President Joe Biden speaks about recent pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 2, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) President Joe Biden delivered brief remarks Thursday at the White House to call for “moral clarity” about the ongoing protests of Israel’s war in Gaza to eliminate Hamas occurring at university campuses across the country. “This isn’t a moment for politics. This is a moment for clarity,” he said from a podium in the Roosevelt Room. “Violent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is.” Biden listed several actions taken by student protesters at campuses such as Columbia University and UCLA that he identified as not peaceful: “Destroying property … vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduation … threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people.” He also said there should be “no place” on campuses or in America for antisemitism or violence against Jewish students. Despite Biden downplaying the politics of the moment, the short address comes as the progressive wing of the president’s coalition continues to demand the administration change its policy of supporting Israel. The unrest on campuses is the bleeding edge of left-wing discontent with the Democratic president, and his reelection could hinge on both young voters and Arab American voters who are opposed to American diplomatic and military support for Israel. Yet Biden is also seeking to assure Americans in the center that he deserves a second term, and the association of the violent campus demonstrations with the political left poses a particular risk. “He’s between a rock and a hard place,” Dane Strother, a Democratic political consultant, told Dispatch Politics. “There is no perfect solution given how spread out the protests are.” The vast majority of the country remains broadly supportive of Israel. A recent Harvard/Harris poll found 80 percent of registered voters say they support Israel more than Hamas, and 56 percent said they supported the additional $26 billion in supplemental aid to Israel recently passed by Congress. Additionally, 80 percent said that students who call for violence against Jewish students should be suspended from their colleges and universities. But a new YouGov poll that breaks down views by party shows why things are complicated for Biden. Among all adults, 47 percent say they either strongly or somewhat oppose the pro-Palestinian protests on campuses, with just 28 percent saying they either strongly or somewhat support them. But those numbers are basically reversed among Democrats, with 46 percent saying they strongly or somewhat support the protests and just 31 percent saying they strongly or somewhat oppose them. Yet in his remarks on Thursday, Biden was likely trying to target the independents, 44 percent of whom say they oppose the protests, with just 24 percent saying they support them. The Biden campaign did not reply to a request for comment. Biden’s speech attempted to differentiate the American tradition of free speech, free expression, and dissent with the violence being seen on campuses. He also put his own spin on a favorite phrase of his Republican opponent, Donald Trump, during times of unrest: law and order. “Peaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues,” Biden said. “But neither are we a lawless country. We are a civil society, and order must prevail.” Mark Mellman, a veteran Democratic consultant and the founder of Democratic Majority for Israel, told Dispatch Politics the speech accomplished what Biden needed to do in this moment. “I think he’s been very clear, very direct in defending the right to peacefully protest but in making clear that these demonstrations have crossed some very important lines,” Mellman said. “And he’s made clear that he’s not changing his policy in the Middle East.” Indeed, when asked Thursday by a reporter if the protests had “forced” him to “reconsider” his policy toward Israel, Biden answered with a curt “no” as he turned away from the cameras. That answer will no doubt frustrate the sort of people setting up encampments on college lawns to urge their institutions to divest from Israel and for U.S. foreign policy to change. But Biden is likely recognizing the political reality that violent demonstrations turn off more Americans than convince them. “Politically, it puts him in the same place as most people,” said T.J. Rooney, the former chairman of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania, a key swing state. “Protest all day long but when you break s—t, you own it.” BIPARTISAN RESOLVE BEATS LOBBYISTS, TEENS, AND TRUMP There’s something remarkable about the enactment last week of a new federal law to force a Chinese-owned company to divest from the social media giant TikTok or face a ban on operating in the United States. For the first time in, well, a while, a bipartisan coalition in Congress came together to pass a significant piece of legislation to solve a problem that many in Washington had been discussing for years. On the site today, John McCormack and David M. Drucker took a deep dive into just how incredible the path for the TikTok divestment bill was. > But what looked quick and easy was actually the culmination of a hard, > yearslong process that required deft legislative maneuvering until the very > end to overcome powerful forces from across the political spectrum allied to > TikTok. The multibillion-dollar social media app had a well-funded and > well-connected army of lobbyists. Democrats had reason to fear alienating the > TikTok-addicted youth vote in a presidential election year, and influential > voices on the right, including Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk—and eventually Donald > Trump himself—turned against legislation to end the Chinese control of TikTok. > > Congressional Democrats and Republicans tell The Dispatch the bill is now law > of the land because of painstaking negotiations and legislative wrangling that > saw top Democrats and Republicans, and the Biden administration, quietly > working together. > > “It took about a year to really negotiate. It required tremendous stakeholder > input from around Congress,” Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who > co-sponsored the legislation with former Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher, a > Republican, told The Dispatch. There were plenty of tactical errors by TikTok in its efforts to protect itself, including an ill-advised campaign to have its young users contact their representatives in Congress, which only seemed to harden support for the bill. Support for the legislation materialized in part because lobbyists for TikTok were caught flat-footed, all thanks to the group of bipartisan lawmakers keeping their negotiations on the bill under wraps. But, as McCormack and Drucker write, where there was bipartisan agreement, there was also bipartisan opposition, from Democrats wary of alienating young voters to some token resistance from the GOP’s figurehead: > Even as the TikTok preteens were harming their cause, a potentially more > significant voice emerged that seemingly could have helped the social media > giant. “If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their > business,” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on March 7. “I don’t want > Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better. They are a true > Enemy of the People!” > > But House and Senate Republicans who supported the TikTok measure and are on > good terms with Trump tell The Dispatch the former president never lobbied > their GOP colleagues to oppose the legislation. None of the direct, > chit-chatty phone calls Trump is known for, no belligerent badgering on social > media. Nothing. And that was significant, senior Republicans say, because it > meant the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s opposition was not an > obstacle when cajoling rank-and-file Republicans to stick with the bill. > > “I don’t think Trump did anything at all,” a knowledgeable GOP House aid said, > requesting anonymity to speak candidly. “I never heard of him calling anyone.” Be sure to read the whole thing here. NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE > “Contrary to the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked > D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today. I simply close my beautiful blue > eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it ALL in!!!” > > —Former President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post responding to reports > that he has fallen asleep multiple times during his hush money trial, May 2, > 2024 19 By Michael Warren, David M. Drucker and Charles Hilu COMMENTS (19) Join The Dispatch to participate in the comments. Sort by: Newest to Oldest Most Popular Oldest to Newest Bigdonmck 2 weeks ago more replies I'm from Chicago and a bit of an old codger who clearly recalls the '68 Democratic Convention. Despite a strong mayor and law enforcement, Grant Park and the Convention went up for grabs in the worst way. This year with a weak mayor and weakened police force, I might schedule an out of town vacation. It's not going to be pretty and the odds of violence surpassing that of '68 should be taken seriously. "Duck and cover" may wind up being the Convention motto. Collapse R. James 2 weeks ago more replies Biden has been playing catch up on this issue since it started. His response to both the Gaza War and the campus protests have been seen as delayed and too motivated by his own re-election prospects. The campus protests also re-emphasize the sense of unrest in the country, which does not reflect well on the chief executive. This unrest will only be underscored by all but guaranteed protests at the DNC Convention in Chicago this summer, which will be as certain to draw comparisons to the unrest in 1968. Collapse John Edited 2 weeks ago more replies Poor Sleepy Donald. But he is definitely not sleeping during his trial. He is meditating. I’ve suggested here before that the Court get him a big recliner so he could put his head back and feet up. Put the recliner right next to the defense table and let him meditate Collapse Cmgresh36 2 weeks ago more replies Maybe he can have Mark Hamills braindead ass come into court to make him look less tired in comparison to the moron in the WH right now? Collapse R. James 2 weeks ago more replies I can all but see the future "Truth" from His Orangeness: 'I'm not asleep. You're asleep. No Sleepers here.' Collapse David Burke 2 weeks ago more replies …and flatulate. Collapse Cmgresh36 2 weeks ago more replies They aren't protests. Those are terrorist sympathizer babies defacing property and throwing hissy fits. The same ones from the summer of love riots during Covid. Call them what they are and thankfully we are seeing the real Americans pushing back against them now. Collapse Jack 2 weeks ago more replies While I agree that the protests are misguided, saying that “real Americans” are pushing back against them implies that any American citizens involved in the protests aren’t “real Americans”. We should never say, or even imply, that one is only a “real American” if one agrees with us on every political issue. Collapse Angie 2 weeks ago more replies Bravo Jack , thanks Collapse George.Skinner 2 weeks ago more replies Trump's complaints about being caught nodding off in court show how important stage-managing public appearances is for these geriatric presidential candidates. Trump has put a lot of weight on a public image as being energetic and vigorous compared with his opponents, notwithstanding the fact that he's obese, out of shape, and decaying mentally. No carefully-controlled public appearances or rallies now - he's in the public eye for hours each day in a setting he has little or no control over. Already the night time talk shows are poking fun at him, and it's going to get worse. Biden would get hammered if he were placed in the same situation, although at least the gap between his pretensions and his reality isn't as massive as the guy who dictated a doctor's letter hailing himself as "the healthiest president in history". Collapse Normb1442 2 weeks ago more replies Just to repeat a note I posted earlier in the week: I visited a professor at Northeastern University at his home over the weekend. NEU has had several demonstrations and occupations. While I was there, his daughter showed us a video of an occupation on Sunday on her Ipad. There were students sitting on the floor while a group of about 3-4 other students off to one side chanted "Kill The Jews" and repeatedly exhorted others to join in the chant, with limited success. The professor said, "I KNOW these guys," referring to the ones leading the chants. "They're all Jews, and members of a campus group which strongly supports Israel in Gaza. This is a false flag operation we're watching." I'm not making any more of this other than to point out that any attempt to interpret the demonstrations as indicative of a trend almost certainly reflects little more than the views of those witnessing them, and not necessarily what the students themselves are thinking at all. That most students are appalled by what they're seeing in Gaza is obvious; that they are ANTI-SEMITIC in that view is not, and in this instance, there was an effort on the part of Israeli supporters to falsely promote that view, obviously in an effort to enable the media to portray the demonstrators as anti-Semites. Collapse R. James 2 weeks ago more replies Alleging yet another Jewish conspiracy is really not the best defense to the charge of antisemitism. Collapse Normb1442 2 weeks ago more replies I've presented you with evidence of some Israeli supporters encouraging student protestors to express antisemitic slogans -and you say I'm "alleging" a Jewish conspiracy. You are way out of line. Those who sympathize with Israel without qualification have every reason to portray demonstrators who feel Israel has used excessive force in Gaza as being anti-Semitic. There are writers on this very website who equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism -- demonstrators chanting "kill the Jews" is EXACTLY the kind of thing they give as evidence. I'm NOT saying EVERY demonstrator who shouts "kill the Jews" is doing it for that reason, but I have it on the word of a man I've known his entire life that this is such a case. You know NOTHING about the incident, yet you accuse me of being anti-Semitic because I brought it to the attention of the Dispatch's readers. You disgust me, sir. Collapse EricRemcon@gmail 2 weeks ago more replies I am surprised that his gag order lie did not warrant a bullet point in TMD or TD Politics: He has gone from “I will testify because I have nothing to hide” to “I might take the stand; we will wait and see what happens” to “I cannot testify because of the unconstitutional gag order!” Does the IQ of his average cult member crack 60? Who could possibly believe this garbage? Even his most dimwitted kid (Don Jr.) must know this is nonsense. I am joking, the average IQ must be at least 80; most of them probably have jobs. The real issue is that they believe what they WANT to believe because their “leader” is always right. It is extremely scary that there are millions and millions of Americans that take his word at face value. (BTW: I don’t put much stock in IQ, I’m just using it as a stand-in for brain engagement.) Collapse George.Skinner 2 weeks ago more replies Reminds me of the Monty Python sketch where researchers are trying to assess the intelligence of penguins using a verbal IQ test without much success. Then they realize that since penguins don't speak English, they try out the same test on a group of foreigners who they've stuck in the same penguin enclosure. Collapse EricRemcon@gmail 2 weeks ago more replies Yes, IQ is not a very good proxy for what I was getting at. I do not doubt there are competent doctors and lawyers out there that somehow turn off their brains when it comes to him and chant the Orange Mantra (that is why I am a 5-minute commenter and not a writer). I just cannot comprehend how someone can listen to him say a boldfaced lie like “The judge won’t let me testify in my own defense” – an obvious falsehood to 99% of Americans that have made it through high school – and then believe him about a serious subject. They must be willingly submitting to being manipulated or maybe they think something like ‘He is just saying that for the rubes, I am not a rube, I know what time it is (collect liberal tears time)’. Either way, the fact that he that he has so many followers is not a good look for America. Collapse Russell J 2 weeks ago more replies As a frequent Biden critic, it seems his position on protests is getting slightly better. No apparent swipes at anti-Hamas people to balance things. If 20% of voters are pro-Hamas, that’s a bigger problem than I was tracking. Yikes. Collapse R. James 2 weeks ago more replies Sure, but he's trailing on this issue and his calibration time to get on the right talking points is painfully slow. This issue is not going to go away before the election and will probably be amplified by the DNC convention protests and the return to classes in August. Collapse Michael.Terrien 2 weeks ago more replies I am a libertarian. Trump is the literal opposite of a libertarian. Collapse REPORT A COMMENT Why are you reporting this comment? Spam Racism Harassment or violence Inappropriate Thanks for letting us know! Your feedback is important in helping us keep our community safe. Submitting... Close Submit Report Worth Your Time May 12, 2024May 14, 2024 The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag With Grayson Logue The Dispatch Staff May 13, 2024May 12, 2024 There Are Two Sides to Every Debt Kevin D. Williamson May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 The Tea Party Movement Died With a Whimper Jonah Goldberg May 9, 2024May 8, 2024 A Plan for Victory in Ukraine Rob Portman About Michael Warren Michael Warren is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was an on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at the Weekly Standard. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons. More from Michael Warren About David M. Drucker David M. Drucker is a senior writer at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was a senior correspondent for the Washington Examiner. When Drucker is not covering American politics for The Dispatch, he enjoys hanging out with his two boys and listening to his wife's excellent taste in music. More from David M. Drucker About Charles Hilu Charles Hilu is a reporter for The Dispatch based in Virginia. Before joining the company in 2024, he was the Collegiate Network Fellow at the Washington Free Beacon and interned at both National Review and the Washington Examiner. When he is not writing and reporting, he is probably listening to show tunes or following the premier sports teams of the University of Michigan and city of Detroit. More from Charles Hilu Conversations (19) COMMENTS (19) Join The Dispatch to participate in the comments. Sort by: Newest to Oldest Most Popular Oldest to Newest Bigdonmck 2 weeks ago more replies I'm from Chicago and a bit of an old codger who clearly recalls the '68 Democratic Convention. Despite a strong mayor and law enforcement, Grant Park and the Convention went up for grabs in the worst way. This year with a weak mayor and weakened police force, I might schedule an out of town vacation. It's not going to be pretty and the odds of violence surpassing that of '68 should be taken seriously. "Duck and cover" may wind up being the Convention motto. Collapse R. James 2 weeks ago more replies Biden has been playing catch up on this issue since it started. His response to both the Gaza War and the campus protests have been seen as delayed and too motivated by his own re-election prospects. The campus protests also re-emphasize the sense of unrest in the country, which does not reflect well on the chief executive. This unrest will only be underscored by all but guaranteed protests at the DNC Convention in Chicago this summer, which will be as certain to draw comparisons to the unrest in 1968. Collapse John Edited 2 weeks ago more replies Poor Sleepy Donald. But he is definitely not sleeping during his trial. He is meditating. I’ve suggested here before that the Court get him a big recliner so he could put his head back and feet up. Put the recliner right next to the defense table and let him meditate Collapse Cmgresh36 2 weeks ago more replies Maybe he can have Mark Hamills braindead ass come into court to make him look less tired in comparison to the moron in the WH right now? Collapse R. James 2 weeks ago more replies I can all but see the future "Truth" from His Orangeness: 'I'm not asleep. You're asleep. No Sleepers here.' Collapse David Burke 2 weeks ago more replies …and flatulate. Collapse Cmgresh36 2 weeks ago more replies They aren't protests. Those are terrorist sympathizer babies defacing property and throwing hissy fits. The same ones from the summer of love riots during Covid. Call them what they are and thankfully we are seeing the real Americans pushing back against them now. Collapse Jack 2 weeks ago more replies While I agree that the protests are misguided, saying that “real Americans” are pushing back against them implies that any American citizens involved in the protests aren’t “real Americans”. We should never say, or even imply, that one is only a “real American” if one agrees with us on every political issue. Collapse Angie 2 weeks ago more replies Bravo Jack , thanks Collapse George.Skinner 2 weeks ago more replies Trump's complaints about being caught nodding off in court show how important stage-managing public appearances is for these geriatric presidential candidates. Trump has put a lot of weight on a public image as being energetic and vigorous compared with his opponents, notwithstanding the fact that he's obese, out of shape, and decaying mentally. No carefully-controlled public appearances or rallies now - he's in the public eye for hours each day in a setting he has little or no control over. Already the night time talk shows are poking fun at him, and it's going to get worse. Biden would get hammered if he were placed in the same situation, although at least the gap between his pretensions and his reality isn't as massive as the guy who dictated a doctor's letter hailing himself as "the healthiest president in history". Collapse Normb1442 2 weeks ago more replies Just to repeat a note I posted earlier in the week: I visited a professor at Northeastern University at his home over the weekend. NEU has had several demonstrations and occupations. While I was there, his daughter showed us a video of an occupation on Sunday on her Ipad. There were students sitting on the floor while a group of about 3-4 other students off to one side chanted "Kill The Jews" and repeatedly exhorted others to join in the chant, with limited success. The professor said, "I KNOW these guys," referring to the ones leading the chants. "They're all Jews, and members of a campus group which strongly supports Israel in Gaza. This is a false flag operation we're watching." I'm not making any more of this other than to point out that any attempt to interpret the demonstrations as indicative of a trend almost certainly reflects little more than the views of those witnessing them, and not necessarily what the students themselves are thinking at all. That most students are appalled by what they're seeing in Gaza is obvious; that they are ANTI-SEMITIC in that view is not, and in this instance, there was an effort on the part of Israeli supporters to falsely promote that view, obviously in an effort to enable the media to portray the demonstrators as anti-Semites. Collapse R. James 2 weeks ago more replies Alleging yet another Jewish conspiracy is really not the best defense to the charge of antisemitism. Collapse Normb1442 2 weeks ago more replies I've presented you with evidence of some Israeli supporters encouraging student protestors to express antisemitic slogans -and you say I'm "alleging" a Jewish conspiracy. You are way out of line. Those who sympathize with Israel without qualification have every reason to portray demonstrators who feel Israel has used excessive force in Gaza as being anti-Semitic. There are writers on this very website who equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism -- demonstrators chanting "kill the Jews" is EXACTLY the kind of thing they give as evidence. I'm NOT saying EVERY demonstrator who shouts "kill the Jews" is doing it for that reason, but I have it on the word of a man I've known his entire life that this is such a case. You know NOTHING about the incident, yet you accuse me of being anti-Semitic because I brought it to the attention of the Dispatch's readers. You disgust me, sir. Collapse EricRemcon@gmail 2 weeks ago more replies I am surprised that his gag order lie did not warrant a bullet point in TMD or TD Politics: He has gone from “I will testify because I have nothing to hide” to “I might take the stand; we will wait and see what happens” to “I cannot testify because of the unconstitutional gag order!” Does the IQ of his average cult member crack 60? Who could possibly believe this garbage? Even his most dimwitted kid (Don Jr.) must know this is nonsense. I am joking, the average IQ must be at least 80; most of them probably have jobs. The real issue is that they believe what they WANT to believe because their “leader” is always right. It is extremely scary that there are millions and millions of Americans that take his word at face value. (BTW: I don’t put much stock in IQ, I’m just using it as a stand-in for brain engagement.) Collapse George.Skinner 2 weeks ago more replies Reminds me of the Monty Python sketch where researchers are trying to assess the intelligence of penguins using a verbal IQ test without much success. Then they realize that since penguins don't speak English, they try out the same test on a group of foreigners who they've stuck in the same penguin enclosure. Collapse EricRemcon@gmail 2 weeks ago more replies Yes, IQ is not a very good proxy for what I was getting at. I do not doubt there are competent doctors and lawyers out there that somehow turn off their brains when it comes to him and chant the Orange Mantra (that is why I am a 5-minute commenter and not a writer😁). I just cannot comprehend how someone can listen to him say a boldfaced lie like “The judge won’t let me testify in my own defense” – an obvious falsehood to 99% of Americans that have made it through high school – and then believe him about a serious subject. 🤯 They must be willingly submitting to being manipulated or maybe they think something like ‘He is just saying that for the rubes, I am not a rube, I know what time it is (collect liberal tears time)’. Either way, the fact that he that he has so many followers is not a good look for America. Collapse Russell J 2 weeks ago more replies As a frequent Biden critic, it seems his position on protests is getting slightly better. No apparent swipes at anti-Hamas people to balance things. If 20% of voters are pro-Hamas, that’s a bigger problem than I was tracking. Yikes. Collapse R. James 2 weeks ago more replies Sure, but he's trailing on this issue and his calibration time to get on the right talking points is painfully slow. This issue is not going to go away before the election and will probably be amplified by the DNC convention protests and the return to classes in August. Collapse Michael.Terrien 2 weeks ago more replies I am a libertarian. Trump is the literal opposite of a libertarian. Collapse Fact-based reporting and commentary on politics, policy and culture – informed by conservative principles. Tens of thousands of paid subscribers. JOIN SIGN IN * Newsletters * Staff * Why The Dispatch * About Us * Careers * Contact Us * FAQs * Store * My Account * Twitter * © 2024 The Dispatch * Privacy Policy * Terms & Conditions * Collection Notice 1 of 1 free articles × Join today for full access. Join Now ✓ Danke für das Teilen! AddToAny Mehr… Notifications SEARCH RESULTS Magnifying Glass Search Close search results Sort by: Relevance•Newest•Oldest NO RESULTS FOUND FILTER OPTIONS Close Search