Donald Trump on Wednesday night falsely smeared Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as a “proud member of Hamas.”

The Republican presidential nominee made the insulting remark about the top-ranking U.S. Jewish official at a rally in Pennsylvania. It came on the same day that Trump separately sparked an angry backlash for questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity.

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    2 months ago

    i’m having a real hard time believing that anyone’s actually “on the fence” about whether to vote R or D at this point. i think they’re voting R and just don’t want to say it out loud

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      The real question at this point is who shows up to the poll booth. I’m not sure how much trump using the n word would depress his turnout or enthuse kamala turnout.

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        Him saying it out loud would probably make his turnout better, but also enthuse Harris turnout

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      I think and or hope theres a lot of people who will vote D but dont want their friends and family to know

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        I will admit, I don’t think we are as “in your face” as the Trumpers are. This is the first time I’ve been vocal. Just got my Cat Ladies for Kamala T-shirt in the mail today. 😻

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      There’s probably a small cohort that would vote for him for tax or regulatory reasons that might get turned off by too much of this crap, but I don’t it’s electorally significant.