WASHINGTON: Democrats gathered in Chicago Friday for a four-day fiesta aimed at accelerating momentum for the presidential candidate Kamala Harriswhose unexpected elevation to the top of the ticket has electrified the US election.
Outgoing President Joe Biden (who will remain in office until January 20, 2025) will headline the evening before giving way to other party figures – including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – to talk about the first woman of color in the US. history will be officially nominated for the White House race.
Despite leading in the polls, Kamala Harris has a difficult road ahead as evidenced by the avalanche of attacks by white nationalists who are shocked by the prospect of a black Caribbean-Indian-American woman ascending to the White House that most of the country has. 248 years of history.
From dusting up the relationship she had 30 years ago to insinuating she slept her way to the top, to alleging she had a drinking problem, MAGA The Republican department of dirty tricks will not interfere with the Harris campaign. In one of the more surprising efforts of the weekend, the MAGA media outraged that he was eating Doritos (a brand of tortilla chips) even though Trump was leading in the pre-election polls, a dramatic change from last month when he faced Biden and comfortably led.
The ex-President was so desperate because his poll numbers were falling, he falsely claimed the endorsement on Sunday of America’s culture czar Taylor Swift, after supporters misused a spoof about the singer’s fans returning to Trump because he had to cancel a concert after threats from ISIS.
The bogus claim of “Swifties for Trump” was fueled by the rapidly aging Republican nominee, who posted an AI-generated image of Swift dressed as Uncle Sam and telling Americans to vote for him, declaring “I Accept!”
Nothing is acceptable. Even though she hasn’t officially endorsed Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift is very anti-Trump. But the MAGA caper emphasized the AI deployment of the trophy that will take place over the next ten weeks until election day on November 5.
On Monday, Microsoft warned that AI is generating deepfakes that influence elections, citing examples from other countries where this has happened. Separately, AFP, citing disinformation researchers, reported that hundreds of fake media outlets have proliferated in recent months, “causing an explosion of polarization or false narratives” and inviting foreign powers to interfere in the November 5 election.
There are not enough domestic trophies. Over the weekend, MAGA activists flooded social media with video clips of Kamala Harris speaking slowly at a public forum to declare that she came to the event “drunk”. The Democratic operatives also did not miss out on their in-depth false promotion, including photos of doctors showing Trump’s assassination attempt as a hoax.
On Sunday, both sides blasted Kamala Harris for stopping at a gas station during a bus tour in Pennsylvania to pick up a bag of Doritos, with Democrats calling it a reflection on her being a “regular” person and MAGA trolls claiming the entire episode was staged.
“That the emotional response of the leader of the free world is to eat Doritos? Can you imagine Putin cutting into a bag of Sour Patch Kids?” pro-Trump talking heads fumed. “I’ll take the candidate who eats Doritos, not the guy who looks like he’s twiddling his thumbs before he gets on camera,” cheered Harris supporters.
The vicious war for understanding has trivialized another issue of germane policy, with deep differences filtered into alarmist epithets ranging from “socialist” to “traitor.” With Trump’s lead in the polls quickly evaporating, supporters are labeling the DNC in Chicago as a gathering of communists and anarchists, a narrative based on pro-Palestinian protests near the venue.
A celebrity line-up of impresarios and entertainers is expected to regale the Democratic party faithful in a four-day fiesta of “joy and joy” between political speeches featuring Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton on Saturday, Michelle and Barack Obama on Tuesday, Bill Clinton and Tim Walz on Wednesday, culminating with Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech on Thursday.
Outgoing President Joe Biden (who will remain in office until January 20, 2025) will headline the evening before giving way to other party figures – including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – to talk about the first woman of color in the US. history will be officially nominated for the White House race.
Despite leading in the polls, Kamala Harris has a difficult road ahead as evidenced by the avalanche of attacks by white nationalists who are shocked by the prospect of a black Caribbean-Indian-American woman ascending to the White House that most of the country has. 248 years of history.
From dusting up the relationship she had 30 years ago to insinuating she slept her way to the top, to alleging she had a drinking problem, MAGA The Republican department of dirty tricks will not interfere with the Harris campaign. In one of the more surprising efforts of the weekend, the MAGA media outraged that he was eating Doritos (a brand of tortilla chips) even though Trump was leading in the pre-election polls, a dramatic change from last month when he faced Biden and comfortably led.
The ex-President was so desperate because his poll numbers were falling, he falsely claimed the endorsement on Sunday of America’s culture czar Taylor Swift, after supporters misused a spoof about the singer’s fans returning to Trump because he had to cancel a concert after threats from ISIS.
The bogus claim of “Swifties for Trump” was fueled by the rapidly aging Republican nominee, who posted an AI-generated image of Swift dressed as Uncle Sam and telling Americans to vote for him, declaring “I Accept!”
Nothing is acceptable. Even though she hasn’t officially endorsed Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift is very anti-Trump. But the MAGA caper emphasized the AI deployment of the trophy that will take place over the next ten weeks until election day on November 5.
On Monday, Microsoft warned that AI is generating deepfakes that influence elections, citing examples from other countries where this has happened. Separately, AFP, citing disinformation researchers, reported that hundreds of fake media outlets have proliferated in recent months, “causing an explosion of polarization or false narratives” and inviting foreign powers to interfere in the November 5 election.
There are not enough domestic trophies. Over the weekend, MAGA activists flooded social media with video clips of Kamala Harris speaking slowly at a public forum to declare that she came to the event “drunk”. The Democratic operatives also did not miss out on their in-depth false promotion, including photos of doctors showing Trump’s assassination attempt as a hoax.
On Sunday, both sides blasted Kamala Harris for stopping at a gas station during a bus tour in Pennsylvania to pick up a bag of Doritos, with Democrats calling it a reflection on her being a “regular” person and MAGA trolls claiming the entire episode was staged.
“That the emotional response of the leader of the free world is to eat Doritos? Can you imagine Putin cutting into a bag of Sour Patch Kids?” pro-Trump talking heads fumed. “I’ll take the candidate who eats Doritos, not the guy who looks like he’s twiddling his thumbs before he gets on camera,” cheered Harris supporters.
The vicious war for understanding has trivialized another issue of germane policy, with deep differences filtered into alarmist epithets ranging from “socialist” to “traitor.” With Trump’s lead in the polls quickly evaporating, supporters are labeling the DNC in Chicago as a gathering of communists and anarchists, a narrative based on pro-Palestinian protests near the venue.
A celebrity line-up of impresarios and entertainers is expected to regale the Democratic party faithful in a four-day fiesta of “joy and joy” between political speeches featuring Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton on Saturday, Michelle and Barack Obama on Tuesday, Bill Clinton and Tim Walz on Wednesday, culminating with Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech on Thursday.