The garbage campaign could tilt the outcome of 2024
If there's one image that captures the craziness of this campaign, it's got to be Donald Trump driving around in a garbage truck.
He put on the orange vest and talked to reporters after a Joe Biden blunder put Kamala Harris on the defensive.
And this was after a Trump rally filled with profane insults, including a comic who mocked Puerto Rico as an island of floating garbage......................
All of which brings us back to the last few days. When every hour counts, every distraction is costly. If you're explaining, you're losing. If you're playing defense, you can't put points on the board.
Trump's Madison Square Garden rally was marred by racist and misogynist talk, the coverage of which totally overshadowed his speech. What drew the most attention was comedian Tony Hinchcliffe and his ridicule of Puerto Rico. Podcaster Joe Rogan said he heard the joke the day before and told the comic there would be a big backlash. But the Trump camp hadn't vetted the speakers.
When Harris naturally denounced the "garbage" language, Trump hopped on the sanitation truck emblazoned with his name.
Biden has been hurting his VP's candidacy with a series of screwups. First he said of Trump, "Lock him up." Then the president blurted out that "the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters." He stumbled before adding that this was about the "demonization of Latinos."............
.............Trump's brief stint at McDonald's was meant to highlight his contention that Harris never worked at one during college, as she has insisted. It was a brilliant tactic and one her side should have conjured up first.