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Terrified Trump Is Getting Desperate and Threatens People to Vote for Him — It Doesn’t Go Very Well

That's not how campaigning works.

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Speaking at a town hall on Wednesday, Donald Trump made one of the strangest declarations of his seemingly eternal presidential campaign. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Trump joined professional propagandist Sean Hannity for a no-questions even that went immediately off the rails.

At one point during the bizarre interview, Trump tried to tie Kamala Harris to a position she hasn’t held in four years. In fact, Harris’ position on fracking has been one in favor of the practice (to the dismay of some environmentally-minded voters) since the debates at the beginning of the 2020 Democratic primary.

But it wasn’t just that Trump was lying about Kamala’s stance. It was the breathless delivery of the disinformation. Trump made like this was the end-all, be-all issue of the campaign, a line in the sand for voters of conscience.

Even the media outlets who note that Harris once vowed to end fracking fail to mention that was 5 years ago. Trump still repeats it as though it’s current:

“She will do that. There’s no chance she’s gonna allow it. The election will take place, if she won, you’re not gonna have any fracking in Pennsylvania. You have 500,000 jobs. Think of that, it’s your biggest business, and you get a big majority of your income from fracking, and you have somebody that’s not gonna allow fracking. She’s not gonna allow it. You can’t take the chance. You have no choice. You’ve gotta vote for me. You’ve gotta vote for me. Even if you don’t like me!”

It’s that last part, though, that catches the eye. This is a man who refers to himself in the third person with some frequency as “your favorite president, Donald Trump.” But when begging for votes, it seems he’s finally desperate enough to allow for the possibility that some people might not like him.

Not that they GET to not like him. Remember, you have no choice. But still, admitting that there’s anyone who doesn’t like him is a huge step away from his normal swaggering attitude.

Trump continued to pretend that an end to fracking, which Kamala no longer supports, would be the end of the second state in the union.

“Even if you don’t like me, you can sit there and say, ‘I can’t stand that guy, but there’s no way I’m gonna vote for her.’ No, you have to have fracking. You know, you’re the biggest in the country for this. You have two of the biggest sites in the world. It’s a massive business for Pennsylvania and you can’t take a chance. She will not allow fracking, and she’s got a lot of other problems too.”

The last nine words pale in comparison so much to his fracking-is-life message, that it’s easy to overlook how vague they are. “A lot of other problems.” Hmm.

Now, it’s not like this was a normal event. At one point, he forgot who he was running against, when he said “I can’t imagine New Hampshire voting for him. Anyone in New Hampshire who votes for Biden or Kamala…”

Yeah, Donnie? Joe’s not running, and hasn’t been for a month and a half.

In the end, we can only assume that Trump is beginning to panic. He might as well tell voters that Kamala won’t even finish her term if she’s elected, opting to to back to work at McDonald’s again just to spite the people of Pennsylvania specifically.

More bizarre behavior from a man who is unfit for office.

People on Twitter had a field day:

Andrew Simpson
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Andrew is a dark blue speck in deep red Central Washington, writing with the conviction of 18 years at the keyboard and too much politics to even stand. When not furiously stabbing the keys on breaking news stories, he writes poetry, prose, essays, haiku, lectures, stories for grief therapy, wedding ceremonies, detailed instructions on making doughnuts from canned biscuit dough (more sugar than cinnamon — duh), and equations to determine the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. A girlfriend, a dog, two cats, and two birds round out the equation, and in his spare time, Drewbear likes to imagine what it must be like to have spare time.

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