As the left clutches its pearls over former President Donald Trump discussing Vice President Kamala Harris' run, Democrats are salivating over his political demise while fueling their outrage.
But some are seeing a strategy behind Trump's headline-making remarks to attendees at the National Association of Black Journalists convention. The Republican presidential nominee may not have intentionally had a strategy behind his comments other than his usual knack for telling it like it is, but some argue that Democrats hammering home the point to attack him as racist may not achieve their goals.
“I've known her for a long time indirectly, not directly very much, and she was always of Indian origin,” Trump said of Harris at the event. “And she was just promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a few years ago when she became black. Now she wants to be known as black. So I don't know, is she Indian or black?
“I respect any of them, but obviously she doesn't because she was Indian all the way, and all of a sudden she turned around and became a black person,” he said.
Trump was right again! Kamala Video Indian Cuisine adds some spice to the new powder https://t.co/nYeKLMgwlW road @BIZPACRevision
— Based on BPR (@DumpstrFireNews) August 1, 2024
“Trump used a persuasion technique called 'Entering Your Illusion' when he questioned Harris' racial identity at the NABJ, and you can see how it worked,” author and cartoonist Scott Adams wrote in a post on X.
“The method involves ACCEPTING the illusion you are trying to defeat and showing its absurdity by taking it to its obvious conclusion,” he added. “Trump ACCEPTED the Democratic worldview that identity is the key variable, and then casually discussed Harris' incongruity about his identity. And he did it in front of an audience organized by his identity.”
Trump used a persuasion technique called “Entering Your Illusion” when he questioned Harris' racial identity at the NABJ, and you can already see how well it worked.
I have described this technique to my audience over the years. I learned this when I was training to be a hypnotist. And… https://t.co/Zk6y5zab6R
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) August 2, 2024
He predicted that Trump's strategy “will continue to sink, marinate and become more powerful over time.”
“The losing game in this situation would have been to argue against using identity to elect candidates. That would be a non-starter. Instead, he 'got into his delusion' and left a big crowd in the middle of his living room,” wrote the “Dilbert” creator, illustrating it with a compelling word picture.
“It was one of the best pieces of persuasion in political history. But it will take time to see it work its magic,” he concluded.
Rush Limbaugh talked about something similar. He called it “illustrating the absurd by being absurd.”
— Cari Kelemen (@KelemenCari) August 2, 2024
It is surely made even more effective by performative outrage. The more the media harangues him about it, the weaker his position becomes.
— Joseph Miller (@JosephamillerII) August 2, 2024
Columnist Kurt Schlichter noted that Trump's attacks on Harris have focused on her being a hypocrite and “a perverted chameleon” who changes depending on her audience. Forcing the former president to lay off some personal criticism as the campaign heads into November may not be the best advice, according to Schlichter.
“What Trump is pointing out is that she is a perverted chameleon who pretends to be what she needs to be for whatever audience she finds herself in and cannot be trusted,” he wrote in a post on X.
“I know a lot of people who are very sensitive about racial issues, but this isn't really a race issue; the Democrats say it is so they can try to shut up the Republicans,” he added. “Nobody cares that she's biracial. They care that she's a weasel.”
I have to tell you, I'm not sure the current obsession with forcing Trump to talk only straight policy is fully thought through. What Trump points out is that he is a perverted chameleon who pretends to be whatever he needs to be for anything…
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 2, 2024
The Democrats, he argued, “have shown us that politics alone is not a sufficient way to campaign.”
“Stop worrying. Their honeymoon is over. It's time to hit her everywhere all the time,” he concluded.
When the “Play nice” crowd cries, I give them a tissue, nothing else.
— Michael R. Caputo (@MichaelRCaputo) August 2, 2024
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