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.
And that, in turn, followed the spectacle of the former president cooking up some fries at McDonald’s, where he actually likes to eat.
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But all this is unfolding against the backdrop of the ugliest and perhaps most divisive race in American history, with each side accusing the other of being a danger to democracy.
And the tightness of the polls–assuming they’re not off again–has created an almost apocalyptic sense of drama, with many voters worried about post-election violence if Trump loses.
Trump, after all, has survived two impeachments, the Jan. 6 riot, four criminal indictments, one conviction and two assassination attempts. He has spent the last four years insisting, despite numerous failed lawsuits, that the last election was stolen from him.
Can there be more than 500 voters in the six or seven swing states who don’t have a rock-solid opinion of him, positive or negative?
As for Harris, she was a relatively unpopular vice president thrust into a 100-day sprint when Democrats pressured Biden into stepping aside. She soared through the convention but hid from the media – that’s now changed – yet kept sticking to talking points and didn’t make much news.
What’s more, Harris would be the first female president–and, of course, woman of color–to win the presidency in a country where some men, especially Black men, are reluctant to take that step.
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