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Jilly_in_VA

(10,175 posts)
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 01:29 PM Sep 2023

GOP Wants You to Be Terrified of a Black Woman President

By now, you’re likely well familiar with the GOP’s current 2024 election party line—the one about how a vote for (too old, nearly dead) President Joe Biden is really a vote for (too unprepared, heartbeat away) Vice President Kamala Harris.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) kicked off his podcast earlier this week by pushing the same tired mantra—but then road-tested a prediction seemingly crafted for maximum fear mongering effect.

“In August of 2024, the Democrat kingmakers [will] jettison Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle Obama,” Cruz stated. “That ought to scare the hell out of anyone who is unhappy about the direction this country is going and doesn’t want us to go even crazier, in an even worse direction.”

I’ll spare you the details of Cruz’s nonsensical conspiracy theory, except to say that his explanation for how a shadowy cabal of Democratic power brokers will force Biden to drop out at the 11th hour in order to pull off a dramatic switcheroo during the party’s national convention rested precariously on his admission that, “how the Democrats execute that exactly, I don't know.”

Nonetheless, Cruz claims the former first lady’s selection as the Democratic nominee is “the most likely and most dangerous” outcome. This is, in no small part, likely due to Cruz’s certainty that former President Barack Obama is “the puppet master” who is “already running the Biden administration.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-wants-you-to-be-terrified-of-a-black-woman-president

Yet they're okay with their own Black man and Indian-American woman running....of course they know those will get nowhere because of Slobfather.....

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GOP Wants You to Be Terrified of a Black Woman President (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 OP
Very simple... 2naSalit Sep 2023 #1
So.... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #2
I have read two books written by Mrs. Obama herself Diamond_Dog Sep 2023 #3
I think GOP are terrified of a black woman President CousinIT Sep 2023 #4
That's because they're terrified. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2023 #5
What going to happen when Oprah Winfrey comes out in support of Kamala kimbutgar Sep 2023 #6

2naSalit

(87,756 posts)
1. Very simple...
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 01:39 PM
Sep 2023

They want it all and will lie, cheat and steal to get it. What falls from their mouths should be avoided like raw sewage.

Think. Again.

(10,085 posts)
2. So....
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 01:50 PM
Sep 2023

...apparently they fear that a large portion of their own base is thinking of voting for Biden because obviously, the idea of a President Harris OR a President Michele Obama is certainly not going to scare away Democratic voters.

Diamond_Dog

(32,540 posts)
3. I have read two books written by Mrs. Obama herself
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 01:50 PM
Sep 2023

“Becoming” and “The Light We Carry”

I assume Dead Head Ted has not.

Anyway it completely boggles my mind how anyone who knows Mrs. Obama or has read her memoirs could possibly see her as a dangerous threat to America. It’s almost laughable!
And the hatred some right wingers have for her is beyond any kind of belief. Cruz and his ilk are such evil liars.

kimbutgar

(21,496 posts)
6. What going to happen when Oprah Winfrey comes out in support of Kamala
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 04:33 PM
Sep 2023

She is still very popular and has a voice to convince people VP Kamala Harris is capable.

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