Sound Off: August 10, 2024

Debate or no?

I wonder if JD Vance is going to be as scared to debate Tim Walz as Donald Trump is to debate Kamala Harris? I hope not. It will be interesting to watch both debates, if the cowards show up.

Walz’ exit

Tim Walz is a coward. He was due to being promoted to Sergeant Major but retired as a E-8 when his unit was being deployed to Iraq. As a retired veteran, we call that a coward.

Toddler behavior

Donald Trump is a grown man who makes up insulting nicknames for his opponents. That is so creepy.

Trump at NABJ

Donald Trump did appear at the Black journalists’ convention, but he never answered any of the questions asked. He just verbally attacked the host. And he asked them to not live fact check anything he said.

Border insecurity

The House Judiciary Committee has issued a scathing interim report about the national security risk of our southern border under the Biden-Harris Administration. The Border Patrol has encountered more than 250 illegal immigrants who are on the terror watchlist and 99 of those have been released into the country. But there also thousands from other countries that might present a security risk. This is indefensible dereliction of duty by President Biden and Vice President Harris, who have made their sworn oath of office to defend the U.S. They own this vulnerability and any Twin Towers-level disaster that may result.

Wall St. woes

The stock market drop appears to be a direct reflection of billionaires’ concerns that they may lose their ability to overprice the market with the swing toward Democrats. CEOs are making historical salaries on the back of average Americans. Big corporations are also fearful they will no longer get the huge tax breaks. They are decreasing their hiring to impact job market in election year. Democrats will raise taxes on those making more than $400K a year and not on average Americans.

Trump’s plan

A debate for which Donald Trump picks the venue, moderators, questions and audience members is not a debate at all — it’s another campaign rally, and a deliberate setup to try to make Vice President Kamala Harris look bad. Careful there Donald, your cowardice is showing.

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This story was originally published August 9, 2024 at 3:00 AM.