Trump can declare a form of victory

Win or lose when they count the presidential election ballots on Tuesday, Donald J. Trump can declare an important victory in one of the side battles waged in this campaign.

I believe the Republican nominee has managed to bully major newspapers into forgoing a presidential endorsement in this most consequential election.

The Washington Post will be quiet on who it prefers to see elected. So will the New York Times. So will Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain. Major metropolitan daily news across the land have made the same decision.

Why is that? I believe that the GOP nominee’s insistence that the media are the “enemy of the people ” has managed to sink in. Publishers and senior editors have sought to explain themselves. No explanation is necessary.

They have been cowed into fearing how readers might react were they to recommend the election of Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. This election, though, cries out for some media leadership, particularly when we have a major-party presidential nominee who is so demonstrably unfit to serve in the office he seeks.

I take no joy in recognizing what I believe is a tactical victory for Trump. I’ll just have to swallow hard.

4 thoughts on “Trump can declare a form of victory”

  1. Im hearing from several Republicans who are voting for Harris/Walz.

    I’m one of them.

    Interesting times.

  2. In contrast, I’m hearing a lot of Democrats voting for Trump. There will be a lot of canceling of votes with party switching.

    Have you noticed the majority of Harris’ Hollywood endorsements look like a Diddy friends list? It’s almost like they want to be protected.

    Finally, if he was gonna destroy it, he would’ve done it in 2016. If she was gonna fix it, she would be done already after 3.5yrs.

    1. I don’t keep up with rappers.

      I’m more of a Merle Haggard – Johnny Cash guy.

      Tuesday should be interesting. I doubt we’ll know the final results for a while. Who knows?

      Either way- This great Republic will survive and I choose not to loose any friends over it.

      Life’s too short and friends are too few.

      Blessings to you and yours BJ.

  3. I’m with you, DM. I’m more of a Johnny Cash and Merle Hagard man myself as well. I don’t follow the rappers, not my style. But apparently they like Harris.

    The longer we go without votes counted, the more likely we’ll hear fraud, both sides.

    Michigan says they won’t have vote totals on election night

    Pennsylvania says they won’t have vote totals on election night

    Georgia says they won’t have vote totals on election night

    Arizona says they won’t have vote totals on election night

    How do 3rd world countries hand count ballots in 1 day but American swing states need days to count with machines?!

    All the best DM. We will survive. 🤮

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