How does the Trump campaign finish up one of the strangest election cycles in living memory?
They use the theme that an attempted assassin thrust on them—and an image that galvanized a nation.
Fight – Fight – Fight
The campaign advertisement below appeared Saturday and described as the closing argument for Donald Trump:
We Fight!!!
This one-minute spot will certainly receive airtime in the battleground states in the final hours before Election Day, and it contains more than just that awful day in Butler County, PA. The ad reminds We the People of the socio-economic-cultural destruction felt by each of us—not just Conservative Republicans—and what will be required of us to restore our social wellbeing, our economy, our unique American culture, and our values:
Powerful closing ad from President Trump… pic.twitter.com/RS16uOHqJO
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) November 2, 2024
This is an exceptionally smart choice for a closing message. Policies and priorities are important in every election, and maybe especially this one, since the Left tried to turn the previous election into a character referendum.
[T]he cultural disconnect felt by Americans outside of the Academia-clique elite power centers has a much more powerful emotional draw.
As the late Andrew Breitbart insisted:
Politics is downstream of culture.
And that may be the key in this election cycle in particular.
In comparison, below is the message on which Kamala Harris focused Saturday. While Trump aimed his pitch at Americans in the heartland, Harris focused on … the Academia-clique elites that think this would actually be funny.
YMMV, of course, but this certainly seems a bit like singing to the choir, or cackling to it. And that’s not the only question this raises, either.
BREAKING: The Real Kamala Harris Makes a Surprise Appearance on SNL
This is painful to watch.
KAMALA 1: “I don't really laugh like that, do I?”
KAMALA 2: (Awkwardly smiles) “Well, a little bit.”
In an especially cringeworthy moment, both Kamalas spoke in unison, saying, “We… pic.twitter.com/juK8gy4ZHE
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 3, 2024
It's been done a few times; @yashar has another that featured Mitt Romney before Trump. This "copy" aspect reflects much more on the lack of creativity and originality of the SNL writers than it does on Harris. But this is a strange way to spend the last hours of a campaign… https://t.co/Si6VvxzXS0
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) November 3, 2024
Ed Morrissey further texted:
Why leave the battleground states with 72 hours of campaign time left to go New York City? And why target the SNL audience, which is already likely heavily inclined toward Harris and consists mainly of younger, urban, progressives? Are they worried about those demos?
