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‘Donald Trump is losing his marbles,’ former Congressman and Republican Adam Kinzinger said

Republicans are concerned that party leader Donald Trump is having a “public nervous breakdown” after he made a series of offensive outbursts about Vice President Kamala Harris as he slips behind her in the polls.

The former president has made a number of  insulting personal attacks against his Democratic rival since she moved to the top of the ticket. Last week, Trump questioned Harris’s racial identity  at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. Over the weekend, he accused Harris of having a “low IQ.” 

New polls indicate Trump is slipping behind the vice president in the popular vote and races are tightening in battleground states. 

“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist and former Trump state department appointee, told Politico.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

god i hope so, the only thing we need after dems call him weird, is republicans calling him weird.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

In less than two months Trump will be able to sell his shares in Trump Media/Truth Social. The value of those shares are artificially inflated. Put yourself in his shoes. Sell while the price is still high and stab everyone in the back or wait until the election which he risks losing and possibly see the stock crash hard. If he loses, his political career is certainly over and the GOP will know his brand of politics can't win national elections. They'llbe lookingto sweep him under the rug. If he cashes in early all that money could buy a lot of lawyers to drag out the trials he faces and that's been his strategy so far.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's just his personality when he doesn't get what he wants. He always has gone off the rails. He's a rich, entitled brat that never had to grow up because he has always been able to just get rid of anyone who didn't do everything he wanted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Republicans only have themselves to blame for throwing their weight behind a narcississt crook rapist who is losing his marbles and his entourage of more crooks and enablers. Imagine how much they might have accomplished if their candidate was competent and surrounded by competent people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mental instability should be automatic disqualification from federal service

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 months ago (16 children)

Over the weekend, he accused Harris of having a “low IQ.”

How about this: instead of a debate they both take an IQ test created and administered by a neutral party. Recordings of them taking the test will be released to the public once they are both finished.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump would boast that he managed to colour inside the lines "and they were very small lines!".

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Test administrator's response: "Sir there was no coloring portion on this test."

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For a conservative, only a conservative qualifies as "neutral". Everyone else is "the extreme left".

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hasn't this already been happening for the past 8 years?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Republicans worry Trump is having a 'public nervous breakdown'

No, Trump is just preparing his insanity defense for when he loses.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He never had any marbles to lose. He doesn't read and has a short attention span. He's only interested in enriching himself and gaining power, he doesn't care about anyone else, he doesn't care about this country. He doesn't care about people's beliefs, they are just a tool he uses as a means to an end.

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