By John Ruberry
There’s a tendency by the left to refer to supporters of Donald J. Trump as a cult.
We’re not.
Oh, before I move on, if you plan to vote for the Trump-Vance ticket and other Republican candidates, do so now. While our side typically likes to vote on Election Day, there’s always that chance you’ll be ill that day, have car problems, a family emergency might arise, or inclement weather might sneak up on you. All of these things can happen tomorrow–however, there’s always the day after.
Except on Election Day.
Mrs. Marathon Pundit and I voted–for Trump of course–last week. Up until post-election day in 2020, both of us opposed early voting. But we’re against the Democrats even more.
Back to “the cult.”
The Democrats dragged a senile old man over the finish line in 2020. So instead of wandering the beaches of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Joe Biden was living in the world’s priciest nursing home, the White House. Now the Dems, citing first “joy,” and now “Trump is Hitler,” are trying to accomplish the same stunt for Kamala Harris, the poster child of that disease of the public sector, failing upwards.
Cult-leaders believe their followers will fall for anything. Which brings me to influencers.
One bizarre campaign strategy of the Dems is the use of social media influencers who mindlessly cheer on the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket. They were just as zombie-like for Biden-Harris. Since they often post on social media on the same topic almost simultaneously, I suspect all of them are being fed the same lies, oops, make that lines, by the Democratic Party or Dem PACs.
Cult members fall for such appeals to emotion.
The worst of the bunch is the man-child, Harry Sisson. More often than the others, Sissons begins many of his posts with “BOOM,” or “OMG.” And he regularly claims, almost always falsely, that a Trump rally venue is dominated by empty seats, or has attendees leaving early, which course, Sisson will say, cause the Trump-Vance campaign to “panic.”
Thru a couple of liberal PACs, Sisson is paid for his X blather, according to Community Notes on X.
A couple of other influence tools are almost as bad. Until the day Biden was pushed out of the campaign, the Kamala’s Wins X page was known as Biden’s Wins.
What wins?
In an X post last week, Kamala’s Wins said about a Tempe event, “BREAKING: Local reporters in Arizona are reporting that Donald Trump is struggling to fill seats for his rally tonight. Trump’s rallies have been emptier than ever lately.”
That Tempe rally, according to an X video posted in that account’s comments feed, didn’t seem to have a single empty seat.
Then there is Victor Shi, another influencer. Today he said on X, “This matters,” about a Madden game between Tim Walz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Because he appears to be about 60 years old, the worst of the Harris influencer ilk is Jon Cooper.
For the last few days, Cooper has been claiming on X that a “devastating” video damaging to Trump would be released soon. We’re still waiting. If such a video existed, it would be out by now. What was that I said earlier about early voting? Depending on where you live, it began days ago–or weeks ago.
If Kamala Harris believes these influencers change or add a single vote for her, then it’s solid proof that she is too dumb to be president.
In the 2028 presidential campaign, I predict the use of influencers by Democratic presidential campaigns will be greatly diminished.
But Dem cultists, like shell game operators who can’t fool anyone anymore, will move on to something else.
John Ruberry regularly blogs at Marathon Pundit.
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