Sometimes The Best Fight Is Not To

Sad how LaCivita exploits grieving parents like this. That’s been his racket for 20 years and now for a guy who is a draft dodger and says wounded soldiers and KIAs are “losers”. You wanna go back? pic.twitter.com/oBHJFLsUl7

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 9, 2024

I was going to rebut LaCivita. But even the WSJ editorial board has turned on this swift boating crap. So let’s go for context:

Trump’s campaign is imploding, as key influencers and podcasters flip to support RFK Jr, and some of his longtime loyal supporters are calling for a major shakeup to his campaign with less than 3 months to go. Story. https://t.co/Pryn9Stdpu

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 9, 2024

Walz isn’t even the top of the ticket. This is a desperate attempt to get Walz off the ticket, or to get the ticket to respond. They’d really like Harris/Walz to answer, so Trump/Vance have a narrative they can control.

But the GOP convention is over:

For those who aren't familiar with "swift boating," the term comes from the 2004 campaign, when Republicans managed to turn the fact that John Kerry received 3 Purple Hearts into a liability by lying about him embellishing things. They did this in service of a guy who didn't… pic.twitter.com/pPaYioOpYK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 9, 2024

And it’s too late to make the delegates give up their ear bandages for Purple Heart bandaids.🩹 There’s also the fact the SBVT were independent of the GOP campaign. Trump could (implausibly) disavow Project 2025. The campaign is finding these people to exploit this way. That’s never going to be a good look.👀 

This “issue” is going nowhere. But LaCivita is trying to keep his job, especially after the disaster at MAL yesterday. Trump took over the press conference his campaign was going to hold, because he alone can save it.  Of course, it was a flaming dumpster fire so disconnected from reality he said gasoline is priced by the barrel ($7, 8, or 9 a barrel for crude oil, which is how it is priced, would be 1910 prices. Trump literally just spews words, with no understanding of what they mean.). And because of it, MAGA wants LaCivita’s head. 

How long until Trump decides he’s got nothing to lose by ditching him?

Breaking: There are major concerns within the Trump campaign about his mental health and decline following his recent press conference.

Sources within the Trump campaign expressing serious concerns about his mental decline following his press conference. During this conference,…

— Lev Parnas (@levparnas) August 9, 2024

However reliable this is (or isn’t), it’s blood in the water to Trump, and more fuel for the fire on Truth Social to dump LaCivita.

Which had more attendees: the Trump inauguration or Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech? It depends who you ask.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) August 9, 2024

Yeah, that speech is gonna leave a mark, despite the best efforts of the NYT:

People, what on earth is going on at the Times pic.twitter.com/7hZw9aUb55

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 9, 2024

Well, at least they covered the helicopter story.

The way things are going, the only thing that could save Trump from his continued implosion is the mainstream media.

I’m sure they will try their best.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 9, 2024