Hint: it won't be true. Newsweek reports: "Mark Halperin Says He's Been Pitched Story That Could 'End' Trump's Campaign." From the lede:
Veteran political journalist Mark Halperin, who was among the first to report that President Biden would withdraw from the race in July, revealed on Tuesday that there is a "certain story" that has been pitched to major news outlets that — if true — could derail Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign in its final days.
Speaking on his "Morning Meeting" show on YouTube, Halperin shared that although he does not believe the story is accurate, its impact—if it were—would be the October Surprise the political media has been waiting for.
"I know of one story... I don't believe it is true. But if it's true, it would end Donald Trump's campaign," Halperin said, adding that he's aware of various efforts to influence the race's outcome with less than two weeks until Election Day.
In other words, it is something completely made up--like the "Russia, Russia, Russia" story, the golden shower allegations, the allegations that Trump has dissed on American troops or complained about the cost of a soldier's funeral, or the latest claims that Trump wants to be like Hitler--that they just need a few "respected" media outlets to publish so the Democrats can point to the news reports and say "it's in the news, it must be true." And the tell on this is that the story is being pitched (i.e., a sales campaign) to the media rather than something the media (which is already biased against Trump) would immediately embrace.
What could it be? Well, if this is any foreshadowing, it could be some allegation linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. See, e.g., "Donald Trump groped me in what felt like a ‘twisted game’ with Jeffrey Epstein, former model alleges" from the Guardian. Per the article:
Williams [the former model], who is 56 and a native of Pennsylvania, has shared parts of her allegation on social media posts in the past, but revealed details about the alleged encounter on a call on Monday organized by a group called Survivors for Kamala, which supports Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The Zoom call featured actor Ashley Judd and law professor and academic Anita Hill, among others. ...
Anita Hill, you may remember, is the person who tried to derail Clarence Thomas' nomination hearings for the Supreme Court by fabricating allegations of sexual misconduct by Thomas.
The model's claims are already debunked - Epstein didn't even own the home she said it happened in until years later. And she worked for the Obama administration.
ReplyDeleteI think "worked for the Obama administration" was enough to explain that the model was lying. I never found Obama to be charismatic in any way, but apparently a lot of other people do and so he has built up a cult following.
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