(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . How to create an event that saves Biden and destroys Trump! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-01 Biden’s great debate failure can easily be turned into triumph by thinking big and creatively. All it takes is the kind of mindset they have at the Daily Show where they use video clips and humor to take apart Conservative and MAGA shameless hypocrisy, deceit, and ignorance. We have an incredible opportunity to directly and fearlessly attack not only Trump, but many of his POLITICAL LACKIES who are now running for election but can be shown to have called him unfit and dangerous in the past. Here’s how it could work. First, pick a date that draws attention to a major Trump weakness, like on or near July 11 when he gets sentenced for ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Bill the event as a major announcement about Biden’s candidacy which will raise anticipation and lead to live coverage by all the major networks. The announcement will be I’M STILL RUNNING and this will be followed by RELITIGATING THE DEBATE through a multimedia presentation literally proving Trump’s unfitness and destroying his candidacy. We want expectations to be that Biden will withdraw (making “I’m still running” even bigger news), so the preparation of this presentation must be done by a tiny team in total secrecy. It will be easy to justify “relitigating the debate” by pointing out that Trump avoided answering just about every question but instead spent most of his time spouting lies. Biden will prove this by narrating a visually engaging multimedia presentation (no more than 30 minutes) framed by the actual debate. Show video clips of the CNN debate moderators telling Trump he didn’t even try to answer their questions. Point out that the moderators never told the viewers that Trump was lying, so Biden must now set the record straight. There are plenty points of attack against Trump’s claims that Biden’s Department of Justice is conducting a witch hunt against him. To begin with, address Trump’s debate assertion there was no Russian interference in the 2016 election. Show images of cozy Trump family meetings with Russian operatives, and describe how the Mueller Report found Russian connections but the findings were suppressed by Trump’s own Department of Justice under Bill Barr. Next describe the US Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation (before the 2020 election) that also concluded that Russia interfered to prevent Hillary Clinton from winning the 2016 election – and Republicans, not Democrats, were in the majority on that committee. Next we need to nail Trump for the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Show clips from Trump’s call to action and of Capitol police being attacked, and of each and every MAJOR REPUBLICAN who at that time CRITICIZED AND BLAMED TRUMP. Thus Biden’s Department of Justice is in part following their lead in charging Trump over January 6. Highlight Trump’s intent to pardon the attackers. Here would be a great time to show Trump’s clear misuse of his pardon in the example of Steve Bannon, who was convicted of fleecing common folks by getting them to donate to building a wall on the Southern border, but used the money to finance his own luxurious lifestyle (show Chinese billionaire’s yacht on which Bannon was arrested). Trump also tried to overturn the 2020 election by the “big lie” of claiming massive fraud, but virtually all of the more than 60 cases brought to court were resolved against Trump, even in courts with judges he had appointed. In fact, many of his lawyers have been disbarred or sanctioned for lying or other misdeeds in these cases (show their faces and names)! And many of his allies are still facing charges in several states for the SEDITIOUS fake electors plot (show their faces and names). Then there are the very serious charges regarding the classified documents. Call it THEFT and a threat to NATIONAL SECURITY, with video clips showing the documents were unsecure at Mar-a-Lago where many suspicious foreign nationals were allowed free range (show photos of those identified as foreign agents). Point out that if Trump were really innocent he would be eager to go to trial and raise lots of money while proving his innocence, but instead he and judges he appointed are delaying trials so people don’t hear the truth before the November elections. And show the Department of Justice’s total independence as reflected in its prosecutions of Hunter Biden and several big-name Democratic politicians. Biden also needs to hammer Trump over his main campaign issue, the insecure Southern border. Show clips of Republicans upset about Mike Johnson following Trump’s order to not pass the tough bipartisan border bill because it would lessen the border as an issue. Trump’s anti-abortion stance is his biggest liability but already well known, so not much time is needed on this topic. Just show some video clips where he explicitly congratulates himself for appointing the necessary Supreme Court justices Concerning the existential threat of climate change, Trump didn’t give an answer beyond his commitment to clean water. Show video clips of his actual view that climate change is a hoax, and instead of cutting fossil fuel use we should “drill baby drill”. Biden must also work in how, in a closed door meeting with billionaire oil and gas executives at Mar-a-Lago in April, Trump proposed a QUID-PRO-QUO in which they would raise $1 billion for his campaign and he would approve the drilling and export permits they have long sought on “day one” of his presidency. The oil and gas industry has indeed contributed much to the Trump campaign while drafting executive orders for Trump to quickly implement if elected – in which case climate change will only accelerate. All of this can be presented in 30 minutes with judicious use of video clips and still images. Given the likelihood that Republicans will otherwise reclaim the Senate, it is imperative to take this opportunity to show the hypocrisy and lies of Mitch McConnell and all the Republican candidates for Senate, as well as Trump’s choice for vice president. Some can be shown trashing Trump for January 6 and saying he’s unfit, but now hypocritically supporting him – including likely running mate JD Vance. Finally, we need a series of clips showing the cognitive decline of Trump, freezing and slurring words and telling strange stories, with many specialist doctors detecting signs of dementia! After the “show” Biden should take questions, and just like Trump answer not defensively, but offensively by further attacking his opponent as a convicted criminal who lies and is unfit to be president. If reporters complain that Biden’s not answering their questions, he should simply respond that now they know what it was like to debate Trump, then drop the mic and walk away. Note that currently Biden is making some hard-hitting speeches, but that’s not going to make front-page headlines, or maybe get no coverage at all. Take a lesson from Trump and make a ruckus that takes over the news for days! 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