The Republican Party and its candidates for president and vice president are really nothing more than "chimpanzees in the zoo" flinging their poo, wrote one columnist.
Veteran White House correspondent and reporter Brian Karem wrote on Thursday for Salon that Donald Trump and the GOP have been so woefully unprepared to run a campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris that they end up looking like petulant primates.
"At the end of the day, the GOP looked like those chimpanzees in the zoo who are kept behind glass walls because they fling their fecal remains at everyone. So far, very little of this has stuck to [Gov. Tim] Walz, who remains affable and effective at blocking the demagoguery. Still, the GOP won’t give up its attempts to demonize Walz and Harris."
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He went on to talk about Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-OH) attack on Walz's 24-year service in the Army and Army National Guard. It's being compared to the "swiftboating" of then-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), who earned several combat medals but was mocked for his service in Vietnam.
Vance served for four years and was sent to be a reporter in Iraq. He confessed Wednesday he never saw actual combat, calling it a "firefight." It isn't the first time he's attacked higher-ranking military members and officials. Retired Army General Barry McCaffrey triggered Vance to such a degree he called a decorated commander in Desert Storm "loser."
"The Democrats had to know it was coming, and if they didn’t then they’re more headless than I thought. The Republicans are certainly heartless," Karem described.
"The accusations against Harris and Walz have been crazy, okay even weird, clearly indicating that even if there is doubt about whether or not the Harris/Walz ticket can win, the MAGA party is certainly melting into a puddle of its own vomit, tears and sweat over the prospect of losing," Karem also said.
