Perhaps the best part of the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris has been the reactions showing just how completely uninformed Democrats are.
In one hilarious example, Trump accused Harris of wanting to provide taxpayer-funded sex-change operations to “transgender” detained illegal immigrants. The former president was immediately lambasted on both social media and in the press, suggesting that he was just an insane orange man who made up some crazy claim that couldn’t possibly be true. Who would ever believe Harris holds such a position, right?
There was just one problem: It was true. As RedState reported, Harris did express direct support for that exact position. TIME magazine even had to offer a correction.
SEE: Democrats Mock Trump for Debate Claim, but There’s One Huge Problem
This is one of the greatest corrections in history, from @TIME magazine:https://t.co/LV2won82DI pic.twitter.com/bl8mUKXgHC
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) September 11, 2024
Of course, no one in the press or within the Democratic Party learned any lessons from that, and there’s a new debate hoax raging. It centers on Trump’s comments about threatening “Abdul,” who he cited as a Taliban leader he negotiated with in 2020. The mention sent the fingers of journalists everywhere scurrying on keyboards. Multiple major news outlets, including The Hill and Forbes, wrote mocking headlines and suggested it was “unclear” who Trump was referring to because he’s just so darn stupid.
“I got involved. And Abdul is the head of the Taliban. He is still the head of the Taliban,” Trump said. “And I told Abdul, ‘Don’t do it anymore. You do it anymore, you’re going to have problems.’ And he said, ‘Why do you send me a picture of my house?’ I said, ‘You’re going to have to figure that out, Abdul.’ And for 18 months we had nobody killed.”
It’s not clear who Trump was referring to.
Hibatullah Akhundzada is the Taliban’s leader, having been in charge since 2016.
It wasn’t unclear, though. I know that because if you read the very same articles I linked above, both go on to explain exactly who Trump was talking about.
The press: “We have no idea who Trump is talking about when he said Abdul! What an idiot!”
Also the press like one sentence later in their articles: “Abdul exists and was the lead negotiator for the Taliban.”
(He’s also a co-founder) pic.twitter.com/2wxLUlK9jX
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) September 11, 2024
Abdul Ghani Baradar is not an obscure figure. He is the co-founder of the Taliban and currently serves as the terrorist government’s “prime minister.” He was also the lead negotiator and head of policy during the 2020 negotiations. So who is dumber? Trump for citing “Abdul,” or the know-nothing journalists who couldn’t be bothered to use Google for two minutes?
It wasn’t just the press, though. Democrat Rep. Jason Crow also face-planted.
Can confirm his name is not Abdul. https://t.co/f2nDThR10I
— Jason Crow (@JasonCrowCO) September 11, 2024
Perhaps the best example of how ridiculous the far-left is came from CNN’s “national security analyst” Juliette Kayyem. She managed to mix in an accusation of racism while getting the story completely wrong.
It’s such a minor point but I cannot stop thinking that Trump casually calling the head of Taliban “Abdul” is a perfect mix of his ignorance, racism and senility in just a single word.
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) September 11, 2024
Nothing is more racist than (checks notes)…calling someone by their name.
Keep in mind, these are the people “fact-checking” others on a routine basis. Cable news is filled with over-credentialed mediocrities with the common sense of a lima bean. That Kayyem’s first instinct as a “national security analyst” wasn’t to double-check her claim but to start ranting about racism is par for the course.
Truly, we are ruled and influenced by some of the most vapid people alive.
