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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Halperin Says He's Been Pitched Story That Could 'End' Trump's Campaign
https://www.newsweek.com/mark-halperin-says-hes-been-pitched-story-that-could-end-trumps-campaign-1973637(No one says what "it" is.)
Speaking on his "Morning Meeting" show on YouTube, Halperin shared that although he does not believe the story is accurate, its impactif it werewould 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.
Halperin highlighted the nature of last-minute campaign tactics, comparing them to an attempt to "pull a Comey." He was referring to former FBI Director James Comey's actions during the 2016 election, when, just 11 days before Election Day, he sent a letter to Congress announcing that the FBI had reopened its investigation into Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Hotler
(11,942 posts)malaise
(277,077 posts)Bye bye
senseandsensibility
(20,141 posts)Last edited Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:53 PM - Edit history (1)
I wouldn't be surprised if this is some kind of set up for a false rumor that he and the RW can blame on Harris.
PedroXimenez
(492 posts)i smell a rat
Think. Again.
(16,891 posts)Raven123
(5,887 posts)GreenWave
(8,804 posts)genxlib
(5,647 posts)I am not sure my soul is dark enough to dream up a scenario that wouldn't just elicit shrugs from his minions.
What is that old adage about a dead girl or a live boy?
bucolic_frolic
(46,405 posts)weak denial, doesn't want to be the first confirming it. hmmmmmm
The Roux Comes First
(1,505 posts)Which is to say republicans , have to resort to those cheap tactics, as they have, so very often, given that they never have the majority votes.
We are going to win in a landslide, without any of those sleazy nixon/reagan/bush/bush/trump trickeries!
Oneironaut
(5,755 posts)Until then, this is in the realm of Rudy Giulianis election fraud evidence thats supposed to get here one day.
Also, hes also saying its probably fake? Yawn. More shitty clickbait from a news media obsessed with wasting everyones time.
Prairie Gates
(2,547 posts)Why in the world would anyone pitch such a story to disgraced sex pest Mark Halperin?
These fuckers are up to something. The good news is that that means they're scared. But care is needed.
Quiet Em
(610 posts)They better release it.
We are tired of them covering for him and normalizing him. The American public deserves to know.
ificandream
(10,296 posts)You didn't have any problem talking about the Clinton emails not going away in 2015.
Real Clear Politics: Mark Halperin: Clinton Email Scandal "Not A Joking Matter," "Not Going Away"
"Elite Democrats, they bring her emails up to me. Extraordinarily high degree, high frequency of people saying, 'Whats the deal?' Its why Joe Biden, I think, why maybe Al Gore and others are saying, 'Do we have a problem here? Are we heading towards nominating someone by consensus who has this big problem?'"
"Shes, I think, right now, the most likely person to be elected president, but she is not dealing with this issue. And between the FBI and the congressional investigations, this is not only not going away, but it shouldnt go away on the substance, and voters do care about it."
Wounded Bear
(60,396 posts)JohnSJ
(95,609 posts)otherwise get lost
lapfog_1
(29,905 posts)Even if the story was that he sold our nuclear weapons military secrets to Putin while Putin had both Russian whores and underage Russian boys pee on Trump WHILE prostitutes who had serviced Trump on a previous trip, accompanied by Jeffery Epstein, were having group abortions in the next room... and saving the fetuses for a blood ritual conducted by the Church of Satan...
all while telling Putin that we will withdraw from NATO and join Brics so that Russia can take over all of Europe...
That entire story, on video, verified with witness statements... would not be enough to end Trump's bid for President... and might not even lose him a single vote.
Autumn
(45,940 posts)SupportSanity
(931 posts)Quiet Em
(610 posts)I wouldn't trust Mark Halperin's opinion on whether a negative story about Trump was accurate or not.
I'm also getting a feeling that Mark and rightwingers are looking for another way to bolster their "rigged" claims.
I'm going to dismiss this. We are going to win and they are getting desperate.
yardwork
(63,683 posts)andym
(5,591 posts)because fake stories could help Trump.
mzmolly
(51,473 posts)rape, trying to violently over throw the US government, promoting the hanging of his own VP, praising the penis of a dead golfer, date raping a porn star, praising Hitler etc. doesn't end a campaign, what on earth will?
standingtall
(2,892 posts)I would speculate either he's trying distract from General Kelly confirming Trump is a fascist or the right wing made up a fake story and are using Halperin to bait a reputable news source into taking the story so the Trump campaign can present themselves as victims of the "liberal media" with the fake news or the least likely scenario is that it's actually real story that some reputable news outlet has and Halperin got wind of it and is trying to preemptively discredit it on behalf of Trump.
Tickle
(2,927 posts)of that. It makes sense 😃
Ocelot II
(119,835 posts)Bettie
(16,833 posts)live TV and he'd still have the hard core MAGAts.
Bev54
(11,785 posts)maxrandb
(15,799 posts)Is that how "journalism" works today?
He has no reason to "opine" that, unless he has already decided it doesn't fit the narrative he is pushing.
Please Mark, tell us what in Donnie Dipshits behavior, demonstrated for HIS ENTIRE FUCKING LIFE, causes you to "not believe it to be true"?????
Hey Mark! Here's a clue. If Donnie Dipshit claims he was "going to the Congo to live and care for the poverty stricken children", that you can "not believe"...but this is entirely consistent with Donnie Dipshits character.
You should know that...you know, with you being a "journalist" and all....