There are signs of a shift taking place in this election … and in the country.
No, we're not talking about Donald Trump's shift at a Pennsylvania McDonald's, but that brilliant bit of performative politics may have highlighted the shift better than any event yet.
They are literally foaming at the mouth 😂 https://t.co/HlyJlIpkOU
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2024
The Democrats appear to be in full meltdown mode. The crescendo of 'HITLER!' screeches is reaching a fever pitch, but it's just not landing these days.
What changed?
Enter Elon Musk.
The rocket-wrangling billionaire is not only admired as the Howard Hughes of our time - he's landing and snatching rockets out of the sky, for crying out loud - but he's also widely popular for his humor, ambition, antics, and affinity for free speech.
Freedom of speech in the West is at stake in this election – vote for @realDonaldTrump to keep your rights! https://t.co/Le5kAFAgUJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2024
He also supports Donald Trump for president in 2024.
I'm not saying people are going to vote for Donald Trump because Elon Musk told them to.
I'm saying, in fact, he's done something much bigger: He made it acceptable for people to publicly admit they're okay with Donald Trump.
This has been devastating for Democrats. They've sunk all their political capital since 2016 into trying to shame average folks into hiding their support of Donald Trump in 'polite' company.
He's brash. He's impulsive. He has authoritarian tendencies. He's a fascist! He's literally Hitler!
Elon Musk came along and said 'You know, the Left in this country is sort of going insane. I think I'll vote for Donald Trump.'
Democrat heads exploded. They find themselves in the unenviable position of waging political and cultural war against America's happy tech warrior, who comes across as a generally friendly guy who's doing undeniably amazing things.
It wasn't, however, just Elon Musk.
It was Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., Russell Brand, Adin Ross, the Nelk Boys, and more.
Trump is scheduled to join Joe Rogan on his prolifically popular podcast this Friday.
It's cultural permission to ignore the Trump doomsayers, and we may now be seeing its impact on the electorate in what appears to be momentum for the Trump-Vance campaign in the final stretch of the race for the presidency.
#NEW NATIONAL poll - favorable/unfavorable (registered voters)
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 22, 2024
🔴 Trump: 52%-47% (+5)
🔵 Harris: 47%-52% (-5)
Gallup | 10/22
After everything the Left has done to try to make Donald Trump toxic, he has a 52% approval rating in the latest Gallup poll, a whole five points over Kamala Harris.
If people are no longer letting Democrats and their media propagandists bludgeon them with their own politeness or force them into indecision through 'Trump is a Nazi' gaslighting, Democrats have nothing. That has been their entire message and it appears people simply don't believe them anymore.
Two days later and the left is still coping from Trump’s McDonald’s visit
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) October 22, 2024
They’re in complete shambles and it’s hilarious. They’ve attacked McDonalds, the employees, the manager, the food, the town, McDonald’s stock price. It’s amazing. Just one visit completely broke them.
This week's McDonald's mayhem was the clearest sign yet, to me, that something has changed.
Trump went into a McDonald's and served up some fries. It was funny. It was charming. It was brilliant.
There is still a small and bitter band of sour seethers who saw Benito Mussolini hanging out of that drive-through window, but most Americans saw a former president, smiling, and hamming it up with his temporary coworkers.
The Trump-is-Hitler narrative is dead and Democrats don't have a Plan B.
This image, captured at the end of Trumps shift at McDonald’s, is amazing. Look at how happy everyone is and one satisfied customer is giving him a bear hug. This is an iconic image. pic.twitter.com/cZh9ka131b
— Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) October 21, 2024
President Trump left the fryer victorious and angry leftists in government and the media have spent the days since trying to recover.
'He didn't REALLY work there!'
'It was staged and fake!'
'Those weren't REAL customers!'
'The McDonald's had a health code violation in March!'
'He didn't wear a hair net!' (No, we're not joking.)
Were they sincerely angry about those things? Nope. You know it. I know it. They know it.
They were mad for one reason: It was effective.
It was effective and it dealt yet another death blow to their evil orange monster narrative.
The Democrats are getting angry and desperate. They can sense this is slipping away from them. Pray that God would thwart any evil plans and expose what's in the dark. Pray for God's mercy on this country.
— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) October 22, 2024
It sure looks like the momentum is currently with President Trump.
The polling is promising. Republicans are voting and they're voting early. The Harris campaign is in reaction mode - flailing with kneejerk promises to whichever demographic of the day is polling in Trump's favor. Trump is flipping fries to friendly faces. Harris is hosting angry celebrities.
It looks like a shift to me. It looks like momentum.
I don't want folks to lose track of how tight this battle is to hold on to the US House. The GOP currently has 207 seats that are safe. To hold the majority, you need 218. There are 32 seats rated as toss-ups with exactly 11 of those being led at the moment by the GOP.
— Federalist Musket🇺🇸 (@Patriot_Musket) October 22, 2024
That's the sticky truth about momentum: It has to be maintained.
Now is not the time to take the foot off the gas. Now is the time to push down harder.
What the country needs is an absolute repudiation of the policies of the Left and their Godwin's Law politics.
Vote.
