Trump Smells, what might the Supreme Court do, and Nikki Haley's black friends

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Today on ballot. We've got the
hashtag Trump Smells ad campaign that's taken American

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politics in a foul direction. I'm
Journey Joe Mitchell. Get ready for a

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whiff of controversy as we explore the
stinky side of political advertising. But that's

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not all. We'll also be serving
up Nicky Hayley dropping the classic I Had

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Black Friends Growing Up card. First
Up, It's the Lincoln Project. They

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recently unveiled an online ad with the
hashtag Trump Smells targeting former President Donald Trump.

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The forty second video, titled Limburger
and produced by the Anti Trump Organization,

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was initially posted on the social media
network formerly known as Twitter. The

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ad featured visuals of garbage dumps,
animal feces, dirty diapers, and moldy

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cheese, accompanied by audio of someone
reacting to unpleasant smells. Comedian Kathy Griffin

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added her commentary, likening Trump's sent
to body odor with a scented makeup product.

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Former Rep. Adam Kinsinger, a
political adversary of Trump's, had previously

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commented on the matter in December,
leading to the ads creation. Trump's spokesperson

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responded to Kinsinger, dismissing him as
a fraud and a sad individual. Nicki

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Haley has been doing some major backtracking
after omitting slavery from her initial response about

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the causes of the Civil War,
and you won't believe her defense. She

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said, I had black friends growing
up. Let's break this down, folks.

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So Nicki Haley was asked about the
Civil War at a town hall in

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New Hampshire, and she conveniently left
out the whole slavery thing. After facing

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criticism from all sides, she finally
admitted that, yes, the Civil War

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was indeed about slavery. But here's
the kicker. She tried to explain herself

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by saying, if you grow up
in South Carolina, literally in second and

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third grade, you learn about slavery, you grow up and you have you

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know, I had black friends growing
up. She goes on to talk about

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her childhood in a racial divided town
where racism was discussed more than slavery.

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She even pointed out that her family
was the only Indian family in town.

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Her defense didn't go over too well
online. Republican strategist Scott Jennings summed it

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up perfectly, saying, it unspools, and it unspools. Less is more

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here. Take the al and move
on. At a recent campaign event in

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Newton, Iowa, Donald Trump made
remarks suggesting that the US Civil War could

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have been negotiated, a statement that
drew criticism from historians and political opponents.

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Trump commented on the Civil War,
saying, the Civil War was so fascinating,

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so horrible, So many mistakes were
made. See there was something I

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think could have been negotiated. To
be honest with you, I think you

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could have negotiated that. All the
people died. So many people died,

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you know, that was the disaster. He described the Civil War as vicious

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and speculated that if Abraham Lincoln had
negotiated it, Lincoln might not be as

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well known today. Historians noted that
compromises had been attempted before the Civil War,

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such as the eighteen twenty Missouri Compromise, which addressed the expansion of slavery

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and the status of new states entering
the Union. However, the issue ultimately

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became unsolvable due to conflicting interests.
Former House Member Liz Cheney and others also

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criticized Trump's remarks, questioning how any
part of the Civil War could have been

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negotiated. The Trump campaign did not
provide further clarification on what a negotiation related

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to the Civil War would have entailed. While a campaign spokesperson dismissed the criticism

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as politically motivated, NPR looked at
President Biden's unpopularity with Generation X, who,

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according to the report, think the
Liberals have always been up to their

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shenanigans, talking about socially responsible stuff
but being fiscally irresponsible. NPR, PBS

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News Hour, Marist polling tells us
that Gen xers are the most skeptical of

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President Biden, with the highest disapproved
at sixty two percent. That's higher than

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the silent Greatest Generation Baby Boomers and
Gen Z millennials. Gen Xers are like,

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now, we're not feeling it.
So why is Gen X leaning this

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way? Well, it could have
something to do with the political climate during

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their formative years. You see,
they had an unpopular president Jimmy Carter and

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a pretty popular Republican named Ronald Reagan. Politics is all about timing. Even

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those Gen xers who kind of sort
of like Biden still have a soft spot

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for the politics of their youth.
Remember Ronald Reagan, he made being American

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feel great. But for some their
support for Biden is a bit shaky.

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They're worried about his age, and
if a younger Democrat shows up, they

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might just switch teams. But right
now it's all about keeping those Trump loving

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Republicans at bay. But it's not
just politics. It's the economy too.

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Gen Xers are dealing with a lot
of financial worries, aging parents, raising

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kids, saving for retirement, skyrocketing
housing co and higher prices for everything from

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food to gas. They're feeling the
squeeze, my friends. That's why messages

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like make America Great Again resonate with
them, especially with older gen Xers.

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They saw their parents do well and
they want a piece of the pie too.

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Now, culture wars are nothing new
to gen xers. They're the ones

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who came up with the term political
correctness. But the current debate over policing

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speech not their cup of tea.
Gen Xers take pride in being tough and

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having real conversations even with people they
disagree with. Cancel culture and wokeism.

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They're not buying it more. In
just a moment, the Washington Post wondered

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if the Supreme Court actually disqualify Trump. Conventional wisdom suggests that a conservative leaning

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Supreme Court with three Trump nominees would
likely reject the premise for disqualifying Trump from

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the ballot, but legal scholars propose
various scenarios for a Supreme Court ruling on

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this matter. J. Michael Lutddig, a prominent Trump critic and conservative former

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Federal Appeals Court judge, believes that
the Supreme Court could affirm a state court's

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decision to disqualify Trump from a primary
ballot based on the Fourteenth Amendment's ban on

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officials who shall have engaged in insurrection. University of Maryland law professor Mark A.

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Graber believes that disqualification has a puncher's
chance at the Supreme Court, but

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acknowledges the court's tendency to use originalism
selectively or invent history. Some legal scholars

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argue that while the case for disqualification
is legally straightforward, they lack confidence in

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the Court's decision due to the Justice's
considerations beyond the law. Several potential routes

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the Court could take fall short of
disqualifying Trump, such as declining to rule

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expeditiously, allowing the central question to
remain unresolved, or applying the Fourteenth Amendment

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only to primary ballots. Another theory
is that the Court may punt on the

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issues, suggesting that Trump must first
be convicted of insurrection, requiring Congress to

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pass legislation for enforcement, or finding
that the Fourteenth Amendment doesn't apply to presidents.

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That's it for today. I'm Journey
Joe Mitchell, reminding you to support

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whoever you want, but remember that
when you cast your vote, you're not

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just shaping the present, you're influencing
the future. Your voice matters, and

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it's a vital part of our collective
journey.