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I remembered kamala was supposedly campaigning on "joy" and was looking at the last few weeks comparing the two parties...man the republicans sure seem to be having a lot more fun?

I looked up kamala joy campaign to see what the heck happened

https://time.com/7018346/kamala-harris-joy-campaign-benefits-essay/

Don’t Underestimate Kamala Harris’ Good Vibes Only Campaign

Kamala Harris’ presidential run against Donald Trump is nearing its final act. And while Trump has repeatedly threatened to undermine democracy and leveled vicious personal attacks against her, throughout the campaign so far, the public seen never seen Harris get mad—in fact, she’s full of joy. Her campaign is playfully tapping into the latest social media trends and memes. And rather than complaining and insulting people like Donald Trump, she’s laughing and smiling on the campaign trail. “The thing we like about hard work is we have fun doing hard work,” she told autoworkers in Michigan.

Pundits have largely interpreted this as a classic expression of Black joy—a form of incredible resilience in the face of the ugly challenges Black people have long faced in the U.S.—or complained that joy can’t substitute for smart policies (true).

But Harris’ campaign has never suggested joy is a policy. It’s a political strategy, and we’re radically underestimating just how smart it is. Adopting a joyful approach has simultaneously highlighted Trump’s biggest weaknesses (his age and cantankerousness), taken the spotlight off him and possibly endeared Harris to the majority of Americans who’ve had enough of our country’s uncivilized politics. It has also deprived Trump of the easiest line of attack he’d otherwise have against Harris—the same attack that Trump had against democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016: the contention that she’s crazy. Expressing rage would allow him to portray Harris as such.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/08/30/democrats-nazi-slogan-joy-fact-check/75014101007/

No, Democrats are not using a Nazi slogan in campaign | Fact check

The claim: Democrats are using the Nazi slogan 'Strength Through Joy'
An Aug. 16 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) from actor Robert Davi includes a link to the Wikipedia entry for “Strength Through Joy” and a video.

“’Strength Through Joy’ was a Nazi slogan from 1933 all the way through the whole World War II,” Davi says in the video. “Think about that, read about it. I’m giving you the Wiki post, it says some information about it. Strength Through Joy. The Democratic Party’s slogan.”

The video was liked more than 17,000 times in two weeks.

Our rating: False
While joy has been a theme in Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign and at the Democratic National Convention, “Strength Through Joy” has not become a slogan for her or the Democratic Party.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/24/kamala-harris-campaign-joy-fascism-tone/75820210007/

The joy is over. As election nears, Kamala Harris tone goes dark

Gone is the joy. In it's place, rising alarm.

Vice President Kamala Harris has taken an increasingly fatalist approach to campaigning that centers on the threat she says former President Donald Trump would present to democracy if he returns to office.

"He's going to sit there unstable, unhinged, plotting his revenge, plotting his retribution, creating an enemies list," she said Wednesday evening during a town hall on CNN.

Harris referred to Trump as a "fascist" during the town hall, echoing comments made by his former chief of staff John Kelly in an interview this week, and hit him for reportedly praising aspects of Hitler's leadership, also according to Kelly.

Standing outside the vice president’s mansion at the Naval Observatory in Washington earlier in the day, Harris warned that Trump “is increasingly unhinged and unstable” and said “people like John Kelly would not be there to be the guardrail against his propensities and his actions" in a second term.