When will this be over? Kamala Harris does a town hall. |
While former president Donald J. Trump gets away with mispronouncing Vice President Kamala Harris' name, calling her a radical, Communist, comrade, socialist and every other word vomit. The far right gets upset over her saying he is a fascist. She hasn't called him a racist, yet!
They get upset over Harris saying she will not agree to any concessions when it comes to Roe v. Wade.
They get upset over her talking to pro Palestinian activists while defending the Israeli regime.
They set the bar so high for her but keep the bar lower for Trump.
Trump can word vomit insults about immigrants, brag about Arnold Palmer's penis, call former president Barack Hussein Obama, repeat his Sleepy Joe name calling when insulting President Joe Biden, complain about the junk food media not covering his rallies or his campaign stunts and of course say things a fascist would say.
But for Harris, according to David Axelrod, Van Jones, Andrea Mitchell, Katy Tur, Hallie Jackson and Nina Turner, she is not doing enough.
Alex Wagner can interview Black voters who back Trump without disclosing the person is a candidate for an election or has a controversial past. The junk food media would cover them like they represents a majority of Black voter turnout.
Trump touts his support from entertainers like Kid Rock, Jason Aldean, Ted Nugent, Kodak Black, Ray J, DaBaby, Lil Pump, Lil Wayne, Waka Flocka, Sheff G, Sada Baby, AfroMan, Sleepy Hallow, Kanye West and Anuel A.A. like its the biggest thing ever.
Harris brings out Lizzo, Common, Usher, John Legend and Eminem, and the far right says that she touts entertainers who are out touch.
Elon Musk is offering cash payouts to voters who back a Trump SuperPac which is a possible election interference. Nobody seems to care about that.
Trump goes to McDonald's for a political stunt. If Harris does it, they would call it pandering.
Trump avoids going to outlets that criticize him. He won't debate her anymore.
But they call this strength. He appears exhausted and out of place, but yeah let's talk about her laughing.
Harris goes to Fox, gets interrupted numerous times by Bret Baier, questioned repeatedly about immigration, her job at McDonald's and how she couldn't do anything in three years as a vice president. It is called a disaster and the end of her campaign because she answered questions.
Totally missing the fact that the vice president's only role is to break ties in the U.S. senate and be an ambassador on behalf of the president.
When Harris says she will be different from Biden, the junk food media calls it betrayal. No one asks former vice president Mike Pence when he campaigned against Trump. No asked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) what kind of policies he will offer to Trump if he is elected as is vice president.
Harris has to jump over hoops to answer questions, release her medical records, her tax records, her family history, her Blackness, etc. Harris identifies as a Black woman. She is the daughter of a Jamaican American father and Indian American mother.
Nikki Haley is an Indian American former politician turned media personality refuses to use her name Nimarata.
Black men who calls themselves the so called gatekeepers of Blackness doesn't consider her a Black woman despite her being a AKA sorority member, growing up in Oakland, California and being biracial. They have no problems with Trump saying she turned Black.
I mean no one complains about her biological sister Maya Harris' blackness.
While Trump has not rolled out a plan for Black men, the so called gatekeepers of Blackness demand Harris provide one. She does and they push for more and claim it was rushed out to pander to Black men.
CNN hosted a town hall in Chester, Pennsylvania since Trump canceled their final debate. Harris went to Anderson Cooper to answer questions from voters who likely voted for her, her opponent or planning to vote for her.
With the election in less than two weeks, the October Surprises are coming and Harris and Trump better be prepared for the damage they may cause for their campaigns.
Nonetheless, the junk food media is covering Harris, Trump and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. They barely cover Vance events. That is a sign of trouble in my opinion.
The Russians and far right tried to put out a sexual assault story on Walz but that quickly fell flat. Experts believe that the campaign is tied to a network called Storm-1516, which has been linked to, among other things, a previous effort that falsely claimed vice president Kamala Harris perpetrated a hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011. Storm-1516 has a long history of posting fake whistleblower videos, and often deepfake videos, to push Kremlin talking points to the West.
The event was arranged after Trump declined to participate in a second debate with her.
With less than two weeks to go until the election, here are some key moments from the town hall.
She left no doubt that she believes her opponent can be characterized by the far-right authoritarian ideology.
Asked by CNN’s Anderson Cooper if she thinks Trump is a fascist, Harris replied bluntly.
“Yes, I do,” she said. “Yes, I do.”
Her answer came shortly after John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, used the same term to describe the Republican nominee.
Harris’ comments were a bolder version of an answer that she gave during an interview last week.
Radio host Charlamagne Tha God referred to Trump’s vision for the country as fascism and asked, “Why can’t we just say it?”
“Yes, we can say that,” Harris said.
Ever since being catapulted to the top of the Democratic ticket, the vice president has struggled with questions about how she’s different from Biden. Harris has been reluctant to distance herself from him even though voters appear eager for a change in direction.
However, Biden recently gave her a rhetorical green light to break with him more, saying she would “cut her own path” if elected.
Harris appears to have tentatively embraced the opportunity. She repeatedly said Wednesday night that she would offer “a new approach” to governing when it came to caring for the elderly and bringing down consumer costs.
“I’m not going to shy away from saying, hey, these are still problems that we need to fix,” Harris said.
The vice president doesn’t usually discuss her religion, but she revealed more during the town hall.
Cooper asked Harris to reflect on the day that Biden dropped his reelection bid and endorsed her, particularly a call that she had with her pastor.
“I needed that advice,” she said about her conversation with Rev. Dr. Amos Brown in San Francisco. “I needed a prayer.”
She also said, “I do pray every day, sometimes twice a day.”
Harris said she was raised with the understanding that “your faith is a verb,” meaning that it’s important to put beliefs into action to help others.
Harris’ background and personal life involves a blend of religions. She’s previously talked about attending services at a Baptist church and a Hindu temple while growing up in California. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is Jewish.
Candidates spend a lot of time talking about their strengths, so one of the voters asked Harris about her weaknesses.
“I am certainly not perfect, so let’s start there,” she said with a laugh.
Harris said she surrounds herself with “very smart people” whom she pushes for answers on complicated topics.
“I’m constantly saying, ‘Let’s kick the tires on that,’” she said. Harris said she’s cautious because “my actions have a direct impact on real people in a very fundamental way.”
It sounded like a classic politician dodge, like when a candidate says their biggest weakness is they care too much. But her answer hinted at real criticism that she’s faced over the years.
Sometimes Harris has been known to prepare to the point of paralysis, and she’s sometimes unwilling to take risks.
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