We’ve seen a lot of movement in the polls in recent weeks, and there are signs that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s momentum is changing significantly in the final days of the campaign.
As we reported on Thursday, for example, there was something some have called for a “massive surge” in support for Trump among black and Hispanic voters, confirming a trend that began in 2016 and — if that trend continues through Election Day — could potentially spell disaster for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Additionally, Trump has closed the gap on Harris in the final New York Times/Siena poll of this election cycle, with some prominent data analysts now suggesting that there is a “real shot“He could win the popular vote, which would be the first time in 20 years that a GOP candidate has done so.”
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While there are many likely reasons for this shift, the far left in the Democratic Party and their allies blame Harris in part for his focus on appealing to moderate Republicans by touring with Liz Cheney. suggest Harris is actually trying to hide the more “progressive” members of her party by keeping them out of the national spotlight:
In particular, several progressive leaders believe the Democratic nominee has focused too much in recent days on winning over moderate Republicans at the expense of her own party’s passionate liberals. And they say Harris’ final message is increasingly focused on Republicans Donald Trump and the threat he poses to U.S. democracy ignores the economic struggles of the country’s working class.
Some far-left leaders are also upset that Harris has shared the stage with them in recent days former House Republican leader Liz Cheney and billionaire businessman Mark Cuban, while progressive icons like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were relegated to inconspicuous roles.
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Sanders noted that he did everything he could to lend a hand Harris win. He has attended two dozen Harris campaign-related events this month alone, although most of them have been in rural areas. None were with Harris.
“It needs to start being more responsive to the needs of the working class,” Sanders said. “I wish this had happened two months ago. It is what it is.”
Look, Bernie Sanders knows what she’s doing — he admitted as much during an interview in September.
“No, I don’t think she’s giving up on her ideals. I think she’s trying to be pragmatic and do what she thinks is right to win the election,” he said at the time.
Regard:
🚨QUIET PART LOUD🚨
Welker: “Do you think Kamala is abandoning her progressive ideals?”
Bernie: “I think she’s trying to be pragmatic and do what she thinks is right to win the election.” pic.twitter.com/qtwmgui7vd
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 8, 2024
And therein lies one of the biggest, if not the biggest, problems with Kamala Harris herself. She will say whatever it takes to get elected by telling certain listeners what they want to hear and then tailoring her message to that at the next stop she says exactly the opposite.
While this isn’t unusual for politicians, Harris has turned it into an art form, so much so that she didn’t want to talk at all about her positions in the 2019 presidential campaign on issues like fracking and illegal immigration because she has an opinion on almost every issue. She has even gone so far as to claim Trump’s proposed policy positions as her own, such as no taxes on tips, an astonishing move considering she has portrayed him as the next Hitler.
Harris had the advantage of not running a primary campaign, where candidates typically go out of their way to appeal to their voter base. But this also comes with some major challenges.
She has had to campaign on a fine line, with the hardliners in her party expecting and demanding appeasement while Harris tries to convince independent voters and NeverTrump types that she is not the woke Democrat she actually is.
That’s why Republicans had to keep pressuring her campaign to sit down for interviews and the media to ask the tough questions once she did. Even though she was interviewed mostly in the pro-democracy media, who she really is (and who she isn’t) was revealed. It was just a matter of time.
Will Harris’ lack of authenticity and attempt to take on both progressives and moderates/centrists hurt her on November 5th? At this point we can only speculate, but if the infighting continues, if the early voting trend continues in states like North Carolina and Nevada, and black and Hispanic voters translate their support in the polls into a vote at the ballot box for Trump, I would be very, very worried now if I were Kamala Harris. Very worried.
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