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Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in her first live interview with the co-hosts of ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday, following her nomination as the Democratic contender for president.
The interview largely consisted of Harris blaming former President Donald Trump for nearly all of the problems that have happened under the Biden administration, but she did make an interesting comment when asked about President Joe Biden dropping out of the race.
“So you get this phone call, and I guess you can tell who is calling, and what does he say?” co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked Harris.
“So, I’ll set the scene for you. So, it was a Sunday, and our family, my niece, her husband and their two daughters were staying with us, and I had promised them that Sunday auntie was going to make pancakes and bacon and we’ll have a really — you know, the kids wake up, the girls, they’re 6 and 8, they were at the time, they wake up early. We always wake up the first,” Harris said while cackling.
“So they come knocking on the door, then we have our quiet time in the morning, just me and the girls. And so I went to work out and I had on cooking shows and they were asking me, ‘Auntie, what’s that ingredient?’ and they’re playing while I’m working out. Make breakfast, we sit down, we’re having breakfast, and we had been working on a puzzle. They wanted more bacon, got more bacon. You know how it goes. And so then we had a puzzle, so we went back up to work on the puzzle. I’m still in my workout clothes and we’re working on the puzzle, and the phone rings. So I said, ‘Auntie will be right back.’ (Laughs) And it was the president, and he told me his decision. And I’ll tell you, the first thing I asked him is, ‘Are you sure?’ Because what a big decision, and historic,” Harris added.
“Oh yeah,” said co-host Joy Behar.
“And we talked for a while. Meanwhile, I went back into the room where the girls were, and I’m like, ‘Go get your father!’ Because I knew he’d be up somewhere. And so we laughed afterwards. Nick is their father, we laughed at — Amara, the Elder one, was kind of like Paul Revere, and Leela, the younger one, was like Paul Revere’s horse,” Harris continued.
“But, you know, so it was a real split screen obviously. And then the rest of the day was — I mean, it was — it was surreal. I’ll tell you, honestly, one of the first people I called was my pastor. I mean, I needed to talk to God, you know, and to pray. It was — I understood in real time what was happening, and obviously then it really set in in the hours and days to come, but — it was quite a day,” Harris said.
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Voters are more confident that former President Donald Trump will emerge as the President of the United States again than they are in his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
A new survey by Rasmussen Reports shared last week showed that the voters surveyed believed that the former president would emerge victorious, though the margin was not massive.
The question posed to the people surveyed was, “Regardless of who you plan to vote for, who do you think is most likely to win the presidential election?”
The survey found that 45 percent of likely voters believe the former president will regain the White House, 43 percent believe it would be the vice president and 11 percent are not certain.
But when broken into party affiliation, the numbers show almost identical percentages have confidence in their candidate.
Among Democrats, the survey showed that 76 percent believe that Harris will win, while only 16 percent believe Trump will defeat her, with seven percent who are not certain.
Among Republicans, 77 percent said they believe the former president will recapture the White House, while 16 percent believe the vice president will be the next president and seven percent are not certain.
Remarkably similar numbers from the two camps.
But a plurality of those who identify as independents believe that Trump will defeat Harris by a wide margin of 45 percent to 36 percent while 19 percent, of independent voters say they are not certain.
“Among those who say they’ll vote for Harris, 87% say she is most likely to win, compared to 82% of Trump voters who think he is the most likely winner. It’s among undecided voters that Trump has a decisive advantage on this question, with 35% believing him to be most likely to win, compared to just three percent (3%) who see Harris as the likely winner,” the report said.
And the former president has continued to gain ground on the vice president in both national and state polls, a new Marist poll showed.
“While Harris (71%) is ahead of Trump (28%) among likely voters who plan to cast their ballot by mail or absentee ballot, Trump (58%) has the advantage over Harris (40%) among those who plan to vote on Election Day. Those who plan to vote at an early voting location divide (50% for Trump to 48% for Harris).
Trump (53%) leads Harris (45%) among white voters who are likely to cast a ballot. Harris (60%) is ahead of Trump (39%) among non-white voters, although still behind Biden’s showing among these voters in 2020 (71%),” it said.
