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Fox News host Jesse Watters revealed a big update in the 2024 presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Kamala is not Joe Biden and yes she has a woman and there’s excitement around that. You should see my mom. Suddenly she’s a Kamala fanatic. Keeps talking about joy,” he began on his show “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
“Trump kept one woman out of the White House and he can do it again. This country is thirsty for leadership after four years of joked hideaway Harris isn’t going to fly and only so much bamboo sling voters can tolerate. And you can sense in the room today the press thrilled they can justify their paychecks. Kamala Harris hasn’t held a press conference since 2023 and that wasn’t even in America. It was in Dubai. Trump got the gang back together and this is what democracy looks like,” Watters continued.
He added, “Freedom of the press, freedom of speech, live exchanges of ideas without censorship. Voters listening to a man buying to represent him and serve them unscripted without cheat sheets and teleprompters. The media missus Trump. The relationship between the press and the politicians is supposed to be tense and challenging. With Biden and Kamala it’s flaccid and corrupt. Everybody knows it. They were even up to their old tricks again.”
WATCH:
The mainstream media largely praised Vice President Kamala Harris for her performance in the debate on Tuesday night, but the battle to win over undecided voters might not be over yet.
Several American viewers of the televised debate told Reuters that they are still not convinced that the Democrat is the better candidate.
The publication invited ten respondents who claimed they were still unsure about the November 5th election to watch the ninety-minute debate and then provide their feedback. Six voters declared they would definitely or most likely vote for Trump, compared to three who supported Harris and one who was unsure, in a startling reversal of what may be expected.
Many more stated that before they would contemplate voting for Harris, she must be significantly more serious about covering the costs of her expensive priorities.
With regard to addressing the exorbitant costs of housing and household goods, five respondents characterized the veep as “vague.”
“I still don’t know what she is for,” said Mark Kadish, 61, an entrepreneur in Florida. “There was no real meat and bones for her plans.” Robert Wheeler, 48, a security firm executive in Nevada who was previously leaning toward Harris, said her posturing and platitudes left him feeling more committed to voting for Trump who he said has actually proposed tangible policies to back up his promises. “I felt like the whole debate was Kamala Harris telling me why not to vote for Donald Trump instead of why she’s the right candidate,” Wheeler said.
The focus group, consisting of four women and six men, with eight White and two Black participants, is representative of varied segments of the undecided voter population in battleground states, despite the small sample size.
In addition, red flags were raised on Wednesday morning when more indecisive voters started telling reporters they weren’t that impressed with the vice president, despite claims from commentators and mainstream media that Harris had won the debate handily.
The 90-minute ABC News show primarily consisted of the two candidates throwing barbs with one other. Trump retaliated after Harris criticized his policies and leadership abilities.
Except a few remarks regarding the tax advantages for small enterprises and working families, Harris mainly sidestepped the chance to address specific questions.
She might regret using that tactic given that the campaign was exposed a few days prior for stealing whole policy sections from President Joe Biden’s website. Her website no longer lists her previous opinions, which included funding gender change surgery for convicts and immigrants and decriminalizing all hard drugs.
Reuters had a similar take post-debate, with a focus group of undecideds.
Let’s just say it didn’t break Harris’ way:https://t.co/DRAdPcN5Bq pic.twitter.com/zH0aQHLQAK
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) September 11, 2024
Trump looks to have made impressive gains over Vice President Kamala Harris, gaining roughly 14 points among independents and 19 points among Latino voters.
According to new polling from NPR/PBS News/Marist, Trump, 78, surpassed Harris, 59, by three points among independents in a multi-candidate race, 49% to 46%.
This represents a considerable increase since August, when Trump trailed Harris, 59, by 11 points, 48% to 37%.
