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Kamala’s good vibes and top-tier memes aren’t going to waste. They’re resulting in real, tangible movement with voters.
A string of polls released Thursday show the Vice President widening her lead against Trump both nationally and in swing states. Her success is so overwhelming, even Fox News is acknowledging her surge.
The enthusiasm for Harris’ run, which started July 21, is everywhere. It’s reflected in raucous rallies (an estimated 15,000 people attended a Harris/Walz event Wednesday in Wisconsin) and prodigious fundraising. The sitting veep raised more than $300 million in July, and $36 million in the 24 hours after Walz was announced as her running mate.
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Dressed in neutral pantsuits–with an occasional salmon or baby blue–and visibly trying to suppress the urge to ijbol, Kamala is a dynamic presence on the stage. Yesterday, she put a heckler right in his place!
Harris to protesters repeatedly heckling at Michigan rally (about Gaza war):
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) August 8, 2024
“Everyone’s voice matters. But I am speaking now…
“You know what? If you want Donald Trump to win say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking.” pic.twitter.com/oitlBMZi5J
Harris’ radiant energy is putting an abundance of states back in play, including swing states that previously leaned Republican. The Cook Political Report has reclassified Arizona, Nevada and Georgia as toss ups. Previously, Trump led Cook’s national poll tracker by 2.5% over Joe Biden. Now, she’s edging him out.
We’ve already seen a group of high-profile Arizona Republicans endorse Harris. Her backers include Mesa mayor John Giles, former Scottsdale mayor Sam Campana and former aides to Senator John McCain. Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan is an ardent supporter, too.
Shevrin Jones, an out gay Florida state senator and one of our favorite millennials in politics, posted an apparent text from one of his diehard GOP friends… who’s now coconut-pulled, too.
Yesterday, I received a text message from my high school classmate, who has always been a staunch Republican and a supporter of Donald Trump. I am pleased to announce that after the rally in Philly, he is now on the @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz train! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾#HarrisWalz2024… pic.twitter.com/a5kjnZl3x8
— Shevrin “Shev” Jones (@ShevrinJones) August 7, 2024
It’s been arguably 12 years since Democrats or Republicans ran a young(er), vibrant candidate for president. Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, as accomplished as they are, weren’t generating a lot of youthful enthusiasm. Trump, now 78, is also running for the third time, with the same tired act.
The criminally convicted ex-president may not know much, but he can feel a vibe shift… and is freaking out. He can’t quit taking racist jabs at Harris, and advisors are concerned he’s in the midst of a nervous breakdown.
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Insiders worry Trump is having a “nervous breakdown” after he can’t quit making racist jabs at Kamala Harris
“He’s a 78-year-old guy stuck in his ways,” one insider says.
“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” former Trump appointee Matthew Bartlett told Politico. “This is a guy who cut through the Republican primary like a knife through butter. This is a guy who pummeled a semi-conscious president in a debate and literally out of a race. And now this is a guy who cannot come to grips with a competitive presidential race that would require discipline and effective messaging. And we’re seeing a candidate and a campaign absolutely melt down.”
Trump’s unraveling continued Thursday at Mar-a-Lago, in front of cameras and reporters. He spent a lot of time caterwauling about crowd sizes and accusing the media of downplaying his popularity.
At one point, Trump claimed a drew a bigger crowd at the Washington Monument than MLK, Jr…
HE. IS. LOST.
Trump: If you look at Martin Luther King when he did his speech and you look at ours, same real estate. Same everything… you look at the picture of his crowd versus my crowd, we had more people. pic.twitter.com/fCIUlBYHH8
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 8, 2024
It’s understandable if the near-octogenarian is experiencing whiplash. Kamala passed him in a blink!
A Wednesday poll from NPR, PBS and Marist found that Harris has a 3-point lead over Trump. But that’s nothing compared to the numbers from Marquette. The university has her with a 4-point lead, and an 8-point lead when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on the ballot (sans bear carcass, we’re assuming).
Among likely voters, Kamala is enjoying a 7-point lead over Trump.
Presidential Polling:
— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) August 8, 2024
Harris (D): 50%
Trump (R): 42%
Kennedy (I): 6%
Marquette / Aug 1, 2024 / n=879 pic.twitter.com/uywvU84SAB
The Kamalanomenon is real, and visible in every poll. As it turns out, voters like to be energized. Imagine that?
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This Taylor Swift/Kamala Harris fan theory has sent conservatives into a spiral & LOLOLOL
Finally, a Taylor Swift fan theory that even the political conspiracists can get into!
abfab
“The Quipper Picker Upper”
RIGay
She shut down the heckler, and it won’t turn into an apology tour!
RIGay
In 2016, Hillary made a comment about Trump supporters and the GOP and media were all over here to issue an apology, and then they put her on the offensive to go out on an “apology tour”. Of course, SHE WAS RIGHT. I am just waiting for them to go after Kamala in the same form of attack for shutting down the heckler at her rally.
No apology tour! Ever!
Eternal.Cowboy
“I’ll see her September 4th, or I won’t see her at all”. – DJT
She got him to cave in 5 days.
War On Free Speech
Joe Biden’s official schedule this week listed two phone calls and one meeting, followed by an early weekend departure to his Delaware beach house on Thursday.
Joey is still president for 5 more months. Who is running the country?
War On Free Speech
On Thursday, Joe Biden shuffled out to his first public appearance in days.
At one point Joe Biden said everyone should start learning about Latino culture.
Joey stated, “28 out of every high school students is Latino, we better start figuring it out.”
This guy has the nuclear codes.
Kangol2
D>T> looks tired
and scared
Eternal.Cowboy
The obsessions with the Joe is a bit weird but probably an easier conversation than DJT’s floundering poll numbers. The panic has set in.
henare
it’s campaign season. our do-nothing Congress is doing even less. Joe only needs to be available for urgent+important situations.
Also, Joe and co have been working on yet another mideast ceasefire deal.
Kangol2
D>T>’s sinking like
a concrete-filled Lincoln.
abfab
His plane to Bozeman malfuntioned today. Sorta like he does on a daily basis.
Sinking.
MISTERJETT
you’ve already lost, p-grabber. want to try for three in a row in 2028?
GayEGO
Ha ha ha! Trump will blame Vance for losing the election!
SUPREME
@GayEGO, it will be everyones fault but his own.
GayEGO
Exactly! Trump doesn’t know he is blaming himself!