Posted on 04/03/2025 5:48:50 PM PDT by simpson96
The new book Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House by journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes was released on April 1. The book shares behind-the- scenes reporting of the 2024 campaign of former President Joe Biden, his decision to drop out of the race and the subsequent Harris campaign, which ultimately failed.(snip)
"She was completely shocked, and Tim Walz was shocked. We take you inside his hotel room at the Mayflower, and he's sitting there stunned. He has no words," Parnes said on the podcast. "And people are kind of explaining to him, same thing with her. And she's like, are you sure? Have we done a recount? Should we do a recount?"(snip)
"Kamala Harris was looking at her crowd size and she was looking, you know, they felt like the vibe was strong and, you know, people were saying, oh, we have more boots on the ground," she said. "We're doing better in fundraising. And she bought all of that. She bought the hype."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
I knew Trump would get more votes from legal voters, I just wasn’t sure fraud wouldn’t steal it, as it did in many of the lesser races that day.
Kamala Harris was living in the ultimate bubble, a fool’s paradise, and was completely tone-deaf to the outside world.
Ordinarily, about 95% of the personal woe in this world is self-induced, but in Kamala’s case, it is absolutely 100%.
Kamala was the ultimate affirmative action candidate and she believed the hype. Then reality hit her in the face.
Now it is the time for her own reckoning.
“I had my doubts Trump was going to win”
not me ... if figured God didn’t save Donald Trump from assassination just to have him lose the election ...
This is all BS.
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Excellent post.
Trump had it in the bag, once Biden and the democrats decided to run him again.
Also, I’m not sure they had anyway to beat Trump. Their primary would’ve been a mess if Biden had stepped down earlier.
Kamala’s face reminds me of my mother’s face. She drank heavily for 50 years, she was an alcoholic. I do not know if Kamala is an alcoholic but she has the look.
I think Timbecile Walz was shocked.
Democrats lie….even to themselves
Trump didn’t “just win” over Harris. He eviscerated any semblance of what was once known as the Democrat party. We reached a stunning national consensus -— we have not lived in anything resembling the nation that was envisioned by our Founders. That is about to be reversed, dramatically evidenced in 2024’s presidential election when a broad coalition voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump.
<><>Dems lost the White House, the House, the Senate and the popular vote.
<><>Dems were rejected coast to coast,
<><>Republicans won majorities in 31 out of 50 states
<><>Trump’s big victories: Wy (72.3%), WVa (70.1%), N/Dk (67.5%), Idaho (66.8%), Ok (66.1%).
<><>Trump received more than 2.5 million votes than he did in 2020
<><>Trump gained ground in all 50 states
<><>Harris saw a decline of seven million votes from Biden’s total 2020.
<><>Texas boosted Trump’s total in the popular vote by a net of 900,000-plus votes
<><>Florida a competitive state saw a dramatic swing in Trump’s direction.
<><>Trump’s win reflects major shifts in South Fla and South Texas Latino voters.
<><>Dem Gov Whitmer outspent Repubs 4-to-1, but Repubs still made gains in state elections.
<><>Dems saw huge vote declines in blue states.
<><>NY votes sank by more than 800,000 from Biden’s 2020 total.
<><>Ohio Sen Sherrod Brown, working-class champion, toppled by a Republican
<><>Biden’s party is increasingly dominated by elite voters.
<><>Pa Democrat Sen Bob Casey lost, but refused to concede,
<><>Trump Won More Black Voters Than Any Republican in 48 Years—
<><>Trump won 101 Chicago precincts-—home to high numbers of city workers,
<><>Trump won 22% of the Chicago vote-—increased from 2020’s 16%
<><>Pelosi’s own deep-blue S/Francisco base saw a 7-point swing to Trump.
<><>President Trump won 312 of 538 electoral votes, including all seven battleground states.
<><>Georgia Republicans create a private-school vouchers program.
<><>Republican flips CA seat (district has 14 pt Dem registration advantage)
<><>Republicans control the Georgia General Assembly.
<><>Trump-backed Republican takes Alaska’s only House seat.
<><>NYC Asian precincts saw a 31% rightward shift to Trump.
<><>Pubbies popular vote lead is 4 million (1.4 mill by “Dem count”)
<><>late votes increase lead for Ca Republican House incumbent
<><>pitching for Harris, Obama is wrong about Trump, a-g-a-i-n.
<><>issues Trump ran on polled landslide majorities.
<><>Rural areas went foursquare for Trump
<><>In 2024, Trump won rural America by a record margin.
<><>Since 1980, no candidate has done better.
<><>Trump won 64% of rural voters according to exit polls.
<><>The previous best was 61% – set by Trump in 2016.
<><>Dems 6 points over Trump in NJ, is their closest surge in three decades.
<><>YouGov poll saw 57% aged 18-29 w/ favorable views of Trump, a 19 point increase.
<><>Trump gains among 18-29’ers account for 16% of the 2024 electorate.
<><>Young people gave Trump victory, a profound, historic generational realignment.
And there you have Democrats’ 2024 debt-ridden $2 billion collapse, up close.
Cute.......a good laugh.
I fully agree with your comment.
Joe didn’t drop out of the race.....it was a soft coup against him.
Mondale.
Maybe they did actually think they could buy off and gaslight their way into the White House.
She and Tim bought into the hype because the really weren’t in on PAYING OFF every major venue/supported to highlight them. It was all payola - a couple billion dollars’ worth.
I didn’t. Not after all the crowd sizes and Butler assassination attempt coupled the one on his golf course.
100% CORRECT!!!
I am, a poll watcher and saw, first hand that Trump won the real votes but could not over come the fraudulent, found ballots that SCOTUS would not even examine.
As it turns out, we eventually WON...BIGGLY.
The left is now going totally insane, as they should.
Pay back is a bitch, just review the old Mel Gibson movie, "Payback".
Thanks
I assumed that was the plan all along, was to have Biden step down about a year or two in. He even alluded to this more than once in the campaign. And then he never did.
The early debate was imposed upon him, I think. Big donors maybe? Somebody who knew what’s what, and wanted to force the issue. Everybody was saying Mr. Trump was an idiot for agreeing. I never watch stuff like that, I just read the rolling comments on message forums (like here).
It was fantastic. Within one or two minutes in, people were “OMG!!” “I think he’s having a stroke” and “This is a disaster!” and they were his supporters. LOL
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