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Mark Halperin Says Cackling Kamala’s Terrible CNN Town Hall Performance Was the “Last Straw for a Lot of Democrats”
Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | October 24,2024 | By Jason Cohen

Posted on 10/24/2024 6:25:37 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Journalist Mark Halperin said Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ “performance” during her Wednesday CNN town hall left many Democrats feeling resigned about her candidacy.

We’re not going to go overboard here and say, ‘It’s over, [former President Donald] Trump’s going to win.’ But a lot of what we’re going to talk about today is not great for Kamala Harris. Again, it doesn’t mean Trump’s a great guy in the eyes of all of America,” Halperin said. “It doesn’t mean Trump’s going to win, but where we are right now is there are increasing problems for the Democratic Party. You saw it in the punditry from Democrats last night on CNN after the town hall.”

“You saw it on morning television, where Democratic pundits, trying to be poker-faced, are clearly feeling what a lot of Democratic donors are feeling and Democratic elected officials are feeling, which is there’s no time left for her to get better,” he added. “And I think the biggest story of the news cycle is, along with ‘Trump loves Hitler,’ which we’ll talk about, is her performance last night was the last straw for a lot of Democrats. No more ‘the more she does it, the better she’ll get.’”

We saw this in 2019, and there was a hope that as she did more interviews and settled down and got more comfortable, that you would see kind of a human being with some passion, some humor. Because we talk about it — Trump is having fun. Like it is clear as day that he’s feeling pretty good,” he said. “So I think the frustrating part to Democrats is it is clear that she is just not really capable right now of answering that question: ‘Why should I be for you?’ And I hope that enough voters decide that she doesn’t have to, but I don’t feel confident about that.”

Harris currently trails Trump in all of the seven top swing states, according to the RealClear Polling averages. Halperin asserted Tuesday that Trump will be president-elect on Nov. 5 if the current early voting trajectory persists.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andersoncooper; clintonnonnews; cnn; danabash; kamala; markhalperin; thecackler; trainwreck; vanjones
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1 posted on 10/24/2024 6:25:37 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

They’ve used up everything haven’t they?


2 posted on 10/24/2024 6:28:28 PM PDT by georgia peach (georgia peach)
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To: georgia peach

Hardly! They can still run with Trump loves Hitler, Trump loves what Hitler did with the roads, Trump adores Hitler’s generals, and Trump IS virtually Hitler. Lots of mileage left.


3 posted on 10/24/2024 6:32:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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To: Hojczyk

What a piece of crap this snake is. This woman is imploding yet he says she still has a chance. How in the hell can you have a chance with one week left and everybody practically has made up their mind. He should be man enough and a man of integrity with honor and speak the truth …it’s over for Kamala! But as a dedicated Loyal rat he can’t bring himself to speak the truth….Trump is going to win. Coward! That’s why I’ve been telling people don’t put too much worth into what this POS snake says. He speaks from both side of his mouth. Don’t trust him.


4 posted on 10/24/2024 6:43:29 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: georgia peach; All
They’ve used up everything haven’t they?

I don't think they have. They may lose the election, if it is too big a win to steal.

After the election they can say things are not clear. They can refuse to certify. They can file lawsuits. They can create riots.

President Biden can declare an emergency.

They can create an emergency.

President Biden can arrest President Trump on "Trumped up" treason charges.

The Left can attempt a coup by refusing to leave office and using federal officers to arrest the opposition.

These things are possible. Some are near certain, some are unlikely.

5 posted on 10/24/2024 6:45:52 PM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: RoseofTexas

“How in the hell can you have a chance with one week left and everybody practically has made up their mind.”

Martial law. There’s time.


6 posted on 10/24/2024 6:48:09 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the felon with the pierced ear.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I don't think she's doubling down on Trump=Hitler in an effort to win more votes.

The real reason for her words is a late 4th Quarter Hail Mary attempt to win it all by appealing to the Matthew Crooks / John Hinkley / Lee Harvey O clones of the world to take out Trump.

As reported several places today: "Mike Lee Says Kamala ‘Trolling for Assassins’ With Hitler Rhetoric".

Totally agree!

7 posted on 10/24/2024 6:54:14 PM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (Unity? Of course! I pledge to respect your President as much as you respected mine the past 4 years.)
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To: RoseofTexas

Noone should believe anything a pundit says without analysis and validation. But after becoming independent, Halperin has been pretty fair-minded in calling balls and strikes. That means he will report negative stories affecting Trump as well, which is what objective reporting should do.


8 posted on 10/24/2024 6:54:21 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

All that Hitler talk by the Democrats and the MSM is going to incentivize someone on the left to again try to kill “Hitler.” The Democrats are beyond redemption.


9 posted on 10/24/2024 6:55:32 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: Hojczyk

This is why she has switched to concerts.


10 posted on 10/24/2024 7:15:22 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: RoseofTexas

“How in the hell can you have a chance with one week left and everybody practically has made up their mind.”

That’s easy, it’s called voter fraud. Worked like a charm the last time. Anyone that didn’t like it wound up in a gulag.

The democrats knew she was a mindless wonder before they put her up for election. They knew they could install her as a puppet just like they did Biden. And they might get by with it this time too.


11 posted on 10/24/2024 7:21:10 PM PDT by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
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To: RoseofTexas
How in the hell can you have a chance with one week left and everybody practically has made up their mind

Nobody is voting for Kamala Harris.

But a lot of people are voting against Donald Trump. How may of them there are will tell the outcome.

12 posted on 10/24/2024 7:25:38 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Hojczyk

My theory, and I didn’t invent it, is that the unending tongue baths given rats by the media makes them extremely intellectually lazy, literally incapable of coming up with, let alone cogently articulating any new or fresh idea beyond giving away money, stirring division, slaughtering babies, the other side are nazis and hate you, etc. in their world it doesn’t matter if a person is qualified for office; they just need to be willing to carry the water for the party line. That show a certifiable idiot like Kamala got where she is


13 posted on 10/24/2024 7:35:41 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Jim Noble

The election is functionally tied in nearly every swing state. When you check the margins of error, neither of them has a clear lead, regardless of what their campaign spokesholes claim.


14 posted on 10/24/2024 7:51:01 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Just a Texas Playboy at heart!)
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

Keep watching the updated polls the next few days.

The Democratic insiders know the swing states are not tied.


15 posted on 10/24/2024 7:54:45 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Hojczyk
“You saw it on morning television, where Democratic pundits, trying to be poker-faced, are clearly feeling what a lot of Democratic donors are feeling and Democratic elected officials are feeling, which is there’s no time left for her to get better,”

To quote the ancient wisdom of our forefathers, “you can’t polish a turd”

16 posted on 10/24/2024 8:01:29 PM PDT by Freedumb
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To: Hojczyk

Kamala Harris makes the idea of a female president silly. Not because a woman would not be able to perform as president. But giving the appearance that this is the best example of a woman to run for the highest office of the land? This is the best and brightest example of womanhood? She does a dishonor to women everywhere by being in the race.

Everyone should vote for Donald Trump, and forget that Kamala Harris ever existed. Once forgotten, a better female candidate can surely be found in future years among hundreds of millions of Americans. Someone with brains and leadership, at the least.


17 posted on 10/24/2024 8:02:01 PM PDT by roadcat ( )
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To: roadcat
Everyone should vote for Donald Trump, and forget that Kamala Harris ever existed. Once forgotten, a better female candidate can surely be found in future years among hundreds of millions of Americans. Someone with brains and leadership, at the least.

Tulsi Gabbard is not too bad. Even though she was a Democrat.

18 posted on 10/24/2024 8:03:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: cgbg

“Keep watching the updated polls the next few days.

The Democratic insiders know the swing states are not tied.”
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I know some of those “insiders” in North Carolina and Wisconsin. They think Harris is on the move to win.


19 posted on 10/24/2024 8:06:02 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Just a Texas Playboy at heart!)
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

As I say—keep watching the polls.

We will know a lot more soon.


20 posted on 10/24/2024 8:09:45 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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