General Election 2024 Harris vs Trump (2 Viewers)

[SamAndreas]

Today it begins, Kamala has reached the point that she's the Democratic Party nominee:

There's video from today. this link has video from her first public appearance since Biden endorsed her:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/22/live-updates-harris-democrats-biden-drops-out-trump-campaign.html

She spent yesterday on the telephone for most of the day. I read that yesterday that she called the party leaders in all 50 states. That would take me three days.

She's renamed her YouTube channel, that's the where to go for video: https://www.youtube.com/@kamalaharris

This is her video on her channel from two hours ago:



To play it, start it, and then move it up to 5:47. This was one of those live videos which don't start at zero.

I've named this thread General Election 2024 Harris vs Trump

Trump needs an introduction post as well, a MAGA suporter ought to write it: @Farb, @SaintForLife , @Others, calling for someone to please introduce your GOP candidate for this 2024 general election thread.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson said Wednesday she is “proud” to cast her vote for Vice President Harris instead of former President Trump in the election, now just more than a month away.

“I am really, really proud, as a conservative, to have the opportunity to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in this election,” Hutchinson said in an interview on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.”

Hutchinson, the former chief of staff to Mark Meadows, was the first White House aide to publicly testify before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Her testimony offered insight into former President Trump’s actions that day.

She said Wednesday that by speaking up, her party loyalty was a “small price to pay” in exchange for helping the country heal.

Hutchinson added that while she looks forward to backing Harris and her policies in November, she also thinks it’s important for voters to support Democrats in other races.

“And I think it’s also really important to say, for me at least, that I will also be voting for … Democrats in the House and the Senate too, just because I think it is so important that we get past this period of Donald Trump for America to begin healing,” she added.……

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4913476-cassidy-hutchinson-kamala-harris-support-2024-election/

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

I
Really
Don't
Care...about anything she has to say about anything,
Do
U?

it's not that i care what she has to say, it's the fact that it seems to be in defiance of what MAGA is pushing. it's really more about how it makes Donald look than anything else..

 

[Optimus Prime]

Melania Trump addresses ‘I don’t care’ jacket scandal in new memoir

The $39 Zara jacket sparked uproar and quickly went viral, with critics calling the first lady ‘unempathetic’ and ‘tone deaf’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Optimus Prime]

While Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris’s presidential bid captured the world’s attention, Robert F Kennedy Jr’s backing of Donald Trump actually had a greater impact on the outcome of the 2024 election, according to a top pollster.

Speaking on his Risky Business podcast, Nate Silver – founder and former editor-in-chief of data-driven news outlet FiveThirtyEight – described RFK Jr’s endorsement the “most important” of the race so far……

RFK Jr’s endorsement of Trump moved needle more than Swift’s of Harris, pollster says

Veteran election forecaster Nate Silver described RFK Jr’s endorsement as the ‘most important’ of the race so far

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Optimus Prime]

America’s wealthy classes are supporting Kamala Harris this November, according to new research, despite Donald Trump’s previous record of tax cuts for the rich.

The Arton Capital Affluence & Elections Survey polled 1,031 Americans with a net worth of at least $1 million. The survey found that 52 per cent of millionaires will be voting for Harris next month, with just 42 per cent for Trump.

This marks a 10-point lead for Harris among some of America’s wealthiest voters. For comparison, the latest national polls are showing a 2 to 3 point lead for Harris overall.

Millionaires make up approximately 7 per cent of the population. Those millionaires who have over $5 million in assets are more evenly split on Harris (45 per cent) and Trump (44 per cent) than those with less. Over one in ten still unsure of how they will vote (11 per cent).

Harris has the strongest lead among millennial millionaires, 61 percent of whom will vote for the Democratic candidate (with Trump at 35 percent).

Just 4 percent of millionaires surveyed were in Gen-Z; but this generation is the more likely to lean to Trump, with a 17-point lead over Harris. It’s important to note that the small sample size of young millionaires means that this demographic is likely to be skewed.…….

Surprising poll shows America’s millionaires back Harris over Trump

A third of America’s most wealthy also say they are considering leaving the country, regardless of who wins in November

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Huntn]

October "surprise" !

Soooo now does Fox/Newsmax et al bring on panelists and call her "Evil" ?

Just wondering....

She’s probably hands off for now.

 

[superchuck500]

In last jobs report before the election 254k jobs and “robust” wage gains outpacing inflation - along with “strong upward revisions to July and August”.

There is no business case to want to change this economy. Transferring to Donald F Trump simply over tax policy is just foolish.

US jobs report crushes expectations as economy adds 254,000 jobs, unemployment rate falls to 4.1%

The September jobs report comes as investors debate whether the labor market is cooling quickly enough that the Federal Reserve will opt for a larger interest rate cut in November.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Lapaz]

If there's one thing that the fascist far right can't stand and have nothing but contempt for, it's a man who allows himself to be literally or figuratively cuckolded by a woman. What remains to be seen is if Melania did this at the request of Trump or to spite Trump.

I think she is muddying the water, because some people may think she has influence over Trump, but I until Trump says he will nominate pro-choice judges, will sign a bill to overturn the Comstock Act and/or would sign legislation to restore Roe v Wade, his history suggests that he will further serve the interests of the far right sanctimonious sect. Even if Trump were to say those things, he is such a liar that I wouldn't believe him. The sanctimonious sect will push for further restrictions on everything that goes past missionary position only for the purpose of conception. I think their goal is to eliminate all fun in sex and there may even be other goals, such as eugenics and sterilization.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

 

[GrandAdmiral]

If I can say... she looks hot.

 

[coldseat]

Lol. That's easy, because I don't want to end up in an authoritarian state with a bunch radicalized, hateful and vindictive morons running it.

But yes, all that other stuff too.

 

[Huntn]

Melania Trump addresses ‘I don’t care’ jacket scandal in new memoir

The $39 Zara jacket sparked uproar and quickly went viral, with critics calling the first lady ‘unempathetic’ and ‘tone deaf’

www.independent.co.uk

I’m glad she spoke out, but a denunciation of her ‘threat to democracy’ husband would be better. But these things are not so easy if or when someone is financially dependent. And maybe hubby’s not even pissed as she has no base of her own and if this is a single act.

At the time it was the optics of where she was as we all know. Out of her league when it comes to First Ladies, I’ll presume she’s just not a complex thinker regarding how such a statement would be interpreted without her clarifying before now or as the trophy spouse maybe she did not care. She choose and has been with a shirt bird psychopath who had money for 2 decades, and this can be critiqued. I’ll assume primarily for security maybe along the lines of:

 

[Lapaz]

In last jobs report before the election 254k jobs and “robust” wage gains outpacing inflation - along with “strong upward revisions to July and August”.

There is no business case to want to change this economy. Transferring to Donald F Trump simply over tax policy is just foolish.

US jobs report crushes expectations as economy adds 254,000 jobs, unemployment rate falls to 4.1%

The September jobs report comes as investors debate whether the labor market is cooling quickly enough that the Federal Reserve will opt for a larger interest rate cut in November.

finance.yahoo.com

Trump's tax policy just worsens the deficit and provides a sugar rush that wears off, and has worse long term benefits to the economy. Furthermore, Trump's economy was horrendous when he left office. The last few Democrats have left great economies, while the last 2 Republicans have left awful economies. That should suggest who's policies are better for the economy.

U.S. GDP Growth Rate 1961-2024

Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the...

www.macrotrends.net

 

[efil4]

Trump's tax policy just worsens the deficit and provides a sugar rush that wears off, and has worse long term benefits to the economy. Furthermore, Trump's economy was horrendous when he left office. The last few Democrats have left great economies, while the last 2 Republicans have left awful economies. That should suggest who's policies are better for the economy.

U.S. GDP Growth Rate 1961-2024

Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the...

www.macrotrends.net

US jobs report this am- "crushed" expectations and unemployment ticked down. Market responds.

This will set Trump off on a rant im sure this am.

 

[Optimus Prime]

As the death toll from Hurricane Helene surpasses 200 people and the Southeast continues to reel from the disaster, Donald Trump is working overtime to politicize the tragedy into an attack against his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Despite governors from both political parties lauding of the Biden administration's response, Trump is insisting the federal government has abandoned affected communities.

Earlier this week, Trump baselessly claimed that "the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina are] going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas," ahead of a visit to a disaster zone in Valdosta, Georgia. But for all of the former president's posturing as a capable leader who would better handle the crisis, his record in the White House says otherwise.

According to a Thursday report from E&E News, in 2018 - as wildfires ravaged large swaths of California - Trump initially refused to approve aid to the state because he felt some of the affected regions didn't like him enough.

Mark Harvey, then Trump's Senior Director for Resilience Policy on the National Security Council Staff, told E&E News, a subset of Politico, that the former president only approved the aid after being shown data proving that the affected counties contained a sufficient amount of his supporters.

"We went as far as looking up how many votes he got in those impacted areas … to show him these are people who voted for you," Harvey recalled. His account was backed up by former Trump White House Homeland Security Adviser Olivia Troy.

It's not the only time Trump based his response to a national disaster on the politics of those caught in its wake. A 2021 report found that the Trump administration blocked nearly $20 billion in hurricane relief to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of 2017's Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico. Trump publicly bashed San Juan's mayor at the time - Carmen Yulín Cruz, who had been critical of Trump - as "incompetent," and downplayed the severity of the storm that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Last year, Florida Governor Ron Desantis in his memoir described speaking to Trump in 2019 after Hurricane Michael swept through northern Florida. DeSantis requested that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) foot the entire bill for recovery efforts instead of the standard 75%.

"This is Trump country - and they need your help," DeSantis pitched Trump.

"They love me in the Panhandle," the former president said. "I must have won 90 percent of the vote out there. Huge crowds. What do they need?" Shortly after the conversation took place, Trump signed an executive order commanding the federal government to cover "100 percent of the total eligible costs" related to the hurricane response.

According to an analysis by E&E news, the decision resulted in FEMA paying "roughly $350 million more than it would have without Trump's intervention."

Trump's impulse to make his responsibilities to Americans contingent on their politics has not vanished since he left office. Shortly before he took it upon himself to politicize the response to Helene, the former president threatened to withhold aid for natural disasters from Democratic strongholds..............

MSN

Trump Refused to Approve Wildfire Aid Until He Learned Affected Areas Were MAGA: Report

Donald Trump delayed aid in response to 2018’s California wildfires because he felt the areas affected were too Democratic.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

fake numbers, low paying jobs , counting illegal immigrants, blah blah is his normal rhetoric..

 

[Optimus Prime]

fake numbers, low paying jobs , counting illegal immigrants, blah blah is his normal rhetoric..

forgot 'trying to rig the election'

 

[efil4]

fake numbers, low paying jobs , counting illegal immigrants, blah blah is his normal rhetoric..

Not his- he just regurgitates Fox

Enjoy THIS thread...3rd video down was moments BEFORE report- all the "experts" were expecting LOWER or EVEN with expectation numbers.

So they then switch to mitigation mode...

Whooops....




here is the video just BEFORE number - LOLOL