Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, said on his podcast Thursday that Democrats “hate” the middle class and lower class, commenting on Vice President Kamala Harris’ attempts to appeal to them. claimed that voters were “sick of it.”
Harris has repeatedly faced criticism for reversing left-wing policies she once championed before 2020 and for her campaign’s ties to liberal elites. On “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” Mr. Hanson said that despite giving Ms. Harris the “benefit of the doubt,” voters were disappointed in her “desperate” attempts to placate various voter groups. He pointed out that he was getting fed up with it.
“Well, they’ve been giving her the benefit of the doubt for over 90 days, and now I think they’re just saying, ‘You know what?'” Now she’s desperate. They are trying to buy black votes with giveaways. She is trying to copy President Trump’s proposal. She covers everything from borders to crime. She was there to defund the police. She says she has a Glock gun,” Hanson said.
“I remember when she was governor she tried to outlaw the Glock model. She won’t tell me what she bought, where she bought it, when she bought it. Ditto. [with] McDonald’s — where she worked when she worked. I ate it with her, I’m done. Cheer up, Bang,” Hanson continued. “And I think the left is really hurting itself by not knowing what to do.”
Mr. Hanson continued to criticize the Democratic Party for not connecting with America’s middle and lower classes, noting that the Democratic Party’s appeals to voters through advertisements amounted to “counterproductive caricatures.” (RELATED: ‘She was very dishonest’: Caller clashes with Charlamagne over Harris’ performance in FOX News interview)
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“If you look at everyone, they hate us. They hate the middle class, they hate the upper middle class, middle middle class, lower middle class, but unless you deceive that class, you’re in power.” We understand we can’t hang on,” Hanson said.
The vice president has enlisted the help of Hollywood elites in his campaign, and on September 29, he attended his first fundraiser since becoming a candidate in the Los Angeles area. The event was attended by celebrities including Stevie Wonder, Demi Lovato, Jessica Alba and Lily Tomlin, and together with another fundraiser held in San Francisco that weekend, is estimated to have raised about $55 million. are. According to Go to Spectrum News 1.
“They’re not middle class by any means, so they make commercials about what they think the middle class looks like, and they end up with counterproductive caricatures that are just funny. When I felt I had to talk to industrial-class black people. [saying,] “Guys,” Hanson added. “She literally faked a Jamaican accent, a Mexican accent, and a black accent in one week. Worst of all, it’s all fake. It’s fake, and I think that’s their conclusion, folks.”
But despite elite fundraising efforts, pollsters and political commentators are warning Democrats that Harris is losing ground in polls among men, particularly black male voters.
In an attempt to appeal to these groups, the campaign on Friday launched a grassroots campaign featuring men bragging about being “man enough” to participate in a variety of typically male activities while supporting women’s issues and Harris. Published an advertisement. Additionally, Harris announced new proposals Monday that would give Black men “the tools to achieve economic freedom, lower costs, and protect their rights to better support themselves and their families.” CNN reported. reported.
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