Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has had a consistent theme, like a ship's anchor, that if she can't break free from it, she will likely lose the election in November.
If voters took anything from Harris' CNN interview, it was her lack of compassion. Whether she was talking about the economic plight of the middle class or the failure of foreign policy, her inability to connect with people on a human level — one of the most important elements of running for president — was clear.
Kamala: “First of all, one of my top priorities is to do what we can to strengthen and support the middle class…. People are ready for a new way forward.”
Kamala is now in office and the middle class is suffering more than ever. pic.twitter.com/tmKDP2NULc
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 30, 2024
The No. 1 issue people tell me about is the economy and how it affects their daily lives, especially mothers. Healthy foods like butter, whole milk, eggs, and quality protein are significantly more expensive than they were three years ago. It's hard for families to escape the weight of inflation. Luke: Kamala's campaign crossed a line and now she's paying the price.
Some polls suggest a significant shift is occurring among traditionally Democratic voters, including black men who are feeling the pain of the Biden-Harris administration's economic policies. Former CNN host Don Lemon surprised MSNBC's Jen Psaki by saying a large number of black male voters are citing the poor economy as the reason they plan to vote for former President Donald Trump in November's presidential election.
Don Lemon acknowledged to Jen Psaki that the people he spoke to who were “really knowledgeable about the issues” weren't getting their information from traditional media.
“They were digging into it in digital media.”
Translation: People are getting their information in 𝕏.
More and more people are… pic.twitter.com/e90I6RlobX
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 27, 2024
Harris told the nation on CNN that she would protect, uplift and repair the middle class, but her sentiments show no understanding of how much they are suffering and reveal her lack of compassion for these people. It is vital for voters to know that their leaders understand their plight and are willing to fight for them. Harris has failed to show that understanding and is trying to lead voters to believe that there is nothing she can do to improve the situation anytime soon, even though she is now Vice President. How liberal pollsters are recreating the 2016 wave of silent Trump supporters
Her lack of compassion only reinforces to voters that she made a mistake once and will make it again.
Similarly, Harris is trying to find a political angle on the Gaza war, where Hamas has been holding American citizens captive for nearly a year. After news broke that terrorists had killed six hostages, one of them an American, Harris tweeted a statement asserting that she and Biden were working tirelessly to help the hostages.
Waltz literally turned his back and ignored questions about the six hostages killed by Hamas.
If JD Vance had done something like this, he would have been heavily criticized in the media. pic.twitter.com/CyZquLXuOL
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) September 1, 2024
However, when she had the opportunity to speak to reporters, she ran past them. Though she had wired headphones on, she held the phone to her ear as she walked up the stairs to the plane, seemingly pretending to be on the phone. The biggest example of her lack of strength and compassion was her choice to ignore the reporters, knowing that their questions were about the hostages and the Biden-Harris Administration's failure to help them.
Kamala Harris started wearing headphones as she exited her motorcade to avoid reporters.
Totally unfit to be president pic.twitter.com/ISnQi2ACqK
— Nick Sorter (@nicksortor) September 2, 2024
She ignores the media, which is almost entirely on her side, because she is more interested in avoiding upsetting anti-Israel supporters in battleground states on camera than she is in taking a stand against the captors who are holding the American people hostage. Is winning Michigan's electoral votes really more important to her than saving the American people? Because that's how it appears to voters. Luke: The moment the Kennedy campaign realized Trump was right about everything.
The man whose father made a million-dollar salary at an insurance company, who admitted to partying and drinking a lot in high school, and who once told hammer-wielding people they were no longer needed, says Donald Trump doesn't know how to do his job. https://t.co/aedSVlLWfx
— Tudor Dixon (@TudorDixon) September 2, 2024
Unlike Trump, who has an uncanny ability to connect with the middle class and blue-collar workers, Harris appears cold and unloving. She has never had to worry about providing for her family or fighting authoritarianism. Her inability to express this natural human emotion is obvious to voters looking for hope at the end of these three years of hardship. Having her surrogates (Governors Tim Walz, Gretchen Whitmer, etc.) will not be enough. Unless Harris conveys that compassion, voters will continue to flock to Trump.