Pennsylvania is the ball game in 2024. The Keystone State has been a cruel mistress to the GOP in national contests since the 1990s. The last time the GOP clinched the state was during the 1988 and 2016 contests. That’s it. It’s often been a political mirage for GOP consultants since it’s a state that should be favorable, though it always falls short for Republican candidates. The collar counties around Philly and Allegheny County are where elections are decided, but Trump is back to solid footing here. If he can split with Harris in Bucks County, his winning formula in 2016 against Hillary, then election night could be tremendous.
Another voter group that could help Trump this year in some crucial states is black voters. Trump is projected to win around 18 percent, the largest share since Richard Nixon in 1972. I could absolutely see Democratic pollsters and strategists not believe this, which is fine. They can eat crow in less than 60 days. But Pennsylvania is where this election will be won or lost for either Trump or Kamala, and the vice president did herself no favors serving up this word salad while in Johnstown yesterday:
🚨 WORD SALAD ALERT 🚨
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 13, 2024
"I am feeling very good about Pennsylvania because there are a lot of people in Pennsylvania who deserve to be seen and heard." pic.twitter.com/yjoWSqTljC
"I am feeling very good about Pennsylvania because there are a lot of people in Pennsylvania who deserve to be seen and heard," she said.
It's the first solo interview since she was selected as the Democratic nominee for president. https://t.co/ayqNow7ayQ
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) September 13, 2024
Inbox: Kamala Harris is sitting for a solo TV interview but keeping it to local news.
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) September 13, 2024
She’s participating in a taped interview with Brian Taff for Action News 6 ABC, a local station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The interview will air on the station's 6pm broadcast.
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Oh, it gets worse: she reverted to debate form in a trainwreck interview with Brian Taff of Philadelphia’s Action News 6 ABC. When asked about how she will make life more affordable for Americans, she didn’t answer the question. It’s the first solo sit-down interview since she became the nominee, and it was a nightmare. She spoke about her middle class upbringing.
Reporter: How are you going to make life more affordable?
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) September 13, 2024
Kamala (extremely nervous): “I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn, you know?"
She’s literally just repeating the lines she rehearsed for the debate pic.twitter.com/GAdv6G1Vxn
“I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn, you know,” she said.
On trying to persuade Trump voters to support her, there are no words to describe how poor this answer is:
Kamala was just asked how she can appeal to Trump voters.
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) September 13, 2024
“I… based on experience and uh… a lived experience… know. In my heart, I know. In my soul, I know…” *Repeats memorized debate talking point about having common ground*
She’s cooked pic.twitter.com/MlmT51sKWZ
After a brief Interlude of semi-coherency at the debate, word salad Kamala is back in full force.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 13, 2024
Funny how that works.
pic.twitter.com/mrgjE7Jab8
You can see why she doesn’t do media. This was a local news outlet, and she flopped miserably. Over at CNN, even her aides think the ABC News debate did much for her despite the establishment press singing her praises:
Pennsylvania looks rough, though very possible, by their internal numbers before the debate. North Carolina, disappointing Democrats every election for the last 15 years, is feeling better to them this time around than Arizona, which Biden narrowly won four years ago. Nevada and Georgia both seem possible, though depending on the poll, can take a lot of squinting. Michigan and Wisconsin are looking like the best of the bunch for Harris, according to the campaign’s internal numbers.
As pumped as Harris aides are about her debate performance earlier this week, they don’t think it changed any of that.
It's no wonder why the Trump campaign said this interview was their latest ad drop:
Our newest ad just dropped pic.twitter.com/HGYvK5jNYX
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 13, 2024
Yikes.
6abc Philadelphia’s comment section on Kamala’s interview has 21,000 comments just trashing her.
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) September 14, 2024
“She would not make it past the first round of interviews in corporate America for a middle management position”
She’s so cooked 😭 pic.twitter.com/ZlIyR62P2O
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