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Kamala's Disastrous CNN Town Hall Was an Exercise in Political Self-Immolation

Matt Vespa
Matt Vespa  |  October 24, 2024 2:00 AM

Kamala Harris botched another easy layup at the CNN town hall event in Delaware Country, Pennsylvania, where the vice president, desperate and flailing, opted to talk more about Donald Trump than her vision of the future. It’s not entirely her fault—Kamala lacks the intelligence to articulate her agenda. It’s also the same as the Biden presidency, whose approval ratings are in the toilet.

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 It was also an exercise in word salad, which former Obama adviser David Axelrod touched upon in the post-town hall segment. Kamala couldn’t outline a position on Israel, couldn’t explain her supposed 180-degree turn on immigration, and remains incapable of describing how she’d be different than Joe Biden. How is that still a problem? It’s the most predictable question she’ll ever face, and Kamala still botches it. The incompetence is stunning. It’s a genuine lack of respect for the voters, as if they don’t care or know the difference. It keeps getting asked, fellas. That’s the clue.

Her awkwardness is also an issue. When asked about what her weaknesses are, she plainly said it was hanging around smart people—I’m not kidding:

When asked about immigration and whether taxpayer-funded benefits will be allocated to these illegal aliens, Kamala answered that she was a prosecutor:

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What about the cost of living? Again, with the irrelevant past legal career references:

And, of course, Trump is a fascist:

She might have thought she hit a home run. She did not, and CNN was the clue here. Host Dana Bash admitted that if this were the event for Kamala to seal the deal, she wouldn’t have done it.

Talk about watching someone go down in flames—this was painful.