“I’m a gun owner; Tim Walz is a gun owner,” Harris said.

“I did not know that,” Winfrey replied.

“If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot,” Harris added. “Probably should not have said that. But my staff will deal with that later.”

The article has a video clip. I love the bullshit “probably…” It’s a 100% certainty she spoke with her staff and workshopped the phrasing and presentation of gun stuff. Plus I bet she practiced her lines. No American politician is going to wing it when talking about guns.

  • Vernon_Tennessee [null/void, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    40·
    2 months ago

    I love how Harris is starting out with every advantage a candidate could possibly have and systematically blowing it.

    Trump too tbh. This election feels like both candidates are doing their damnedest to throw it for the other one because neither actually wants to be president right now lol.

    • Riffraffintheroom [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      171·
      2 months ago

      Is she? These seem less like flubs than attempts to flank Trump from the right, like with her “I love fracking SOFUCKINGMUCH” but at the debate. Libs are gonna vote for her no matter what and leftists are demographically a non-factor so why wouldn’t she?

      • Justice@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        “Leftists” whatever that even means in the US (nothing basically) are a non-entity. However, every single policy that this ambiguous “leftist” would support is insanely popular.

        • Actual anti-imperialist (cloaked in anti-war)

        • Healthcare as a human right (cloaked in healthcare coverage for all- call it anything you like)

        • Pro abortion (cloaked in “pro choice” and “pro women”)

        There’s a bunch more including immigration (or at least pro-immigrant), actually pro-labor, etc.

        All popular stances, all leftwing if properly articulated and executed. They can’t be sold as leftwing because insane Nazi country and all that. But if she ran on them, she’d be winning about ~60-80% of the national vote. Assuming the media was arm twisted into proper coverage.

        Oh, and anti-genocide of course. She could just say Israel is doing genocide and as POTUS she would oversee the systematic dismantling of Israel as a nationstate… and lose like 4 votes. Because all the Nazis are already voting for orange Nazi man. The libs don’t actually care. They care as much as Maddow and Van Jones tell them to care, eg “wow look at these Hamas students!” But they do not actually care about Israel. All it takes is a media narrative shift which the sitting VP/potential future POTUS can absolutely 100% force. Trump does it all the time. They have to cover what she says. She has access to the bully pulpit, although smaller ATM. She chooses right wing though. And it’s actually losing her the election.

        If you assume both candidates wish to win, and you must assume this otherwise the other path is pure conspiracy theory that doesn’t benefit anyone, this is the better analysis. She and the democrats, her advisers specifically, are fucking incompetents. Right wing hacks. Far to the right of the general population. Which, considering America, is almost impressive…