In what can only be described as a staged spectacle, Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney teamed up for a town hall in Detroit, Michigan, hoping to sway women voters in the so-called “blue wall” states. But instead of a genuine exchange with the audience, it turned into a scripted political performance that felt more like an episode of a daytime talk show.
Maria Shriver, former First Lady of California, was the moderator for the night, though she acted more like a referee, ensuring that no spontaneous questions could disrupt the carefully curated narrative. At one point, an audience member raised their hand to ask a question, only to be shut down. Shriver admitted, “We have some pre… uh, determined questions,” and reassured the crowd that their thoughts were being represented. Talk about authenticity.
???? The host admits the audience can’t actually ask questions at Kamala’s fake “town hall” with Loser War Hawk Liz Cheney because the questions are “pre-determined” pic.twitter.com/kccAaN1D5M
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 21, 2024
The Trump campaign’s rapid response team jumped on the moment, calling it out for what it was—a “fake” town hall where real interaction was off-limits. In an era where town halls are supposed to showcase the candidates’ ability to connect with voters, Harris and Cheney’s event was about as real as a daytime soap opera.
Cheney, the daughter of infamous war hawk Dick Cheney, spent most of her time portraying Trump as a global threat, a dictator-in-waiting, while calling on Republicans to reject him. “Not only is [Trump’s policy] not Republican, it’s dangerous,” Cheney warned, sounding the usual alarm bells. Harris, meanwhile, played her predictable card, focusing on reproductive rights and trying to rally female voters with her slogan, “A new way forward.”
Despite Cheney’s best effort to paint herself as a patriotic defender of the Constitution, her appeal to conservatives to support Harris was laughable. “I understand the most conservative value there is: to defend the Constitution,” she said, earning a chuckle from Harris, who seemed to enjoy the irony of Cheney’s claim to conservatism.
Even The New York Times couldn’t ignore the absurdity, comparing the event to an episode of *Oprah* rather than a serious political forum. While Harris and Cheney played to the crowd, Trump responded with his usual bombastic style, calling out Cheney’s disastrous foreign policy record and tying Harris to the ongoing failures of the Biden administration. In a scathing post on Truth Social, Trump reminded Arab-American voters, a key bloc in Michigan, of Cheney’s role in Middle Eastern conflicts, calling her “dumb as a rock” and mocking Harris as the “Worst Vice President in the History of the United States.”
In the end, this so-called town hall wasn’t about democracy or debate—it was a campaign show designed to prop up two women who have lost touch with real voters.
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