Kamala Harris stepped into the spotlight for a CNN town hall aimed at undecided voters on Wednesday night—and let’s just say, it didn’t go well. In fact, it was a disaster. Harris performed so poorly that even CNN, which usually gives her plenty of softballs, admitted she “didn’t close the deal” with voters. That’s a polite way of saying she bombed.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper didn’t let her off the hook either. He reminded her, in no uncertain terms, that she’s been in office for almost four years. Harris keeps promising to do things like secure the border and lower grocery prices, but as Cooper pointed out, she’s had four years to get those things done as Vice President. His question was simple: “Why wasn’t any of that done in the last four years?”
Kamala’s response? A stunning word salad: “I’m pointing out things that need to be done that haven’t been done that need to be done.” Uh, come again? That’s the kind of nonsensical answer that left voters scratching their heads, wondering if she’s even aware of her own record. If her goal was to inspire confidence, she failed miserably.
CNN: You’ve been in the White House for four years. Why haven’t you done any of this already?
KAMALA: “I’m pointing out things that need to be done that haven’t been done that need to be done.”
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— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 24, 2024
Even CNN’s own commentators couldn’t spin this one in her favor. David Urban, a former Trump campaign advisor and Republican strategist, didn’t mince words. He called Harris’s performance a “dumpster fire,” adding that her rambling response to Cooper’s question is already blowing up the internet. And he’s not wrong—social media has been buzzing about how out of touch she seemed.
Kamala’s town hall was an unmitigated disaster.@DavidJUrban pic.twitter.com/wRfblWtCZl
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 24, 2024
Here’s the problem: Harris talks as if she’s running for office for the first time, making promises as though she hasn’t already had nearly four years to deliver. Voters aren’t buying it, and the town hall made that painfully obvious. Instead of reassuring them that she has a plan, she gave vague platitudes and confusing rhetoric, dodging the fact that she’s been in power long enough to have shown some results by now.
With the election just around the corner, undecided voters wanted answers. What they got was a Vice President who seemed more interested in avoiding accountability than in offering real solutions. Harris’s town hall was a missed opportunity, and at this rate, it might be too late for her to recover.
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