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Listening to the CNN talking heads after:
Some douche-canoe said: "she's running on the fantasy that the inflation is corporate price gouging!"
That mother fucker thinks we are blind lmao.
Part of the inflation was covid retaliated, but 70% of it was Corporate Greed
A day after:
https://www.newsweek.com/kroger-exec-price-gouging-comment-kamala-harris-1945982
"The admission by a Kroger executive that the company hiked prices on some goods higher than needed to account for inflation has sparked a reaction on social media from supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris."
I was like "Well no shit, because the eggs I was buying were still normal prices when Kroger was not..."
How is healthcare policy just not an election issue anymore?
I mean, technically it is. Harris is status quo, Trump is burn it down.
He just needs another week or two to release his perfect health care plan.
He'll hold a press conference on it
Polling. Politicians and pollsters often survey the public to see which issues they should prioritize.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx
The current top issues are the economy, cost of living, poor government leadership, and immigration.
Why is immigration so high? Am I in the wrong region where I don't see a problem?
I have no idea either. I'm guessing it's only an "issue" because Trump (and therefore Fox) won't stop talking about it.
That and the democrat side has completely stopped pushing back on it and instead adopted the republicans narrative thinking they'll win ~~republican-~~ ahem moderate voters.
That and you aren't watching Fox "News".
2 of those relate to Healthcare
Agreed. Just showing what these politicians are looking at when they prioritize issues to talk about in a short interview.
These campaigns also often send out surveys about issues to likely voters. I often get pestered with these.
People act like polling actually reflects reality instead of the people who decide answering polls is a good use of their time
I think a town hall would have been better than this interview.
Couple of softballs at the end, asking Walz about the Gus "that's my dad!" moment and Harris about "the photograph".
Still 10 minutes left in the hour, not sure why they stopped short.
CNN has asked Trump and Vance for a sit down as well.
All in all, a mediocre performance by the interviewer, while Harris and Walz were charming and good together. I got the impression they genuinely like each other.
Get somebody who looks at you the way Harris looks at Walz for the "that's my dad!" question.
I told my partner about 10 times that I had a serious crush on Tim Walz lol…keep talking, boo…yeah…those sweet sweet kind words….
Will not ban fracking. Consistent stand since the debate in 2020.
That’s fucked up
That's rural Pennsylvania lol.
She learned from Clinton's coal mining fuck up.
Coal mining, also fucked up
Yup, but if you want to win an election you don't tell potential voters "So, yeah, I'm going to end your industry and put you all out of work. LOL. Learn to code or something..."
Exactly. Talk about the new jobs you're going to create. Do NOT tell people you are banning their present livelihood. She would be insane to tell Pennsylvania voters she was planning to significantly restrict fracking.