# Kamala Harris and the runup to the 2024 Presidential Election {No more on Guns} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** kamala-harris\ **Created:** [July 22, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571 "2024-07-22T00:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 90
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1804 "2024-10-17T01:14:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I thought he went bankrupt? He’s a floater circling the drain at this point. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1805 "2024-10-17T01:15:23Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > One issue of note is that, according to a [CBS poll](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-harris-poll-how-information-beliefs-shape-tight-2024-campaign/), only 66% of Kamala voters think the economy is good, while 87% of Trump voters think it is bad. So Kamala voters are trailing Trump voters in fervor-of-belief on this. There is an enthusiasm gap on the economy. Your conclusion has nothing to do with the data you cite. You invented that yourself out of pure wackiness. What we can say from your cited data is that the trump voters are more likely to believe the adverse false propaganda than Harris voters are to believe the reality. Which is still a problem but not the problem you breathlessly cite. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1806 "2024-10-17T01:20:41Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > My problem with it is less the weird phrasing towards black men and more that I don’t want the government to do anything with crypto. I don’t care if you get scammed out of your fake asset. I assume you also agree that fortune telling should be legal. And that legit banks should be able to set up fake storefronts and steal whatever gets deposited too. Plus folks selling shares in the Brooklyn Bridge is just fine in your book. If [whatever] is legal at all, it MUST be regulated. Either prohibit it outright or regulate it correctly and thoroughly to be of unequivocal _net_ benefit to society. We do that with every other financial instrument and intermediary. Why not with crypto? Claiming it’s all a scam and deserves to be used as a con to steal from innocents is barbaric at best, and an accessory to fraud at worst. Bottom line: If e.g. crypto is good, regulate it. If crypto is evil, ban it. Don’t leave it as a trap for the unwary and an income source for the criminal fraudsters. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1807 "2024-10-17T01:38:10Z")
I didn’t watch the Baier/Harris interview. But I’ve seen a few clips. Here’s a pretty good one. It’s a xitter post, so if have that blocked, you won’t see it here. > ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1808 "2024-10-17T01:45:51Z")
I used to check Twitter for “public” reactions to events, but it’s completely taken over by bots and/or hyper-partisans. Completely useless. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1809 "2024-10-17T02:51:39Z")
I watched the Fox interview. I think she did well. Yes she evaded the gotcha questions but she did it skillfully and she was able to get back to her talking points fairly smoothly. That thing was a minefield and to badly mix a metaphor she didn’t give them any ammunition. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1810 "2024-10-17T03:00:07Z")
Kamla showed Fox viewers she wasn’t afraid to go into the lion’s den. I wonder if any of them will wonder why Trump is so cowardly? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1811 "2024-10-17T03:04:38Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > I used to check Twitter for “public” reactions to events, but it’s completely taken over by bots and/or hyper-partisans. You definitely can’t just raw dog Twitter these days. That’s why I only read a few accounts, mostly just guys like Acyn who clip and quote speeches and TV pundits without commentary. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1812 "2024-10-17T03:29:34Z")
This makes my bit of respect for Brett Baier drop to NONE. He’s a MAGA asshole if that is what the rest of that interview was like. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1813 "2024-10-17T03:35:54Z")
I watched the interview on YouTube. I love how she turned a disingenuous question about gender surgery for prisoners into an extended discussion of her economic plans. That was after stating that she follows the law, and that Trump followed the same law. Her superpower is answering the question she wants to, regardless of what she was asked. Which may turn off a lot of viewers, but I think she got important info into Fox world, and looked presidential doing it. I shan’t hold my breath for Trump’s interview on MSNBC. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1814 "2024-10-17T03:38:18Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > I shan’t hold my breath for Trump’s interview on MSNBC. What about his two recent town halls on Fox News and Univision? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1815 "2024-10-17T03:48:26Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > What about his two recent town halls on Fox News and Univision? I seriously wonder what folks at that town hall thought about that Trump gibberish. They had nobody to filter the crap and tell them what he “really meant” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1816 "2024-10-17T03:49:33Z")
It wasn’t really gibberish. He’s the father of IVF and he’s proud of it! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1817 "2024-10-17T03:50:10Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Naturally, some magas are saying she utterly failed. My housemate was watching Fox tonight and I think I overheard Laura Ingraham say something like this interview proves Harris will never take responsibility for anything. The projection is predictable and just tedious by now. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1818 "2024-10-17T09:44:31Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > Her superpower is answering the question she wants to, regardless of what she was asked Trump does the same thing, it’s just that the questions he likes are about crowd sizes, tariffs, and Hannibal Lecter. She’s trying to give good answers. ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1819 "2024-10-17T18:59:12Z")
I mean I remember getting frustrated all the time at Obama for question-avoiding and I can think of a few specific jokes about it from _Yes, Minister_- this really is just politics 101. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1820 "2024-10-17T19:35:37Z")
I’m at the rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin (I walked to it from my house)…Kamala will take the stage within the hour. My wife and I are only five rows back, close to center stage, because I had done some canvassing for the county Dems. (Not a lot, though! Many here deserve more). We’re in our university’s gym…a student just took the microphone. Good energy. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1821 "2024-10-17T20:01:33Z")
The Hill, almost like Fox, says interview was a disaster. It was a disaster for the host, not Kamala. He was failing so baddly the producer cut the interview short. [https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4938609-kamala-harriss-fox-news-interview-disaster-shows-how-the-media-set-her-up-to-fail/](https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4938609-kamala-harriss-fox-news-interview-disaster-shows-how-the-media-set-her-up-to-fail/) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1822 "2024-10-17T20:11:51Z")
To clarify, that’s the opinion of one Becket Adams, not The Hill. From the top of that link: “The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1823 "2024-10-17T20:21:33Z")
I am shocked that someone who also writes for the National Review and the Washington Examiner could arrive at such opinions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571.md?page=91)