(Updated) Trump Leads, Harris Hides

This says a lot about leadership, and confidence doesn't it, Trump walking straight into the lion's den for the umpteenth time giving as good as he gets, and Harris with a friendly, slobbering, pro Commie MSM has not given a presser in the 10 days since she announced and has no plans for presser or an interview. You'd think she has something to hide wouldn't you, like her record and her IQ. PG 4 CGR

Townhall, July 31, 2024. Former President Donald Trump returned to his vintage, hilarious persona, attending the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago, which triggered members of this organization. Karen Attiah, an editor and columnist for The Washington Post and co-chair of the NABJ convention, resigned in protest. It got off to a rocky start, but the question was ridiculous, one of many hurled at the former president by ABC News’ Rachel Scott.

There was a bit of fake news before this event, where people were saying that Trump was holding up the event, which started an hour late, due to not wanting to be fact-checked live; the truth was there was difficulty in setting up the audio equipment. 

Scott asked about the attack on Harris, referring specifically to the DEI hire narrative. It was an outrageous question that didn’t faze the former president, who knew exactly what would be thrown at him. First, while I don’t like the attack either since I think it animates liberals, I wish someone would repeat Biden’s words from 2020, where he admits he picked Kamala because she was black. Trump also faced questions about his attack on black district attorneys who have led our cities to become crime-ridden hellholes. 

It was a little speedbump at the start, but the former president did well conveying his points for the rest of the event, where Kamala Harris didn’t even show up. One of the best lines was Trump saying that Harris was Indian and then became black, which drew laughter from the audience. Laughing at Trump or with him—who cares; it was hilarious. A nice undershot at a woman with a penchant for saying anything to get elected, who has no principles, core, or the experience to occupy the highest office in the land.

(Updated) Redstate, August 1, 2024. No Presser Kamala. Ten days. It's been ten days since Kamala Harris was anointed as the Democratic Party's Chosen One to replace the failing Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election. She has not won one primary vote, but the Democrats waved their hands over her and she's the

And since this happened, she has not given one unscripted press conference.

Harris announced that she'd locked up the nomination late on July 22, declaring that she'd won commitments of backing from a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates to next month's Democratic National Convention. She’s since hit the campaign trail, spoken at various events, and even chatted with reporters here and there, but hasn’t done a formal press conference or wide-ranging interview in the 10 days that have followed. Harris, who became the likely nominee without receiving a single primary vote when President Biden announced he would step aside, has been so elusive that The New York Times published excerpts from an interview she conducted last year to see where her answers "land now." 

Well, her answers now would land somewhere to the left of Rosa Luxemburg; that much is certain. Kamala Harris has never been anything remotely resembling a moderate, although given the Democratic Party's recent trajectory her present-day positions on things like guns, energy, and taxation may well be considered "moderate" a generation hence. But her reticence in talking to the media - even the friendly legacy media - is starting to raise some eyebrows.

Much of the Democratic Party – including governors, senators and House members as well as party leaders – quickly coalesced behind Harris following Biden's blockbuster news. But critics have started to take notice that Harris hasn’t faced tough questions since. National Review senior writer Noah Rothman asked his social media followers on Wednesday, "When is Kamala Harris going to hold a press conference?" 

Here's a hint, Mr. Rothman: She won't, for as long as she can get away with it. An open, unscripted press conference in which she would (presumably) be required to answer questions off the cuff would be to Kamala Harris as a crucifix is to Dracula.

The RNC is rather gleefully pointing this out as well. What is she trying to hide? What is the DNC trying to hide? What is the Harris campaign trying to hide? That's easy to answer: Kamala Harris isn't all that bright, she's hideously ill-informed, she can't speak coherently for more than a sentence or two without collapsing into an intelligible word salad, and everyone knows it.

Look, the DNC and the Biden campaign, as was, sheltered befuddled old Joe Biden from any unscripted, uncontrolled events since he announced his run for the presidency in the 2020 cycle. The basement campaign was infamous, and ever since he set foot in the Oval Office he has been sheltered, coddled, protected, and every question he has answered, every statement he has made was obviously planned, pre-screened, pre-approved, and scripted. Joe Biden's handlers didn't dare let him go off script because every such incident resulted in disaster. They did this for old Joe because he is senile; they will do the same thing for Kamala Harris because she's incompetent. Kamala Harris may not be suffering from late-stage dementia, but she does have various other problems: She is a horrible speaker, she has the charisma and personal appeal of an acorn, and frankly, she's not very bright.

The Democrat machine will hold her away from any unscripted events as long as they can - but that can't last forever. Sooner or later, she will have to go off 'prompter, perhaps in a debate with Donald Trump, and then it will be Word Salad II, Return of the Killer Word Salad, and that, trust me, will be a sight to see.

The strategy in 2020 was the 'Basement' strategy, in 2024 its the 'Hide and Seek' strategy. PG 4 CGR