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He failed to let her down
How Harris Baited Trump on His Rallies. Kamala Harris knew what she wanted Trump to do.
Updated 2024-Oct-07 01:00
Reporters in the “spin room” at the debate, with a large screen in the background showing Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Harris expressed a high level of concern similar to that of a disappointed family member by shaking her head.
After already achieving her goal she expressed caution calling the situation extreme with a brief laugh.
Another contender such as Bill Clinton or Mr. Trump could have delivered a ruthless and unplanned insult.
She allowed it to settle. However she also had another point to make selected from her collection of phrases that provoke a strong reaction from Mr.She pondered whether viewers would be interested in learning about the Republicans supporting her campaign.
Trump pulled his head up at the mention of Liz Cheney the former congresswoman and outspoken adversary of Trump within the Republican party.
He was now feigning laughter not very convincingly. However during an evening full of missed chances and strange detours for Mr.Trump this was the moment where he appeared to lose his focus the temptation he couldn t resist despite pleas from allies to stay on track.
She looked faux fascinated as if coaxing him into thinking he was onto something nodding head tilting performatively squinting smiling a little then a little more a reel of soon to be memes screaming silent bemusement with a hand on her chin.
He looked miserable. The initial question at least should have been fertile terrain for former President Donald J.Trump: a prompt for Vice President Kamala Harris about immigration a vulnerability for her and how she might diverge on the subject from her boss whose policies on the border have often come under withering criticism.
But by the time Mr. Trump got to talking he had something else on his mind: rally attendance. Also cats.
It can be said that Ms. Harris was well prepared in leading him astray. After blaming Mr. Trump for helping to tank a congressional border bill Ms.Harris unboxed an attack line that seemed handcrafted by a team of Trumpologists to enrage him distracting him with his own vanity.
I’m going to actually do something really unusual she said addressing the audience at home. I’m going to invite you to attend one of Donald Trump’s rallies.
Because it’s a really interesting thing to watch. Smirking provoking Ms. Harris ticked through some common Trump digressions like windmills and the fictional killer Hannibal Lecter.
Mr. Trump’s eyes narrowed and his head cocked to the left. And what you will also notice she said as Mr.Trump bobbed a bit pendulum like is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom.
On those two nouns Mr. Trump’s eyes shot up. Ms. Harris completed her thought: The one thing you will not hear him talk about is you.
And then Mr. Trump talked about Mr. Trump. The former president a merry anarchist of a debater since his first campaign can generally be relied upon to touch every stove sound every air horn.
This is a man who once stared into an eclipse.
As ABC moderator David Muir tried to steer the conversation back to the immigration bill mentioned by Ms.Trump was uninterested. Harris s hand returned to her chin as Mr. Trump continued to talk about his rallies and make baseless claims about hers.
Eventually he shifted to a debunked story about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating dogs from their neighbors.
The individuals who entered are consuming the felines! Ms. Harris exclaimed throwing her head back.
Spun quickly to see who was calling her.
