With just days to go before the Nov. 5 presidential election, the world is watching and waiting with great anticipation, knowing that the eventual winner could reshape America's approach to global affairs.
As the Washington Post explains, government officials across Europe are carefully monitoring the trajectory of the race, declaring their preparedness in the event of a victory for former President Donald Trump.
With Trump having already served four years in the Oval Office, European leaders have suggested that they already have a general sense of what to expect should he secure another term.
According to the Post, policymakers abroad “know the diplomatic dance required, and they are crafting various contingency plans on security and trade.”
Even so, the outlet adds, many on the continent and elsewhere remain worried about Trump's positions on NATO, the potential imposition of stiff tariffs, and a potential American withdrawal from the Paris climate accords.
Adding to the concerns of some in Europe, is a marked lack of cohesiveness and stability among leaders of several key countries, a contrast to Trump's first term, when then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel held sway.
A politically weak Emmanuel Macron in France, the coalition fractures experienced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and the swift decline in domestic popularity suffered by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are all factors that could hinder a unified approach to a Trump presidency, the Post says.
While much of the discussion in Europe has centered on a potential Trump return, the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency has also triggered notable uncertainty among some officials.
Though Harris has characterized NATO and American obligations to it as “ironclad,” some European leaders have their doubts, speculating that her potential administration would turn more of its focus toward Asia.
Notable to many, according to the Post, is the fact that Harris' national security advisor, while voicing support for ongoing support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, has also called for a “more realistic” relationship between the U.S and its European allies.
The bottom line, according to Michael Stempfle of the German Defense Ministry, is that leaders are “not sitting here like a rabbit caught in headlights” and that preparations are underway for whichever presidential candidate prevails next week.
Increasingly, however, it appears that many are anticipating a Trump win, with European Union officials working on potential retaliatory tariff actions, negotiation approaches, and offers to increase American imports during his tenure.
Perhaps most anxious about the American election outcome, however, are the leaders of Ukraine, who have relied on the Biden administration's seemingly unending willingness to write checks in support of the continued conflict with Russia, particularly given Trump's emphasis on ending the war swiftly through negotiated settlement, as the Guardian reports.
A senior government official inside the Ukrainian government said, “We are worried about Trump,” and given that President Volodymyr Zelensky sat for a meeting with the former president in late September – well in advance of the election – it appears that he, too, is anticipating an imminent need for some adjustment in his relationship with the United States.
The Arizona Superior Court ruled that Maricopa County must provide the names of 218,000 voters who registered to vote without proof of citizenship, Just the News reported. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes admitted that a glitch allowed for the error but was cagey about releasing a full list.
Conservative public interest group America First Legal brought the lawsuit against Fontes after he failed to furnish the list of voters affected. The organization argued that his office intentionally held back on releasing the list.
This came after a public records request was rejected, suggesting that Fontes was unwilling to share the information as required by law and necessitating further legal action. The court sided with the AFL in Thursday's ruling.
The secretary of state's office must turn over the names one day before Election Day. "Defendants shall release to Plaintiff no later than noon on Monday, November 4, 2024, any other datasets, compilation of information, lists, or communications from MVD containing personally identifying information (PII) about Affected Voters," the court said.
This case underscores an ongoing struggle for citizens who feel disenfranchised by voters on the rolls who are ineligible. James Rogers, AFL senior legal counsel, blamed Fontes for undermining trust by not doing something once he knew about the problem.
"A majority of Arizonans no longer trust the election system of our state. One of the reasons is the lack of transparency from our state’s elected officials," Rogers said in a statement following the ruling.
"When Secretary Fontes discovered the glitch that allowed 218,000 individuals to register without providing proof of citizenship, he should have immediately shared the list of affected individuals with Arizona’s county recorders, who are in charge of verifying the citizenship of voters. Instead, he has jealously guarded the list, refusing to share it with anyone," Rogers charged.
"This suit was about restoring transparency and ensuring that county recorders can do their jobs by verifying the citizenship of voters. It is unfortunate that Secretary Fontes so aggressively opposed our common-sense efforts to help restore trust in our state’s election system," Rogers added.
"This was a case we never should have needed to file," Rogers said. This glitch impacted so many registrations because the state's voting system requires proof of U.S. citizens to register to vote in Arizona elections but has no requirement for federal elections, allowing some to cast only ballots in national elections.
According to the Arizona Gazette, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer claims that despite the glitch, "the vast majority of these voters are United States citizens who can provide documented proof of citizenship." He added that citizens who lie about their eligibility are subject to perjury laws.
Still, this insistence that elections are secure and fair in the face of evidence to the contrary is what fuels suspicion. Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have been railing against this since the 2020 presidential election.
Last week, Trump pointed out that in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, fraudulent ballots were showing up, demonstrating exactly the kind of activity that could sway an election. NBC News reported his remarks but downplayed the significance of the fraud.
"Really bad 'stuff.' WHAT IS GOING ON IN PENNSYLVANIA??? Law Enforcement must do their job, immediately!!! WOW!!!" Trump posted to his Truth Social.
The voting system needs a serious overhaul, but there's no appetite for it from the leftists who likely benefit. These ineligible people in Arizona and elsewhere should not be casting ballots in American elections.
Melania Trump said her husband from the latest onslaught of accusations that former President Donald Trump praised Adolf Hitler, USA Today reported. The former first lady said on Fox&Friends Tuesday that her husband "is not Hitler" while promoting her New York Times bestselling memoir.
The ridiculous narrative resurfaced after former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told the media that the former president made positive remarks about Hitler and the Nazi regime while in office. Kelly revealed this only in the final days of the 2024 presidential election.
During an interview on the Fox News program, Melania Trump set the record straight as the Trump family is forced to split with the media narratives. "He’s not Hitler, and all of his supporters, [they’re] standing behind him because they want [to] see [the] country successful, and we see how — what kind of support he has," she said.
During the interview, Melania Trump countered the reports by the New York Times and The Atlantic. "He loves his country, and he wants to make it successful and to — for all of the people," the former first lady said.
"You know, he — he loves people, and he wants to make this country great again," she added. Earlier in the interview, Melania Trump said she believes her husband has a solid chance of winning on Election Day.
"I feel it's kind of the same like 2016, the support out there. It's incredible. It's just, people see what's going on in the country and what kind of leadership they want," Melania Trump said.
"They want prosperity. They want American dream coming back, so that's what we will decide on November 5th," the former first lady shared.
In the past, Melania Trump broke with the rest of the Trump family as only a background figure. However, that has changed as the 2024 presidential election draws nearer, including an appearance on behalf of her husband at his rally at Madison Square Garden this week.
The final push before Election Day has brought the left back to its trusty Trump-is-Hitler narrative. The impetus for revisiting it came from Kelly, who Donald Trump said he had fired due to incompetence, Newsweek reported.
The former president said Kelly was "the dumbest of my Military people" who was "incapable of doing a good job; it was too much for him, and I couldn't stand the guy, so I fired him like a 'dog,'" Trump said on his Truth Social last year. Perhaps this explains Kelly's sudden recollection of something Donald Trump supposedly uttered several years ago.
According to the leftist news outlets, Trump said, "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had. People who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders."
The report named Kelly as one of "two people who heard him say this." Kelly was Trump's chief of staff between 2017 and 2019 and most certainly would have an ax to grind with this former boss.
This entire controversy seems fabricated from start to finish. Nevertheless, it demonstrates that Melania Trump is a class act in the face of cruel attacks from her family's enemies.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled Tuesday that Hennepin County election officials unlawfully appointed election judges who review absentee ballots, KSTP-TV reported. The court sided with the GOP claim that it didn't "appoint any election judges from the Republican Party of Minnesota’s dedicated list" as the law stipulates.
The Hennepin County Absentee Ballot Board has until Nov. 1 to comply with Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson's ruling. The board "must appoint election judges from the Republican Part List and may appoint Republican-affiliated election judges not appearing on that list only after it has exhausted the candidates on the list."
Hennepin County Elections Director Ginny Gelms claimed that they went outside of the list to find judges with experience in signature verification, CBS News reported. She believed this was in line with the aim of the statute.
"We had believed that we were doing what we were supposed to do according to the law. But I respect the Supreme Court, and we're going to do what they told us to do," Gelms promised.
Tuesday's decision was a win for the original petitioners, including the Republican Party of Minnesota, Minnesota Voters Alliance, Richard Sutter, Marlene Stoick, and Karen Attia. The legal filing, dated Oct. 15, named Gelms, Hennepin County, and county auditor Daniel Rogan.
Rogan claimed that the county had "exhausted the list" of GOP judges before appointing the ones at the center of the controversy. In a statement Tuesday, he noted that the court disagreed with the state on that point but none of the others in the complaint.
"Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued an order on narrow grounds, holding that Republican-affiliated election judges may not be appointed to the Hennepin County Absentee Ballot Board until Hennepin County has exhausted the Republican Party List. The Court denied all of the petitioners’ other claims for relief," Rogan said in a statement.
"Importantly, the Court recognized the county’s ballot board was operating with party balance," he added. "This year, Hennepin County cities exhausted the list and needed to recruit thousands of additional election judges who are not on the major political party list," Rogan went on.
"Based on the Supreme Court’s order, the county cannot rely on exhaustion by its cities but must contact residents on the major political party list directly. Hennepin County will send an email to individuals on the major political party list tomorrow to recruit election judges for the county absentee ballot board," Rogan's statement said.
Certifying absentee or vote-by-mail ballots has become a major issue as the method becomes more common. Matching signatures and ensuring people casting ballots can legally do so has proven difficult.
However, recent attacks on ballot drop boxes highlight another vulnerability when the election process goes beyond in-person voting. A spate of attacks on drop boxes has destroyed hundreds of votes in the Pacific Northwest, CNN reported.
Police are looking for a suspect who has set fire to a total of three boxes in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Some of the ballots have been recovered, while others are being sent a replacement.
@ClarkCoWA Auditor Greg Kimsey has released photos and updated information on the damaged ballots from the Oct. 28 drop box fire. Elections staff have been able to identify 488 damaged ballots retrieved from the ballot box. pic.twitter.com/53cyLFNFqK
— Clark County WA (@ClarkCoWA) October 30, 2024
With all the potential pitfalls and proven problems with absentee and vote-by-mail, it's time to reconsider whether expanding access to this type of voting was wise. Republicans notched a win in Minnesota, but it's only one of countless problems with the system.
A Democratic campaign staffer was caught on leaked video supporting open borders, Fox News reported. Kevin Oyakawa, who is working on two hotly contested campaigns this year, is heard saying, "Open the f---ing border; I don’t give a s--- who comes in here."
Democrats often attempt to sound pragmatic about illegal immigration. They typically speak about the humanitarian aspect or the morality of kicking out people in the U.S. illegally.
However, Oyakawa spilled the truth about Democrats' philosophy while speaking on a video to a volunteer. "We don’t need border patrol but, [the] issue with even talking about immigration here in Ohio is that it’s a losing issue for Democrats here, for like no f---ing reason other than people’s pure racism," Oyakawa claimed in the video.
Oyakaway is employed by the Ohio Coordinated Campaign, which aims to "re-elect [Sen.] Sherrod Brown, Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, and other down-ballot Democratic candidates." This comes as both Democrats struggle in their respective races.
Social media accounts for Oyakawa show that he has been actively canvassing for Sykes and Brown while sharing this view earlier this month. In a since-deleted post to Facebook, Oyakaway claimed he was "responsible for leading a team of field organizers on day-to-day operations of the campaign" in Summit and Stark counties in Ohio.
A photo on the page shows him with Sykes and other campaign volunteers captioned, "Just another guy who is active in the Resistance." This could not be worse for Sykes, who is struggling to retain her seat against a Republican who hammered her over illegal immigration.
While she won her first term with a comfortable five-point margin in 2022, former President Trump handily won parts of Ohio's 13th Congressional District in 2020. Her office released a statement to Fox News in the hopes of limiting the fallout.
"Congresswoman Emilia Sykes has worked to deliver increased funding to help secure our border and stop the flow of illegal drugs like fentanyl. She also cosponsored the bipartisan Dignity Act that would address border security and infrastructure, all while her opponent Kevin Coughlin uses the border to play politics," the statement said of her Republican opponent, former Ohio state Sen. Kevin. Coughlin.
Brown's campaign spokesperson, Matt Keyes, similarly downplayed Oyakawa's remarks. "While Sherrod supports the bipartisan border security bill backed by border patrol agents and has worked with both parties to secure our southern border and keep Ohioans safe from fentanyl by cracking down on the chemical suppliers in China and drug cartels in Mexico, Bernie Moreno opposes these efforts because he isn’t looking out for Ohioans," Keyes said of the Democrat's GOP opponent for U.S. Senate.
Meanwhile, Republicans are turning this issue into political gold. "Ohioans are already aware of Emilia Sykes’ dangerous open border policies, and now we see what she and her team support behind closed doors," Coughlin said.
"It’s bad enough that Ohio communities are suffering from fentanyl and crime flowing over our borders, but her team has no remorse. And she calls anyone who disagrees with her 'racist,'" Coughlin added.
"It's disgusting, and Emilia Sykes should condemn this immediately," he concluded. Reagan McCarthy, communications director for Moreno, ripped Brown similarly.
"Sherrod Brown's staff is saying the quiet part out loud: Ohio Democrats would rather keep the border open and continue to allow millions of illegals to enter our nation rather than secure the border and protect our communities," McCarthy told Fox News Digital. Brown's race with Moreno is consider a "toss-up" heading into Election Day.
Democrats dance around the issue, but it's clear from how they govern that they want unchecked illegal immigration. Unfortunately for them, Oyakawa did not have the good sense to keep that fact hidden under platitudes.
Some have noticed that Vice President Kamala Harris is attempting to distance herself from President Joe Biden's administration, Breitbart reported. Harris has been reluctant to do so until now, as Election Day quickly approaches.
As the second in command of the administration, Harris has repeatedly conveyed that she has been part of the decision-making process. She has even said that she doesn't disagree with anything Biden has done during his term.
However, she seems to be changing her mind now, just days before voters cast their ballots. NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez noted her change of heart on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Monday.
Gutierrez said Harris "has tried to distance herself from the Biden-Harris administration, at least a little bit, in the last several days." Perhaps this points to a new sense of desperation as she willingly humiliates the man who plucked her out of obscurity in the first place.
The powers that be installed Harris as the new nominee after Biden crashed and burned during a debate performance in June. She has been in a difficult position since becoming the Democratic nominee in August.
If Harris wanted to distance herself from the administration she served in for the prior three years, she'd have to admit that it was a failure. If she said she agreed with everything Biden did, she would wear his policies like an albatross around her neck.
The vice president initially chose the latter to avoid making waves. However, as Gutierrez pointed out, that has changed in the campaign's waning days.
While he noted that Harris "will take credit for some of the administration’s successes," it's clear "she has tried to distance herself from the Biden-Harris administration, at least a little bit, in the last several days," Gutierrez predicted. "But, again, she is focused on that must-win state of Michigan today, Andrea," he told the host.
Mitchell agreed and chalked this up as an attempt to fix her previous mistake. "Yeah, after that misstep about two weeks ago when she was asked if she could think of anything that she would do differently, and she said, no, not really — paraphrasing her. So, she’s been trying to create more distance now," Mitchell said.
As Harris begins to lose ground in her campaign, she is increasingly eager to shake off Biden's legacy. This is likely a smart move, considering that according to the New York Times, the president's approval rating hovered between 35% and 40% for his entire term.
With her own prospects looking grim, Harris simply can't afford to be painted with the same brush as Biden. Although believe it's still a close race, Trump appears to blow Harris out of the water in its Electoral College map in a poll published Monday.
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— RealClearPolitics (@RCPolitics) October 28, 2024
The Harris campaign will have to throw everything it has left if there is any hope to get her over the finish line. If it means humiliating Biden to pick up a few more votes, so be it.
Harris is in serious trouble heading into Election Day, and everybody knows it. Her campaign and her surrogates in the media are doing whatever they can to help her, but it's likely too little too late anyway.
The second columnist resigned from the Washington Post on Sunday following the outlet's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate for the 2024 election while others defended the move.
Michele Norris said the non-endorsement was a “terrible mistake” and an insult to the paper’s longstanding practice of endorsing a candidate--almost always a Democrat.
As a Black female, she is probably taking the news outlet's snub of Kamala Harris personally.
Robert Kagan also resigned, and 18 other Post journalists signed a written dissent of the decision.
They said that it “represents an abandonment of the fundamental editorial convictions of the newspaper that we love, and for which we have worked a combined 228 years.”
Ruth Marcus and Karen Tumulty also wrote columns expressing their views that the decision damaged the publication’s credibility.
Over 200,000 readers canceled their digital subscriptions to the paper over the decision, but others said that was only helping former President Donald Trump's cause and letting him win.
The cancellations represent 8% of the total number of about 2.5 million, including print subscriptions.
The race is extremely close, with Trump only polling .2% above Harris nationally and .9% in battleground states with only a week until the election, according to RealClearPolitics.
Still, it is a far cry from 2020, when Biden was polling with a 7-point lead nationally.
Biden won the popular vote by 4.4%. But he only won in several swing states by a fraction of a percentage, meaning that if the electorate has moved six or seven points to the right, Trump will have an easy time amassing the 270 electoral votes he needs.
The fact that the Post--or its leader Jeff Bezos--has withheld any endorsement says that maybe the whole "threat to democracy" narrative is nothing more than a political hammer to wield.
If Bezos truly thought Trump would bring an end to democracy, his paper would have endorsed Harris.
In truth, Harris has promised more policies that threaten democracy than anything Trump has done or said he would do. And Bezos knows it, no matter his own personal leanings in politics.
The campaign trail continues to get tougher for Vice President Kamala Harris as the election draws nearer, a fact put into stark relief by a series of recent heckling incidents at her rallies.
One of the most recent such humiliations came during Harris' Friday appearance in Texas, when a group of pro-Trump attendees interrupted her remarks and caused the VP to go off-script, as the U.S. Sun reports.
Harris made her way to the Lone Star State late last week for a star-studded event that included pop star Beyonce.
However, the rally suffered an unexpected disruption when a group of Trump supporters made their disdain for the Democratic Party nominee plain for all to hear.
The initial interruption reportedly resulted in the removal of a man from the venue, with similar occurrences taking place four more times as Harris attempted to deliver her remarks.
Shouts from hecklers were not the only hiccup related to Harris' Houston extravaganza, with reports emerging after the event of disgruntled attendees expressing anger over the fact that they felt misled about whether Beyonce would be performing at the rally when, in reality, she simply delivered a brief statement, as the Daily Mail noted.
As the New York Post reported, a Harris rally in Wisconsin also encountered a speedbump, when a group of anti-abortion activists made their voices heard while the VP was at the microphone.
The conservative attendees yelled, “Christ is King” and “Jesus is Lord” during Harris' remarks, prompting an angry reaction to nearby rallygoers.
What surprised observers even more was the reaction of Harris herself, who addressed the protestors directly, saying, “You guys re at the wrong rally. I think you meant to go to the smaller one down the street.”
Grant Beth, one of the vice president's hecklers later explained his actions and warned, “This is what you are going to get with a Kamala Harris presidency. You are going to get the Kamala Harris that alienates over 50% of the U.S. population that is Christian.”
Harris' rally troubles persisted on Saturday, when she was once again confronted by hecklers during an event in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as the Washington Examiner reports.
This time, the vice president faced interruption from pro-Palestinian demonstrators expressing frustration with the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Harris replied to the disruption by stating, “And listen, on the topic of Gaza, we must end that war, and we must end the war and bring the hostages home, but now I am speaking about 2024.”
With a little over one week to go before Election Day, it remains to be seen whether Harris will attempt to limit her speaking appearances to reliably friendly audiences only, or if she will continue encountering this sort of embarrassing, outspoken public resistance to her talking points.
A challenge to Mississippi election law could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court after a ruling in federal court Friday, NBC News reported. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that counting mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election Day is against federal law.
The three-judge panel said that the state's practice of counting ballots postmarked before Election Day but received up to five days after was a violation of federal law. This ruling will not impact November's presidential election as the judges did not grant an injunction.
However, it does provide an avenue for further lawsuits. "Congress statutorily designated a singular ‘day for the election’ of members of Congress and the appointment of presidential electors," the court's opinion stated.
"Text, precedent, and historical practice confirm this ‘day for the election’ is the day by which ballots must be both cast by voters and received by state officials," it added. That interpretation of the law could spell trouble for states that count late votes.
According to the judge's opinion, as of November 2022, 18 states and the District of Columbia allowed late ballots to be counted. They believe this contradicts the straightforward language of the federal law, which supersedes state law.
"Federal law requires voters to take timely steps to vote by Election Day. And federal law does not permit the State of Mississippi to extend the period for voting by one day, five days, or 100 days," the judges claimed in the ruling.
Of course, such a commonsense reading of the law will not be popular with leftists who push mail-in balloting. University of California, Los Angeles, law professor Rick Hansen said the ruling is "bonkers" in a blog post on Friday.
"Suffice it to say that federal law has left this to the states, and requiring that people vote by election day is not the same as saying their ballots must be received by election day. Every other court to face these cases has rejected this argument" Hansen wrote.
"I would be very surprised if any court changed the rules for Mississippi at this late date, and even more surprised if such an order would survive Supreme Court review," he added. Nevertheless, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley called it a "MASSIVE ELECTION INTEGRITY VICTORY."
While the fight in Mississippi may reach the Supreme Court, others are challenging vote-by-mail over fairness and security concerns. The Hill reported that problems with the mail system continue to plague the balloting process.
Election officials believe these persistent issues could have a significant impact on the upcoming election. The postal service countered by claiming that election mail "routinely outperforms" other types of mail.
According to the Postal Service, 99.89% of ballots had a turnaround time of seven days in 2020 and then increased to 99.93% in 2022. However, that might not be adequate closer to Election Day, especially since 32 states require ballots to be received by that important date.
Mississippi becomes one of at least 10 states that require ballots received within five days of Election Day while many others allow up to seven days. This could be a significant issue as at least 43% of people voted by mail in 2020 and 31% in 2022.
Elections should be conducted in person, on paper, and on Election Day, with a process for absentee voting with cause. This is the only way to ensure free and fair elections, and it negates arguments over how many days such ballots should be counted.
Hillary Clinton said former President Donald Trump's rally this weekend in Madison Square Garden in New York City is akin to a 1939 Nazi rally at the venue, Fox News reported. The twice-failed Democratic presidential candidate said this while speaking about a new book and shilling for Vice President Kamala Harris.
While hawking her book "Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty," Clinton spoke with Kaitlan Collins on Thursday. Clinton defaulted to parroting the Democrats' failed strategy to compare Trump to Hitler to defend Harris, who is no doubt furious that she's losing despite everyone's best efforts to prop her up.
The former secretary of state said that Trump's rally Sunday, which is sure to fuel more momentum in his favor, was like the one held at there in 1939. Clinton also agreed with Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, who called the former president a "fascist" in the most boring of all October surprise revelations.
In a desperate last-ditch effort to garner votes for the disastrous candidacy of an unpopular and unlikeable vice president, Clinton returned to a time before World War II to slam Trump. Because the Nazi Party once held a rally at Madison Square Garden, Clinton linked Trump to the vile movement.
"One other thing that you'll see next week, Kaitlan, is Trump actually reenacting the Madison Square Garden rally in 1939. I write about this in my book," she said, shamelessly self-promoting.
"President Franklin Roosevelt was appalled that neo-Nazis, fascists in America were lining up to essentially pledge their support for the kind of government that they were seeing in Germany. So I don't think we can ignore it," Clinton warned.
"Now, it may be a leap for some people and a lot of others may think, 'I don't want to go there. I don't want to say that,'" she claimed as everyone on her side had gleefully gotten on board with that messaging.
"But please open your eyes to the danger that this man poses to our country, because I think it is clear and present for anybody paying attention," Clinton added. Of course, this was the same message they've been using about Trump for nearly a decade, and he has proven it false with four years of stellar leadership from the White House.
Clinton can't take all the blame for bringing up this tiresome line. Just before delivering her remarks about the rally, Clinton spoke about Kelly's recent charges about Trump when Collins asked about the latest smear against Trump in the final days of the presidential campaign.
"I think that's a fair question, Kaitlan. And I can't wholly answer it," Clinton said.
"But I think number one, you have a duty when you're running for president. You know, I tried to sound the alarm about him back in 2016 but it was really an uphill climb, because people could not literally imagine that he posed a danger or that his character was so lacking when it came to the responsibility of being president," Clinton went on.
"But now there's just too much evidence about what he wants to do, what he is saying he wants to do. So number one, I think that someone running for president, like Vice President Harris, really has a duty to sound the alarm," Clinton claimed.
Surrogates for Harris are trying their best to launch any attack that might help their floundering candidate. Unfortunately, it's all been tried before, and none of it will make anyone vote for Harris, arguably the Democrats' worst presidential candidate ever.