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Category: Election 2024
October 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Data
Election 2024

DATA: Voters Increasingly Associate Kamala with This Word…

A survey conducted from September 27-30 by SSRS and Verasight on behalf of CNN shows a significant increase in voters who associate Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris with “lies” or “lying.”

The number of voters hearing about her in the context of immigration and the economy is also rising. This could be a function of her visiting the southern border and giving a speech on economic policy recently. Still, it is likely bad news overall, as former President Donald J. Trump is viewed more favorably than her on both immigration and the economy.

The share of Americans discussing Harris has declined weekly since her debate with Trump in early September. Furthermore, the tone of conversation regarding Harris has turned increasingly negative. In the latest data, “lie” was the fourth-most cited word associated with Harris, alongside “border,” “polls,” and “campaign.”

Voters who associate Harris with lying has doubled from just three percent before the Democratic convention, reaching a high of nine percent after her sole presidential debate.

“Kamala says nothing,” wrote one survey respondent highlighted by CNN. “She uses a bunch of words that make no sense. She says she will close the border, but that is a lie to get elected. Everything she promises are lies.”

Some of Harris’s pro-immigration supporters actually share this sentiment, predicting that her tougher rhetoric on border control will evaporate once the election is over.

During her attempt to secure the Democratic nomination for the 2020 election, she embraced a range of extreme left views on immigration, including decriminalizing illegal border crossings, defunding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for illegal aliens.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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A survey conducted from September 27-30 by SSRS and Verasight on behalf of CNN shows a significant increase in voters who associate Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris with "lies" or "lying." show more
October 8, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Counties Devastated by Hurricane Helene Allowed to Change Voting Plans.

The western North Carolina counties ravaged by Hurricane Helene will be allowed a degree of flexibility in their voting plans after a vote by the North Carolina State Board of Elections on Monday. Adopted by a unanimous vote, the election board passed a resolution authorizing the impacted counties to change early voting and Election Day polling sites, increased discretion in the appointment of poll workers, and greater flexibility for votes on they receive and return their absentee ballots.

“We will continue to make voting accessible to voters,” said Republican election board member Stacy Eggers following the decision. He added: “Whether we need four-wheelers, horses or helicopters, this disaster highlights the need for consistency in our work and making sure that we get to the locations that the voters expect us to be.”

Areas lacking poll workers will be allowed to bring election staff from other parts of the state or reassign workers to other polling locations. In addition, those who lost absentee ballots in the storm can request a new one at their local election office, and those displaced can return their ballot to any North Carolina election office.

According to state election officials, all fourteen county election board offices that were closed in the wake of Hurricane Helene have now reopened for operations. Despite this, many of the county election officials in the western areas of the state still do not have power or running water in their homes, making the fulfillment of their duties difficult. Additionally, several previously designated polling sites have been partially or completely destroyed, making them unusable.

The election board members insist that North Carolina’s plans to begin early voting on October 17 will proceed as scheduled despite the devastation in the western counties.

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The western North Carolina counties ravaged by Hurricane Helene will be allowed a degree of flexibility in their voting plans after a vote by the North Carolina State Board of Elections on Monday. Adopted by a unanimous vote, the election board passed a resolution authorizing the impacted counties to change early voting and Election Day polling sites, increased discretion in the appointment of poll workers, and greater flexibility for votes on they receive and return their absentee ballots. show more
October 8, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Election Integrity

RNC Legal Fail Means Officials CAN ‘Cure’ Ballots After They’ve Been Cast.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Pennsylvania GOP to halt several of the state’s counties from engaging in so-called “notice and cure” procedures, which allow voters to make changes to their mail-in ballots after they are cast. According to the court, the lawsuit brought by the RNC and state party was too close to the election for a ruling to be made.

Critics have long alleged that the RNC under Ronna Romney-McDaniel and its new leadership had failed to take the required actions quickly enough to materially impact the 2024 election, with this case serving as further evidence. Chris LaCivita and Michael Whatley took over the RNC from McDaniel in early March 2024, allowing for plenty of time to file the case over the summer. They sued in late September, six months later.

Previously, the state’s high court held that counties do not have to allow “notice and cure” procedures; however, over half of Pennsylvania’s counties allow the practice.

While the court’s decision to not hear the “notice and cure” lawsuit is a blow to election integrity efforts in Pennsylvania—a critical swing state in the 2024 election that some believe may determine the presidential contest—the court did deliver a win for fair elections in a second decision handed down.

The court declined to hear a lawsuit brought by Democrat-aligned voting rights groups challenging a Pennsylvania law requiring mail-in ballots to be posted with the correct date in order to be tallied. Like the RNC lawsuit, the court determined that the filing had been made too close to the election to be ruled upon.

During the 2022 mid-term election, around 10,000 mail-in ballots were disqualified because their envelopes did not have the correct date.

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Pennsylvania GOP to halt several of the state's counties from engaging in so-called “notice and cure” procedures, which allow voters to make changes to their mail-in ballots after they are cast. According to the court, the lawsuit brought by the RNC and state party was too close to the election for a ruling to be made. show more
October 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Politics

DeSantis Rips ‘Absurd’ Kamala Over Storm Prep: ‘You’re Not in the Chain of Command.’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bodyslammed Vice President Kamala Harris for claiming he was being “selfish” in declining to take her calls as Hurricane Milton approaches his state. The Democratic presidential nominee said, “People are in desperate need of support right now, and playing political games at this moment, in these crisis situations… it is selfish, and it is about political gamesmanship instead of doing the job that you took an oath to do, which is to put the people first.”

DeSantis, however, blasted the “delusional” Democrat, explaining she never contacted him when Florida was facing storms in prior years and has no role in the chain of command when it comes to allocating federal assistance anyway.

“We’ve been on an emergency footing for two weeks straight,” the Republican said during an interview. “My focus has not been on dealing with Kamala Harris. I saw the news report. I didn’t know she tried to contact me, but I’d also say it’s not about you, Kamala. It’s about the people of Florida.”

“My focus is exactly where it should be, and I can tell you this: I’ve worked on these hurricanes under both President Trump and President Biden. Neither of them ever tried to politicize it,” DeSantis continued. “She has never called on any of the storms we’ve had since she’s been Vice President… Why, all of a sudden, is she trying to parachute in and inject herself when she’s never shown any interest in the past? We know it’s because of politics; we know it’s because of her campaign.”

‘SHE HAS NO ROLE IN THIS.’

The Floridian stressed he has “zero time to entertain these political games” as the potentially devastating hurricane approaches, adding: “She says focusing on protecting your people is selfish? I think she ought to look in the mirror.”

DeSantis confirmed he has been on contact with President Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), observing: “It’s interesting, Harris is not even in the chain of command; she has no role in this. The idea that I should be, like, worrying about her when I’m focused on the task at hand is just, quite frankly, absurd.”

Image by Matt Johnson.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bodyslammed Vice President Kamala Harris for claiming he was being "selfish" in declining to take her calls as Hurricane Milton approaches his state. The Democratic presidential nominee said, “People are in desperate need of support right now, and playing political games at this moment, in these crisis situations... it is selfish, and it is about political gamesmanship instead of doing the job that you took an oath to do, which is to put the people first.” show more
October 8, 2024
Election 2024
News
Politics

Harris Campaign Says It’s About to Get NASTY.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign intends to intensify negativity and nastiness toward former President Donald J. Trump in the weeks leading up to the November election as her poll numbers worsen and despite two assassination attempts being carried out against the America First leader already. Multiple Harris campaign officials have reported that this shift seeks to sway undecided voters based on insights from internal campaign research.

According to these officials, recent findings indicate that more pronounced criticisms of Trump may attract some undecided voters to back the Democratic Party nominee. Consequently, the campaign plans to launch new advertisements and adopt harsher rhetoric against Trump on the final day before the November election.

The Harris-Biden regime has already used U.S. military aircraft to transport Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to the swing state of Pennsylvania, where he criticized President Trump and toured a munitions factory.

At least 175 staffers are part of Harris’s “digital army,” flooding social media with pro-Harris and anti-Trump content.

The campaign is also attempting to convince Americans that conservative-leaning groups such as gun owners and police officers support Harris. However, a pro-Harris gun group has just eight members per state, while a pro-Harris police group boosted by Fox News was formed only a few months ago.

The intensified negativity from Harris comes as Trump has recently started leading in key swing states and betting markets. The website Polymarket put Trump 8.6 percent ahead of Harris on Monday, October 7.

The former president has previously accused Harris and the Democrats of inspiring the recent attempts on his life with their “highly inflammatory language.”

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Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign intends to intensify negativity and nastiness toward former President Donald J. Trump in the weeks leading up to the November election as her poll numbers worsen and despite two assassination attempts being carried out against the America First leader already. Multiple Harris campaign officials have reported that this shift seeks to sway undecided voters based on insights from internal campaign research. show more
October 7, 2024
Election 2024

Desperate Harris Leans on Obama to Hit Swing States.

Barack Obama is set to hit the campaign trail to support Kamala Harris as she faces off against former President Donald J. Trump in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. The campaign efforts, scheduled to begin in Pennsylvania next Thursday, come one month before Election Day as both candidates prepare to tour key battleground states. The recent vice-presidential debate saw Trump’s running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), outperform Democrat rival Tim Walz (D-MN), leaving the Harris campaign on the back foot.

Moves by the Harris campaign to give Obama a more prominent role come as she is faltering among key Democratic demographics, including Latinos, Arab Americans, younger voters, and union workers.

The former president delivered a speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August highlighting Harris as a progressive leader and declaring, “We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos.” However, this intervention somewhat backfired, considering Harris and Joe Biden are currently in office, not Trump.

HURRICANES.

With Trump rallying in Pennsylvania, Harris is traveling to North Carolina to assess Hurricane Helene’s devastation after previously visiting Georgia.

She promised federal support for affected areas, but there are widespread accusations that the Biden-Harris government, particularly the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is not responding well to the crisis and may even be hindering recovery efforts.

Florida also faces an extremely powerful hurricane in the coming days, and further federal mismanagement of the aftermath could further damage the public standing of the government and, by extension, Vice President Harris.

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Barack Obama is set to hit the campaign trail to support Kamala Harris as she faces off against former President Donald J. Trump in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. The campaign efforts, scheduled to begin in Pennsylvania next Thursday, come one month before Election Day as both candidates prepare to tour key battleground states. The recent vice-presidential debate saw Trump's running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), outperform Democrat rival Tim Walz (D-MN), leaving the Harris campaign on the back foot. show more
October 7, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Media

CBS Refuses to Air Ads Critiquing Trans Surgeries.

Paramount Global-owned CBS refused to air political advertisements criticizing Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for supporting the use of taxpayer money for children’s transgender medical procedures. CatholicVote is airing the ads in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—but CBS is refusing to carry them.

“CBS and Paramount have been particularly aggressive in pushing transgenderism in mass media, so why would they be afraid to discuss what that means in reality for everyday families whose kids are receiving their pro-transgender messaging?” remarked CatholicVote President Brian Burch. “Either CBS is covering for Kamala Harris, or they are too scared to tell the truth about what’s happening,” he added.

The CatholicVote ads note Harris’s support for transitioning children and Medicaid data suggesting that, in Pennsylvania, $16.7 million in taxpayer funding has gone towards transgender mutilation surgeries for minors from 2015 to 2022. These include 97 double breast amputations and 14 hysterectomies performed on minor girls. The ads for Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin list similar details for their respective states.

Harris is presenting as a moderate Democrat for her snap run at the presidency. However, she previously positioned herself on the extreme left of the party regarding trans issues. For instance, she has bragged about securing taxpayer-funded trans treatments for prisoners during her career as a state-level politician in California. Harris also committed to taxpayer-funded surgeries for criminals and illegal aliens in government detention nationwide during her failed attempt to secure the Democratic nomination for the 2020 election.

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Paramount Global-owned CBS refused to air political advertisements criticizing Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for supporting the use of taxpayer money for children's transgender medical procedures. CatholicVote is airing the ads in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—but CBS is refusing to carry them. show more
October 7, 2024
Election 2024
Politics

Kamala Goes on Sex Podcast to Declare She Didn’t Want Kids So She Wouldn’t Have to Be Humble.

Vice President and Democrat nominee Kamala Harris appeared on a sexually explicit podcast claiming she never had children because she was never aspiring to be “humble.” Harris appeared on Call Her Daddy, popular among promiscuous young women and known for crude and graphic sexual discussion, and addressed her recent criticism from Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

In Michigan, Sanders—a mother of three—stressed the significance of motherhood as a grounding force, explaining, “kids keep me humble.”

“Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble,” she added.

“I don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble,” Harris told the podcast, suggesting that humility is a virtue that belongs to “the 1950s.”

Harris has two stepchildren through her husband Doug Emhoff, an adulterer who currently stands accused of impregnating a family nanny and being physically violent to a former girlfriend at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

CHILDLESSNESS. 

Childlessness is a growing trend among many Western leaders, male and female. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and several other current and former Western leaders all have no children of their own.

President Donald J. Trump is a father of five, and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), is a father of three, and the Trump campaign has adopted an explicitly pro-family platform.

Senator Vance has called for pro-parent policies like cutting childbirth costs and expanding child tax credits. Earlier in his career, he lamented the prevalence of “childless cat ladies” in national leadership roles, suggesting they have less skin in the game than Americans raising families.

“It’s just a basic fact. You look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children,” he argued.

Earlier this year, the Harris campaign attacked Vance for supporting the Child Tax Credit, likening it to a tax on childlessness. However, she later reversed her position and claimed she wanted to boost it.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Vice President and Democrat nominee Kamala Harris appeared on a sexually explicit podcast claiming she never had children because she was never aspiring to be "humble." Harris appeared on Call Her Daddy, popular among promiscuous young women and known for crude and graphic sexual discussion, and addressed her recent criticism from Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. show more

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October 7, 2024
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Please Don’t Do What Elon Musk’s Mother Said.

Maye Musk, mother of tech billionaire Elon Musk, attracted attention over the weekend for posting controversial advice regarding the 2024 election on social media. On Saturday, she shared a message on her son’s X platform suggesting—likely sarcastically—that Republicans should commit voter fraud to even the field with Democrats in Georgia. Additionally, she encouraged supporters of President Donald J. Trump to use false identities to cast multiple ballots at various polling places on election day.

“The Democrats have given us another option,” Elon Musk’s mother wrote. “You don’t have to register to vote. On Election Day, have 10 fake names, go to 10 polling booths and vote 10 times. That’s 100 votes, and it’s not illegal. Maybe we should work the system too.”

Such tactics would be a federal crime. According to 52 USC 10307, using false identities to vote multiple times illegally is punishable with heavy fines and imprisonment for each violation.

Earlier this year, the mayoral race in Bridgeport, Connecticut, had to be re-run for a third time after the prior two elections were found to be tainted by ballot stuffing—a similar illegal tactic to the one advocated by Maye Musk. Late last year, three Democrat officials in their respective states faced charges of tampering with votes, casting fraudulent mail-in ballots, and ballot stuffing.

Maye Musk’s post was tagged with a Community Note bluntly emphasizing the illegality of her suggestion. “This is, in fact, illegal,” it states.

Image by Elekes Andor.

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Maye Musk, mother of tech billionaire Elon Musk, attracted attention over the weekend for posting controversial advice regarding the 2024 election on social media. On Saturday, she shared a message on her son's X platform suggesting—likely sarcastically—that Republicans should commit voter fraud to even the field with Democrats in Georgia. Additionally, she encouraged supporters of President Donald J. Trump to use false identities to cast multiple ballots at various polling places on election day. show more
October 7, 2024
Election 2024
War

Here’s How Trump & Harris Are Marking the Oct 7 Anniversary.

Former President Donald J. Trump and his 2024 election opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, are both set to mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel today.

President Trump is expected to visit the Brooklyn, NY tomb of Orthodox Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. This evening, Trump will host a remembrance event at his golf club in Doral, Florida. Meanwhile, Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will hold a ceremony at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.

“Jewish community leaders will gather to honor the 1,200 lives lost after being taken hostage and killed on that fateful morning one year ago,” the Trump campaign said in a statement before Monday’s remembrance ceremony in Florida. They added: “The event will also remember the victims of antisemitic violence that has continued to afflict communities worldwide since that tragic day.”

Meanwhile, Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will plant a small tree on the grounds of the Naval Observatory. Harris will deliver brief remarks. Emhoff, who is recently Jewish, will also attend and receive a prayer at the American Jewish Committee’s National October 7 Memorial commemoration in Washington, D.C.

Joe Biden will mark the day at the White House, holding a small ceremony with rabbis and participating in a yahrzeit candle lighting. Biden has also said he intends to follow Pope Francis’s call for a day of prayer and fasting.

MIDDLE EAST AT WAR. 

A year ago, the Hamas terrorist group launched a series of barbaric attacks against Israel, killing over 1,200 in a single day. In addition, several hundred Israelis—along with dozens of foreign nationals—were taken into the Gaza territory by Hamas as hostages. While a number have been freed, the terror group has murdered several of them.

Currently, it is believed around 100 hostages remain in Gaza—though some suspect only about 70 are still alive. It is believed that seven of the hostages still held are American citizens.

The day also marks the first anniversary of the start of a broader conflict across the Middle East. The Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon have repeatedly attacked Israel since October 7. Consequently, following a series of decapitation strikes, Israel has launched a ground war in Lebanon aimed at dismantling Hezbollah.

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Former President Donald J. Trump and his 2024 election opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, are both set to mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel today. show more