You’ve got to wonder what some of these political commentators are drinking when you hear them praise Kamala Harris as some sort of warrioress who, as they claim, totally owned Bret Baier (she didn’t) and handles questions on the campaign trail with aplomb (she doesn’t). Take, for instance, Mark Halperin, a Newsmax contributor who seems pretty down the line with his commentary on the campaigns of Harris and Donald Trump … until very recently.
I’ve taken to watching Halperin’s daily YouTube show, The Morning Meeting, where he moderates a discussion between Republican Sean Spicer and Democrat Dan Turrentine. Halperin, unlike most journo-types, didn’t have Trump’s masterful performance at the Al Smith Dinner on his mind Friday morning; he, instead, wanted to talk about the pro-life “hecklers” who interrupted Kamala’s speech at a recreation center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. When the protesters shouted, “Jesus is Lord” at attendees, Kamala retorted in what my mother would describe as a “smart-alecky” voice:
“Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally.”
This, said Halperin, was proof positive that Kamala, at long last, had gotten her feet under her and was deftly taking on the challenges of the campaign trail, pointing to the Baier interview as the turning point. What the heck?
I gave his comment some thought and concluded that perhaps he’s seeing what he wants to see. That response from Kamala was, at best, a rare, somewhat quick-witted retort from a supposedly seasoned politician; at worst, it shows just how very little the media expects from a woman who wants to be president. (Not to mention how easily she dismissed the pro-lifers and told them they weren’t welcome.) This says a lot about how the left and their media lapdogs have had to change the rules of the game to accommodate underachiever Kamala Harris.