Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger as we stumble into Fall), and sit down with this 21st Century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication!
#1 – Whoops: Did You Notice This Small Problem With Kamala’s Oprah Zoom Audience? — by Nick Arama
There were questions about a teleprompter at the event. However, it appears to have come out only at the end when Oprah was giving her wrap-up remarks and telling people where they could go for more information. The lines on the teleprompter were similar to Oprah’s final lines, according to the transcript, not Kamala’s.
It was bad enough already as we reported with Kamala just delivering up disastrous word salads and not answering basic questions. Again, it seemed like a “vibe” group encounter session about feelings more than about results.
However, there was something else that people were questioning on X that appears to be true, as Nick Sorter pointed out. You can check any of the coverage from ABC or that was even posted by Harris herself on her YouTube channel. There appear to be duplicates in the Zoom audience, despite the fact that Oprah was talking about this great “grassroots” effort.
#2 – Tim Walz Manages to Implode Harris Campaign With One Truthful Line That’s Likely to Become Trump Ad — by Nick Arama
He went off into a boatload of falsehoods. Then he claimed that Kamala was working on making things better, without explaining why she hasn’t done that already while occupying office, and how she’s driven prices up and made home ownership out of reach.
Then he finally admitted the truth:
Tim Walz: “We can’t afford four more years of this!” pic.twitter.com/NVXBu4fSyT
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) September 21, 2024
“We can’t afford four more years of this,” Walz said.
Wait, what? Who’s occupying the White House right now, Tim? Who’s been responsible for all this tumult?
#3 – Yikes: Kamala’s Confused Comment About Trump Shows Why They Don’t Want Her Answering Questions — by Nick Arama
Usually when she’s traveling back and forth, you see her running from the car to the plane and completely blowing off the press that might be waiting there, hoping to slip in a question. But for some reason, on Sunday, the press managed to get in at least a couple of queries when she was traveling to New York.
It did not go well.
Kamala says she’ll outline a “vision for the economy” this week “about what we can do more to invest in the aspirations, the ambitions, and the dreams of the American people while addressing the challenges that they face.”
The challenges are *because* of her failures in office. pic.twitter.com/QHB3qRVnsB
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 22, 2024
Kamala says she’ll outline her “vision for the economy” this week that will deal with “what we can create in terms of opportunity for the American people in making an opportunity economy which really is in short form it’s about what we can do more to invest in the aspirations, the ambitions, and the dreams of the American people while addressing the challenges that they face, whether it’s the high price of groceries or the difficulty in being able to acquire home ownership [unintelligible].”
Huh, what?
#4 – Unraveling: The Dam Breaks As the NY Times Notices Some Things About Kamala Harris’ MSNBC ‘Interview’ — by Sister Toldjah
It’s similar to what happened to Joe Biden in 2021 when he continually avoided doing solo press conferences the first few months of his presidency to the point where even his apologists in the White House press corps were openly grumbling and demanding access, calling him in so many words “worse than Trump” in some instances.
Once that access was given, the ball game changed and more people were able to see his incoherency and other problems for themselves throughout his time in office and form opinions about the type of president he was.
The same is starting to hold true of Harris. She finally sat down to take (but not answer) questions, first with CNN and now MSNBC. While we didn’t learn much about her policy positions, the American people learned an awful lot about how much of a vapid, empty suit she actually is.
#5 – WATCH: Dazed and Confused, Joe Biden’s Memory Issues Reach a Shocking New Low — by Bonchie
The president begins by fumbling over his words, asking “Who am I introducing next.” He pauses for several seconds before angrily shouting, “Who’s next?” After standing there looking dumbfounded for nearly ten more seconds, his mouth gaping, the voice of a woman mercifully comes over the loudspeaker to introduce Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.
Biden is completely toasted, and he’s not even trying to hide it anymore. There was a time when he and his handlers would at least play this off as a joke. Now, he’s just shouting at people during public events with his annoyance at even having to fulfill the duties of his office on full display. If you’re looking for an explanation for why Jill Biden has been leading cabinet meetings and handling press interactions at the White House, the above video offers a pretty darn good one.
