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Jimmy Fallon Has The Ideal Way For Kamala Harris To ‘Rattle’ Trump At Next Week’s Debate

The differences between failed one-term former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris could not be more striking, and that includes how they’re preparing for their first (and maybe only) debate, which will be held next Tuesday, Sept. 10 in Philadelphia and hosted by ABC News.

According to CNN, the contrast between the two candidate’s debate prep could not be more profound.

“For Harris, a stand-in for the former president — wearing his signature red tie — has helped her visualize the scene ahead of time. Trump, meanwhile, has eschewed a sparring partner in the role of Harris, choosing instead to replicate the informal “policy time” that formed his preparation ahead of June’s debate with President Joe Biden.”

Additionally, Harris has the advantage of discussing what to expect from Trump by consulting the last two opponents the disgraced ex-president debated, one in 2016 and the other in 2020.

“One advantage Harris has benefited from is advice from the only two Democrats to have faced off against Trump on a debate stage: Biden and Clinton. Harris maintains a close relationship with both, and each has offered their counsel since she became the nominee.”

That being said, “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon noted Tuesday during his monologue that he has some timely advice for Harris.

“Both Harris and Trump are spending hours each day preparing. Harris is working on various comebacks, while Trump is up to 80 hot dogs in 10 minutes,” Fallon quipped.

“Apparently in her debate prep, Harris is focusing on ways to rattle Trump,” he added. “Yep, she wants to rattle Trump. Right now she’s deciding whether to wear a jacket that says IRS or FBI.”

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These 2 Battleground States Will Probably Decide The 2024 Election

Most political pundits and polling experts agree that seven swing states are of tantamount importance to the campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and disgraced former president Donald Trump: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

However, the election may be decided in just two of those seven states, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Democratic strategist and former Bill Clinton adviser Doug Sosnik told the Journal that Georgia and Pennsylvania are the two most important “pivot points” in the 2024 race for the White House.

“If Trump can win Pennsylvania or Harris can win Georgia, I think they are then overwhelming favorites to win the election,” Sosnik said. “It’s still possible for Trump to win without Georgia, it’s still possible for Harris to win without Pennsylvania, but it’s a lot more difficult.”

According to reports, strategists inside the Trump camp believe their best chance of victory is to focus on Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Winning those would secure 271 Electoral College votes, one more than the 270 needed to be named president. That would be the case even if Trump was unsuccessful in carrying Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin.

Democrats, however, are laser-focused on Georgia and Pennsylvania. If Harris wins them, she would then only need one of the following states — Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin — to go her way for her to reach 270.

Based on recent polls, it would seem that Harris has the advantage over Trump in all of the battleground states, as she continues to see her numbers rise while the ex-president loses support, especially among self-identified independent voters and Republicans who vote for President Joe Biden in 2020.

Does the Harris campaign see things that way, too? According to Dan Kanninen, the Harris campaign’s director of battleground states, he expects the battleground states to be “really competitive again this time around,” adding, “We have a record of winning close races in these states—and in Pennsylvania and Georgia, our record is stronger than Team MAGA.”

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Kamala Harris Only Needs 2 Words To Obliterate Trump’s Latest Fact-Free Attack

On Wednesday, failed one-term and twice-impeached former president Donald Trump suggested that social media engagement numbers for the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris were being inflated, claiming that he was far outpacing her online.

In an all-caps rant he posted on his failing Truth Social site, Trump blared:

“IT’S ALWAYS FAKE WITH KAMALA. WE’RE DOMINATING HER ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO SHE MAKES UP A FAKE LIST OF HER NUMBERS VERSUS MY NUMBERS. ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENT IS REAL AND ORGANIC, WHILE KAMALA HAS TO PAY FOR HER FAKE ENGAGEMENT. WE’RE BEATING HER ‘LIKE A DRUM’, LIKE WE WILL BEAT HER ON NOVEMBER 5TH. IT’S ALL FAKE, IT’S ALL MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION. WE ARE DESTROYING THE DEMOCRATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA!”

Wow! That’s a hell of a lot of insecurity for one screed. And it’s also proof that the Trump campaign is floundering, with his poll numbers fading and Harris tied or ahead in several key battleground states.

Rather than try to counter Trump’s blatant lies, the Harris campaign tweeted out a two-word response that vaporized Donald’s whining:

That set off a wave of online mockery aimed squarely at the convicted GOP nominee.

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Insecure Trump Claims Kamala Harris’ Social Media Engagement Is ‘ALL FAKE’ In Whiny All-Caps Post

As she continues to lead in the polls over failed former president/convicted felon Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris is also killing it on social media, seeing her online engagement skyrocket so much that Axios noted in an article the Harris campaign has reached a point of “dominance” in the online realm.

By the numbers: The @KamalaHarris TikTok account gained 2 million followers in the first 24 hours since she became the presidential nominee and now has over 4.8 million.

The first six TikTok videos had more than 113 million views combined as of earlier this month.

The @KamalaHQ account, which was rebranded from Biden HQ, has grown its following from 440K followers to over 3.9 million followers.

Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign is stuck with his posts being seen on his ever-contracting Truth Social platform, which are later reposted on Twitter, but to a much smaller audience than ever.

Is Trump worried that he’s losing the online battle with Harris? Oh yes! Very worried, and he proved it today with an all-caps rant in response to the Axios article.

“IT’S ALWAYS FAKE WITH KAMALA. WE’RE DOMINATING HER ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO SHE MAKES UP A FAKE LIST OF HER NUMBERS VERSUS MY NUMBERS. ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENT IS REAL AND ORGANIC, WHILE KAMALA HAS TO PAY FOR HER FAKE ENGAGEMENT. WE’RE BEATING HER ‘LIKE A DRUM’, LIKE WE WILL BEAT HER ON NOVEMBER 5TH. IT’S ALL FAKE, IT’S ALL MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION. WE ARE DESTROYING THE DEMOCRATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA!”

Trump knows he’s losing, and it terrifies him. He knows that losing the election means he will be found guilty of multiple federal charges and sent to prison for a very long time.

Others on social media were delighted by Trump’s palpable fear, and they let him know it.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She’s ‘Prepared’ If The 2024 Election Winds Up Before The Supreme Court

If, as expected, the 2024 election winds up being close, the results may wind up in front of the United States Supreme Court, which would then be forced to rule on who won, much as they did in 2000, declaring George W. Bush president instead of then-Vice President Al Gore based on a few hundred controversial ballots in the state of Florida.

Is the high court ready for such a scenario? According to Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, she’s pondered such a scenario and is “as prepared as anyone can be.”

Speaking with Norah O’Donnell of CBS News, according to HuffPost, Jackson explained her thoughts on the matter.

With a laugh, Jackson flipped the script on O’Donnell, saying, “Let me ask you, are you prepared for all of the news cycles that you’re getting as a result of this election?”

“Um, no,” the host replied.

“No, exactly,” Jackson said. “I mean, I think there are legal issues that arise out of the political process. And so, the Supreme Court has to be prepared to respond — if — if that should be necessary.”

Justice Jackson also weighed in on the high court’s controversial ruling in July that a president has immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. Jackson dissented in that decision, warning that it “breaks new and dangerous ground.”

“In your dissent, you wrote that, ‘The court declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can, under circumstances yet to be fully determined, become a law unto himself.’ Sounds like a warning,” O’Donnell noted.

“You were concerned about broad immunity?” O’Donnell inquired.

“I was concerned about a system that appeared to provide immunity for one individual under one set of circumstances. When we have a criminal justice system that had ordinarily treated everyone the same,” Jackson responded.

The 6-3 decision was crafted by the six conservative members of the court, with the three progressive justices, Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissenting, arguing that giving such total immunity to a president makes him accountable to no one, much like a king.