2024 Elections

Since becoming the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris has faced pressure to unveil a comprehensive policy agenda. But one recent Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision could complicate her efforts to implement any robust policies even if she becomes the 47th president of the United States.

According to the New Republic's Jason Linkins, there's "a dark shadow that hangs over everything" as Harris rolls out her policy proposals: The 2024 Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision. In the landmark decision announced in late June toward the very end of SCOTUS' most recent term, the Court's six conservatives notably threw out 40 years of precedent known as the "Chevron deference."

On Saturday afternoon, CNN host Chris Wallace seemed alternately baffled and amused by a conservative guest who claimed that Republican J.D. Vance has been flawless in his role as Donald Trump running mate as the ex-president scrambles to return to the Oval Office.

In the closing segment of Wallace's show where panelists are asked to give their hottest takes," National Review editor-in-chief Rich Lowry attempted to make the case that Vance has been an enormous boost to the Trump campaign.

"Vance obviously did have a rocky introduction to national life," Lowry began before conceding, "The cat lady comments were an anchor around his neck and he's not necessarily the most warm and fuzzy campaigner, but he is proven tireless, fearless, really effective spokesman for this ticket."

He talks to and interacts with the press every single day, does hostile interviews, and, as far as I can tell, has not had one misstep," he continued.

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"Wait a minute," the CNN host interjected. "How about Vance this week telling Kamala Harris to go to hell for criticism about Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery, which in fact, she never made?"

"Do you think the campaign didn't want him to do that or did want to do that?" Lowry smirked.

"I would hope they didn't want him to that," Wallace shot back.

'They probably wanted him to go out and be a forceful critic and an attack dog and he's doing a really good job," the conservative Lowry parried.

"And when he said about Trump's lewd comment, 'Ah, were just having fun?'" Wallace pressed.

"Well, he's on the ticket. what are they going to do?" Lowry offered before continuing, "But he was on Meet the Press last weekend and got about a dozen challenging questions, dealt with them all extremely, adeptly. And that is what he has been doing almost every single day."

"It's going to be a long two months," Wallace replied.

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The breakdown of Electoral College math changed after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. But two battlegrounds remain must-win states in the contest between Harris and former President Donald Trump.

According to the Wall Street Journal, both campaigns have zeroed in on Georgia and Pennsylvania as the cornerstones to their overall victory. While there are other hotly contested swing states up for grabs like Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin, there is a growing consensus among both Democrats and Republicans that their most direct path to 270 requires securing both Georgia and Pennsylvania in their own respective win columns. Democratic strategist and former Bill Clinton adviser Doug Sosnik described those states as the two major "pivot points" in the 2024 race.

During a panel discussion CNN's "The Chris Wallace Show," a conservative pollster and a political commentator both claimed that Donald Trump is playing with fire by alienating voters before what is expected to be a very close election.

Speaking with the host about Donald Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery for a photo-op that has set off a wave of outrage, pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson stated she found the whole escapade deplorable and stated it could hurt him with some families of veterans.

Asked by host Wallace "Did Trump's Arlington behavior undercut his message about Afghanistan and the way we got out?" Soltis Anderson replied, " I think it did. I think that his campaign saying we were not in the wrong and we have video to prove it but then that video has not has mysteriously not emerged I think it's interesting and i think that this is, this is just terrible."

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She continued, "But do I think it's actually going to affect things? Just think, it was two weeks ago that we were talking about Trump trying to draw this weird equivalence between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom. I mean, he has sort of picked fights that people say this is going to cost him with veterans."

"The community of veterans is a very politically diverse community, he had some families there, that's a "Yes. come with us to Section 60' and others that say 'No, we think this guy's a disgrace," she added.

Commentator Kara Swisher suggested the former president is doing nothing to add to the voter pool he needs and, instead, is driving them away with a series of missteps.

"This was a political event for him and then there was some scheme around Kamala Harris," she began. "Every time he manages to step in it, he steps in it and he didn't just end there with the heinous behavior."

"My dad was in the military until he died, "she continued. "For me this is so offensive, and I can't can't believe someone did this and then pushed around an employee."

"So but how about Kristen's point? " host Wallace interjected. "You find it offensive, a lot of stuff is offensive."

"You have to be offended. I think most people whose parents went into the military would be offended, but that's okay," she countered. "You don't have to be but then he like tops it by doing the the other thing around Kamala Harris, tweeting something about sexual activity, which is comparing her and Hillary Clinton in a really grotesque way. He's just one after the next after the next, and it's offensive to someone somewhere. He's not adding voters, he's subtracting voters."

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