Charlie Kirk and Megyn Kelly Analyze Kamala Harris's Path to Victory and Controversial Campaign Tactics
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Charlie Kirk and Megyn Kelly Analyze Kamala Harris's Path to Victory and Controversial Campaign Tactics
Charlie Kirk breaks down the narrow path Kamala Harris needs to win, including late-breaking independents, hidden pro-abortion voters, and massive female turnout. Kirk and Megyn Kelly dissect the controversial campaign ad encouraging wives to vote differently than their husbands, calling it "marital subversion" and a symptom of deeper societal decay. They examine Harris's closing message labeling opponents as Nazis and fascists, discuss why internal Democratic polling shows this strategy is failing, and analyze Doug Emhoff's past allegations. Kirk argues that young zealots have taken over Harris's campaign messaging, potentially costing her the election by motivating Republican turnout instead of persuading swing voters.
Charlie Kirk outlines the specific conditions that would need to align for Kamala Harris to win the election. First, there needs to be a late breaking of independents in her direction, with those undecided voters tilting 65-40 or almost 70-30 in her favor, rather than splitting 50-50. Second, she needs a quiet pro-abortion vote that nobody is detecting in the polling. Kirk notes that after doing well over 20 campus stops with thousands of students attending, including 5,000 at the University of Georgia, he sees minimal counter-protests, suggesting the energy on abortion has plateaued beyond the base.
Third, Harris needs massive female turnout, winning approximately 70% of the female vote in battleground states. Finally, she needs people to essentially lie to their husbands, which Kirk finds particularly troubling.
The Controversial Marriage Ad
Kirk and Megyn Kelly discuss a Harris campaign advertisement that encourages wives to secretly vote differently than their husbands. The ad shows a woman wearing an American hat entering a polling station with her husband, who appears to be a Trump supporter. Inside the voting booth, she votes for Harris while the voiceover states, "In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose, you can vote any way you want, and no one will ever know." The ad concludes with "Remember, what happens in the booth stays in the booth."
Kirk calls the advertisement "repulsive" and "nauseating," describing it as the embodiment of the downfall of the American family. He argues it promotes a form of marital dishonesty where a wife lies to her husband who "probably works his tail off to make sure that she can go and have a nice life and provides for the family." Megyn Kelly agrees, noting that she has never spoken to her husband Doug in such a disrespectful way in their 18 years together, referencing reports that Harris's first words to Doug Emhoff when she couldn't reach him on the day Biden dropped out were "Where the F were you?"
Doug Emhoff's Past Allegations
Kelly brings up that Kamala Harris is married to a man who has been credibly accused of being a woman beater. She explains that his denial was a "non-denial denial," stating the report was untrue while offering character evidence rather than a factual denial. A woman went on the record anonymously with the Daily Mail with great detail about how Emhoff struck her across the face for no reason when they weren't even fighting, a year before he began his relationship with Harris.
Kirk argues this context makes it unsurprising that Harris and her team would promote dishonesty and division in marriage, suggesting they don't have the kind of relationship where they can be honest about political differences. He emphasizes that the Harris campaign is promoting what he calls "marital subversion" at scale, with campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon suggesting there's a quiet suburban woman vote that won't be detected in household polling data.
The Nazi and Fascist Rhetoric
Kirk criticizes Harris's closing message of calling the opposition fascists and Nazis, arguing that moderate swing voters are repulsed by this kind of language. He notes that Harris is underwater on every issue except abortion, including capacity to lead, and even on likability and favorability. He questions the logic of spending weeks calling opponents Nazis and then trying to deliver an uplifting message about unity.
Kirk poses a pointed question: "Kamala, are you going to allow people, are you going to allow a Nazi a seat at the table to help you decide policy? Do you actually believe the crap you're spewing? Are you going to go bring a bunch of Nazis and unite the country with them? Either which one is it, Kamala, that you want an uplifting future or that half the country are worthy of extermination?"
Kelly adds that reports from Dan Turrentine on two-way with Mark Halperin and from The Daily show that Democratic internal testing reveals this messaging isn't working. The message has gone out in swing states to lower-ticket politicians that they don't have to follow Harris's approach, and there's data suggesting they shouldn't.
Young Zealots Running the Campaign
Kirk theorizes that young zealots high on their own supply have taken over the Harris campaign messaging, demanding the red meat rhetoric their base desires. He suggests they're trying to boost Democratic turnout because it's not where it was in 2020 proportionally. He references a behind-the-scenes photo of Karine Jean-Pierre's communications staff at the White House showing what appeared to be very young women who looked like diversity hires without enough life experience to be running White House communications on the most serious issues.
Kelly agrees, suggesting these same people have transferred over to Harris's campaign and are deciding that Hitler and fascism messaging is the way to go. She argues these middle Americans who are more mature with life experience have lived through many elections where these terms get thrown around about Republicans only, and they don't believe it anymore.
Kirk notes that even The Young Turks, despite attacking him regularly on YouTube, have been intellectually honest on Twitter, with Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur tweeting that this is how you lose an election. They've pointed out that this rhetoric only gives more motivation for Republicans to get more family members to vote and provides ammunition for the base to work harder because it frames the election as one of survival.
Harris Responds to Biden's Garbage Comment
The segment concludes with Kamala Harris responding to President Biden's comment about garbage: "President Biden clarified his comments, but let me be clear: I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for. You heard my speech last night and continuously throughout my career, I believe that the work that I do is about representing all the people, whether they support me or not. And as president of the United States, I will be a president for all Americans, whether you vote for me or not. That's my responsibility and that's the kind of work that I've done my entire career, and I take it very seriously."
Kirk remains skeptical of this claim, given the campaign's recent messaging strategy and the promotion of marital dishonesty in their advertising. He believes that if Harris wins by declaring war on half the country, it would be a first in American history. However, his instinct and gut feeling, shared by many Democrats, is that this is not the way to win power in America, and this strategy will ultimately backfire by motivating Republican turnout rather than persuading swing voters.
