Harris should not repeat this mistake

Harris and Trump will face off on Tuesday in what could be a decisive TV debate. The vice president will be confronted with past mistakes.

Philadelphia – The presidential elections in the USA are approaching, on Tuesday Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet in a televised debate. It is the first and possibly last time that they will have to assert themselves in a TV duel. Trump could use a strategy that his supporter Tulsi Gabbard successfully used against Harris five years ago. Back then, Harris not only started to sweat, but also completely lost the image of a quick-witted politician.

TV debate against Trump is imminent: Harris should not repeat this mistake on Tuesday

In the 2019 televised debate in Detroit, then-Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard took a hard line on her rival Kamala Harris, accusing Harris of “putting over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughing about it when asked if she had ever smoked marijuana” during her tenure as California Attorney General.

Gabbard also accused Harris of withholding evidence “that would have freed an innocent man from death row” and “keeping people in prison beyond their sentence to use them as cheap labor.” Harris barely responded to the allegations. Instead, she accused Gabbard of consistently criticizing Democratic politicians, including Barack Obama, for years.

Harris lost her image as a quick-witted candidate years ago: does she have a chance in the TV debate against Trump?

Harris was unable to defend herself effectively against the allegations at the time, which gave her the image of a weak politician who cannot defend herself. Some of her allies claim, according to Politicothat the Vice President has learned from this mistake. She was already able to demonstrate her skills in the “widely praised debate” against Mike Pence in 2020.

How well Harris will do in the TV debate will be revealed on Tuesday. Tulsi Gabbard, who has since left the Democratic Party, is supporting Donald Trump in his preparation for the debate. Rania Batrice, who briefly worked as campaign manager during Gabbard’s presidential candidacy and has since distanced herself from her, said according to Politico predicted that Gabbard will advise Trump to “take a page out of her 2019 playbook and embrace the hypocrisy role.”

Harris vs. Trump in TV duel: Showdown on Tuesday “may be decisive for the election”

The strategy would at least work. In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly verbally attacked Harris and portrayed her as a liberal maverick. Among other things, he called her “crazy” and a “radical leftist” and claimed that the 59-year-old had only identified herself as black late in her career in order to gain political advantages.

Erin Christie, a communications scientist at Rutgers University, said of the upcoming duel: “These are two very different candidates who have never met in person before.” In her opinion, the debate will be “very enlightening” and “perhaps decisive for the election.” The last duel between Trump and Biden was watched by 51.3 million people. On Tuesday, that number could be exceeded. Polls indicate a neck-and-neck race. (nz)