The announcement of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Vice President Kamala Harris’ working mate has solely elevated the keenness across the Democratic presidential marketing campaign. Hundreds of individuals are lining up to see the 2 at rallies.
It’s one other story for Republicans. “The Daily Show” correspondent Jordan Klepper filmed a discipline piece at a MAGA rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this weekend. Having lined quite a few MAGA occasions through the years, Klepper wished to test in on a bunch that has spent plenty of time attacking President Joe Biden, solely to search out out he’s now not working towards convicted felon Donald Trump.
What Klepper bumped into in Harrisburg didn’t really feel notably thrilling, however it positive was stuffed with insults, finger pointing, and conspiracy theories.
“Do you think Kamala is qualified to be president?” Klepper requested one MAGA-clad man who responded, “somebody that cackles all the time, and laughs at everything under the sun? Are you kidding me?”
“A woman experiencing joy, not your thing,” Klepper replied.
When one MAGA attendee defined that his massive drawback with Harris was that, “she’s backpedaling on all her earlier feedback,” and that he believed Ohio Sen. JD Vance would “stand up for Trump,” Klepper wished to be clear on what.
Klepper: He’ll stand as much as the individuals who examine Donald Trump to Hitler.
Man: Yeah.
Klepper: What occurs if these persons are additionally JD Vance?
Lastly, it wouldn’t be a MAGA occasion if it wasn’t chock stuffed with conspiracy theories across the try on Trump’s life. Everybody from former president Barack Obama to the “deep state” is a suspect in response to the individuals Klepper interviewed.
“Does it surprise you to hear that it was a disgruntled white guy? A Republican gun nut?” Klepper requested one girl.
“No,” she responds, “because you know what? We’ll never know why he was picked.”
“Disgruntled white guy who’s into guns at a Trump rally.” Klepper follows the blunted logic of the conspiracy theory. “It’s like a ‘Where’s Waldo?’ situation. It’s like, oh my God, who doesn’t fit that profile?”
“Exactly,” she agrees.
Most of Trump’s time has been spent both in a court docket of regulation, or asking billionaires for cash. However the aggrieved MAGA motion continues to carry rallies and typically you simply must take the air out of their balloon.
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