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The difference in political style between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was on full display this week. The Secret Service has unveiled a new strategy for protecting presidential candidates, starting with the guy they epically failed to protect during a campaign event in Butler, PA. But heartlanders were far more horrified by the latest Venezuelan-style economic promises of the vice president.
The Latest Harris Hashtag: #Kamunism
Under the Harris-Walz economic plan, using price control would spark shortages and send inflation soaring even higher. These socialist measures never work. They destroyed the economies of Cuba, Venezuela, and Russia. Yet Harris dug in during her poorly attended rally in North Carolina. "My plan will include new penalties for opportunistic companies that exploit crises and break the rules," Harris said. In short, the Federal Trade Commission bureaucrats will determine what your local markets can charge for a bag of Doritos and a jar of salsa.
Harris is also giving away taxpayer dollars to those who want a house but may not have the means to get one. The VP has a plan for that, stating her policies will "provide first-time homebuyers with $25,000 to help with the down payment on a new home."
Dan Coen, in Canton, OH, called her out: "Her handlers and puppet masters, running the government, were forced to come up with these ridiculous and simplistic economic policies because they know it's the only thing she can rinse and repeat, without having to cover for her inability to understand complex economic policies or how businesses work in our economy."
Even many left-leaning news outlets favorable to Harris and Walz called her plan "ridiculous" and "disastrous." Jason Furman, an economist in the Obama administration, was aghast, saying: "This is not sensible policy, and I think the biggest hope is that it ends up being a lot of rhetoric and no reality."
Others believed this was the first salvo in a long game: Eric Pearce in Indiana wrote: "Not her ideas. The game is to push the 'far left' even further left, which would have the effect of moving the 'middle' to the left as well. Not a bad LONG TERM STRATEGY when they are going to lose anyway."
It's a Miracle
The embarrassing epic failure by the US Secret Service to protect the former POTUS and candidate for president has shaken the agency to its core, searching for a way out of the hole. But they may have found a sturdy ladder for ascension: bulletproof glass. Though normally reserved for sitting presidents and vice presidents, it seems an exception will be made for Trump.
Agents will surround Trump with impenetrable glass – much like the Pope Mobile. Perhaps he will be given his own sedia gestatoria and ride in style everywhere he speaks. In Salt Lake City, UT, Bob Lyman spoke out: "Great strategy revealing the plan."
Roy Fernandez weighed in from Chicago, warning, "Ok . . . Time to do the opposite." And Rich Dahl in Boone, IA, remarked: "I really can't think that he'll be any safer with the SS standing behind him."
