We've spoken about how Kamala Harris seems to need to drag in celebrities to pump up her audience numbers. Unlike President Donald Trump, we might add, who doesn't need to do that because he is the person people are coming to see.
As we reported on Thursday night, she had Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama, and even Samuel L. Jackson at a rally in Georgia. I like Jackson as an actor, so it's sad that he's deluded in this regard. As my colleague Bob Hoge wrote, Springsteen's singing was sad at best — "sounded like a cat being throttled."
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But once Obama and Springsteen were done, it looked like many folks decided that they didn't care about sticking around to hear what Kamala had to say, as many headed to the doors as she started speaking.
After Obama spoke, Harris took the stage, but her usual walk-on song did not play, leaving the 60-year-old to enter without the same energy seen at other rallies.
While the vast majority of attendees in the stadium remained, dozens of people were spotted exiting the bleachers as she spoke in the way baseball fans head for the exits of a blowout in the late innings to avoid traffic.
It was perhaps especially funny that they were making for the exits as she spoke about "turning the page."
Everybody left Kamala's rally after Bruce Springsteen and Barack Hussein Obama were done.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 25, 2024
Not a great look!pic.twitter.com/8JRtLA7yvx
Lmfao about 1/3rd of the crowd at Kamala's rally dipped after Bruce Springsteen was done playing.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 25, 2024
Fakest presidential campaign of all time.pic.twitter.com/bgFxTB5MMR
The funny thing, too, is while you might get some people out for a concert, you're not really showing people you need to convince to vote for you that you give a darn about their concerns when all you can do is drag out rich celebrities, and you're not really providing answers that they want to hear on the important questions. Some aren't even sticking around to hear you, maybe because they know there aren't any answers there.
What's more, she's actually plagiarizing Hillary Clinton's last moves. Clinton also had Obama and Springsteen come out for her in a final push in 2016 in Philadelphia. Harris is also going to have Springsteen do a show in Philly.
Springsteen also played for crooked Hillary in 2016.
— joe miller (@joemill37087868) October 25, 2024
Hillary.
Lost.
Too. pic.twitter.com/QnKGshZm2O
Hillary supposedly had 40,000 people for that concert — her biggest rally. Kamala? About 23,000, according to her team, so you can't even trust it's that much.
Maybe it's not a good thing to plagiarize the loser?
Even CNN's Kasie Hunt had that thought, and she noted the result.
"With 11 days to go, I got to tell you, to this reporter, it feels a little familiar because I remember these scenes from 2016 when Hillary Clinton rallied in Philadelphia with Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen," Hunt said.
"That event was basically a victory rally that was held before all the votes were cast and we all know how it turned out," Hunt added.
"The echo is unmistakable," Hunt said.
Let's hope the result is echoed.
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And now the numbers for Trump are starting to pile up, as we've reported, with even the possibility of taking the popular vote being in view.
But as we keep saying, it only happens if you vote. Make it happen.
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