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The David Pakman Show

8/12/24: Kamala crowds and polls explode while Trump hides and Vance fails

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

News, Politics

4.8 β€’ 6.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

-- On the Show: -- Kamala Harris and Tim Walz hold a packed rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Donald Trump's schedule is almost completely clear while he sits at home -- Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona endorses Kamala Harris over Donald Trump and speaks at a Harris/Walz rally in Arizona -- JD Vance grants a number of interviews, including to ABC News and CNN, and they are all disasters -- Tim Walz goes directly at Donald Trump over his obsession with the size of his crowd -- Donald Trump stuns audience at Montana rally-gone-wrong with a terrifying meltdown -- After telling a confusing story about a helicopter and Willie Brown, the explanation turns out to be that Donald Trump got two black men confused for each other -- Kamala Harris has tied Donald Trump in a new North Carolina poll, and is found to be more trusted on the economy than Trump in another poll -- A pathetic and desperate Trump wrongly claims that Kamala Harris' crowd at an airport rally was digitally enhanced with "AI" -- Celine Dion crushes Donald Trump for the unauthorized use of the song about a sinking ship, the Titanic, at a recent rally -- On the Bonus Show: Kamala Harris also (like Trump) supports eliminating taxes on tips, MAGA election deniers going all-out to rig Georgia, the rapidly shrinking pool of undecided voters, much more... πŸ›‘οΈ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 😁 Zippix Toothpicks: Code PAKMAN10 saves you 10% at https://zippixtoothpicks.com πŸ“° Subscribe to The Washington Post for just $0.25/week at https://washingtonpost.com/pakman 🌳 MyHeritage: Discover your family roots for FREE for 14 days at https://davidpakman.com/myheritage 😺 Smalls cat food: Use code PAKMAN for 50% off & free shipping at https://smalls.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://www.davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- Pakman Discord: https://www.davidpakman.com/discord -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow -- Leave a Voicemail: (219)-2DAVIDP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, I hope everybody had a great weekend. I'm increasingly convinced that we are currently in a political time now the next

0:14.2

few months until this election and then depending on what happens the immediate

0:18.0

period thereafter I believe this is a time that we are going to remember the texture and the feel and the details of in a way

0:26.8

that is not typical. I remember the 20-12 presidential election when Barack

0:31.3

Obama was seeking re-election and Mitt Romney

0:33.4

challenged him from the Republican side and President Obama won and he won easily.

0:37.9

I remember where I was when the announcement was made that Barack Obama had been

0:42.2

reelected but that three or four months was not unprecedented and unique in the way that what we are

0:54.3

experiencing right now is and every single day we are getting a week or multiple

1:00.3

weeks worth of political news and just this weekend Harris Waltz with a series

1:06.7

of rallies it felt like the roof was going to be blown off of the arenas where they were speaking from the energy

1:15.5

and the excitement and we're going to look at a couple of them. We start with Las Vegas where I don't know how else to say it. The energy is palpable, the audience fired up in a near

1:31.4

frenzy and the comparison to what's happening with Trump Vance

1:37.1

never mind that trumps off the campaign trail with the exception of one event a week

1:41.7

and JD Vance's events, low energy would be an upgrade.

1:46.2

Forget about the contrast.

1:48.5

We have not seen this level of enthusiasm on the Democratic side for a long time. Here is Tim Waltz pointing out

1:55.6

these people are weird and we don't want their weird crap and this is

2:01.9

landing and it is landing really well.

2:04.0

I said it I want to be clear.

2:05.0

I didn't call anybody names.

2:07.0

I spent enough years in that lunchroom to know bullies when I see them.

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