Donald Trump Goes on Offense as Kamala Harris Presses Fears About Fascism

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Kamala Harris gets lukewarm reviews for her town hall on CNN, as she and her campaign go all-in on calling Donald Trump a fascist and stoking fears about authoritarian rule if he wins. On this episode of Potomac Watch, Paul Gigot speaks with Democratic pollster Mark Penn, who says Democrats have decided that demonizing Trump is the best way to win and describes what to look for between now and Election Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:27.0	Welcome to Potomac Watch, the Daily Opinion Podcast of the Wall Street Journal.
0:33.7	My name is Paul Gigo.
0:35.1	I'm the editor of those pages.
0:37.0	And 12 days out from Election Day,
0:39.3	the 2024 presidential and congressional races are historically close.
0:44.4	The presidential race is essentially tied, especially in the seven swing states that
0:48.6	looked like they will decide the outcome.
0:51.0	My guess today is Mark Penn, a long time Democratic Party
0:54.8	pollster and ran the polling for the Clinton campaign. That's Bill Clinton in
0:59.2	1996. Now he's CEO of the Stagwell Group and he has been conducting the Harvard Harris
1:05.6	Kaps Pole that has been following the 20-24 race from the beginning.
1:10.2	We'll talk about where the race stands now, how events are trending, and what to watch for in the final days.
1:17.0	Welcome, Mark, thanks for joining us today.
1:19.0	Thank you for having me.
1:20.0	So where does the race stand now? I would preface this your last
1:25.0	survey in October, early October found that Kamala Harris has a 1.7 lead
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