WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.759 edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to 3 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:08.240 give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind, 4 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.599 and to subscribe, download and listen to the show every 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:15.720 single day on your favorite podcast platform. And this anniversary 6 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:18.559 of nine to eleven, right, I mean, that is truly 7 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:22.480 the American way. Everybody ran toward the fire and to 8 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.239 all of those heroes on Flight ninety three and the 9 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:29.239 Twin Towers, etc. That is the American way. So we 10 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:33.479 remember them today as we try to save America for 11 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:35.960 the future. And that brings us, of course to the 12 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:39.119 debate last night. So I have to start with an apology, 13 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:42.560 right because if you listen to this show, it took 14 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.560 all the suspense out of last night because exactly what 15 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:50.479 I predicted would happened would happen. And it was horrific, right, 16 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:56.640 It was obscene. It was election interference. It was a 17 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:01.000 form of rigging an election. It was a disgrace to journalism. 18 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:07.079 You know what these Harris staffers called moderators did last night. 19 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.359 It was such a disservice to the American people because 20 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:13.560 the American people deserved the truth, the American people tuned 21 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.359 in for the truth. The American people wanted the answers 22 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.959 from both candidates, and as I predicted, the way that 23 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:25.480 they protected Harris to the extreme it was just downright dishonest. 24 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:28.359 But it deprived the American people of what they needed. 25 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.959 And that in the end, for reasons I'm about to 26 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:35.560 dive into, is going to end up backfiring on Harris. 27 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:38.719 It's going to backfire on the left long term. It's 28 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.439 going to actually help Trump. You know, for the same 29 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:46.560 reason that all of these bogus criminal charges and all 30 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:50.159 of this corruption of the criminal justice system to try 31 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:53.319 to defeat Trump has backfired on the left and helped Trump. 32 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:55.560 That's why the sentencing was put off right, that was 33 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:57.359 supposed to be coming up in a week, because it 34 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.000 was going to help Trump. So for the same reason 35 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:03.840 that fundamental unfairness last night is going to backfire in 36 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:07.920 Trump's favor. But there's there's another reason. It's it's going 37 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:10.360 to really hurt Harris and really help Trump. And I 38 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:12.520 want to get into that right now. Eighty five for 39 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:15.199 zero five A two five five text d an five 40 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.000 seven seven three nine. I can't wait hear from me 41 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.039 in the phones and text is always right, but man, 42 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.680 I'm gonna throwback. I'd love the phone calls too, And 43 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:27.240 I want your take obviously on who won and lost 44 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:31.960 and why, but also should Trump debate Harris again? The 45 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.240 Taylor Swift effect? What do you think it's going to be. 46 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.439 I'm looking at a headline right now on CNN or 47 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:41.000 a second ago talking about the enormity of the Taylor 48 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:45.000 Swift endorsement. But let me start with this, Okay, I 49 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:48.879 want to give you my take on who won last night? 50 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.759 First of all, for all of these people, and I 51 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:55.479 understand it's the majority of analysts, etc. Out there saying 52 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:59.280 that Harris won the debate last night, I think they're 53 00:02:59.319 --> 00:02:59.919 provably wrong. 54 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:00.159 Oh. 55 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.479 I don't think anybody can credibly say that Harris won 56 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.639 the debate because that goes back to the definition of winning. 57 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:12.080 What is a win for Kamala Harris last night? There's 58 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:15.560 only one meaningful definition of winning, changing the arc of 59 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.039 the race so that she's elected president. This was her 60 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:24.719 last best opportunity to do that, and I think she 61 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.360 clearly failed at that. So how can you say she 62 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:31.319 won the debate when all indications are that she did 63 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.039 not change the arc of the race. So I think 64 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:39.280 she clearly lost the debate according to the definition that 65 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.199 matters most, and the proof of that you don't have 66 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.560 to take my word for it. The proof of that 67 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:49.599 is that she immediately asked for a second debate. If 68 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:51.759 she had won the debate, meaning change the ark of 69 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:53.840 the race, so she was now on track to win, 70 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:58.479 she would not have asked for a second debate. That's irrefutable. 71 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:04.000 So I think it is inaccurate to say that Kamala 72 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:09.319 Harris won the debate. Now did Trump win the debate? Again? 73 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:11.560 We come back to the definition. Listen, come on, anybody 74 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:14.759 in the right mind watching that debate last night, if 75 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.120 you want Donald Trump to win, was going to be 76 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:21.839 very frustrated that he missed so many obvious openings. Yeah, yeah, 77 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:26.240 I'm frustrated. Everybody's frustrated he missed those openings. I don't 78 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:29.639 think he's getting enough credit for the many really good 79 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:33.839 things he did last night. Again, keeping in mind that 80 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.879 that is such a tough scenario when it literally is 81 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:41.639 three against one and the other two the Harris staffers 82 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.519 who were there, Meir and Lindsey Davis. The Harris staffers 83 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:49.360 are smarter and more effective than Harris's so in that 84 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:53.160 three on one, limited time, etc. I think he did 85 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:55.879 some remarkably good things he's not getting enough credit for. 86 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:00.480 But clearly he missed a lot of openings. Is it 87 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.000 possible to say that he won the debate? Well, this 88 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:08.199 comes back to what's the definition of winning. It is 89 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.800 the definition of winning that you have polls right afterwards 90 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.680 that say, oh, yeah, sixty percent say Trump on forty 91 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.680 percent say Harris. That's not the definition of winning the debate. 92 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:21.920 The definition of winning the debate is to do what 93 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:24.759 you have to do to win the presidency. If that's 94 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:28.800 the definition of winning the debate, Yeah, Trump won the debate, 95 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:33.720 and that's because, hey, there was no major gaff that 96 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:38.319 turned the race in her favor. That that's winning the debate, 97 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.120 especially under those circumstances. But think about the history of 98 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:45.959 these presidential debates. You know, it's all about the big gaffes. 99 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.759 It's not Wow, Johnny was so impressive in that debate, 100 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:52.519 He's going to win the presidency, except for maybe John Kennedy, right, 101 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:57.079 because that contrasted Nixon. But no, it's about the big 102 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:03.319 gaffs that cost people. And so Trump avoided that last night, 103 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.199 which I think is very significant because while he missed 104 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:09.439 so many opportunities, right, and it would have been great, 105 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:14.319 and if he hit half those opportunities, she's clearly done now. 106 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:18.120 She's not bidenized the way he was on June twenty seven, 107 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:21.279 but she's clearly done now. And he missed a lot 108 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:25.759 of those opportunities. But that's not a fraction as harmful 109 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:29.279 as some big gaff and there was no big gaff. 110 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.279 And on temperament, yeah, he flared up a couple of times, 111 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:34.920 but overall, under the circumstances, I think he did very 112 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:39.040 well on temperament. So yeah, he could have ended the 113 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:45.639 race last night conclusively, missed that opportunity. Frustrating. But if 114 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:49.519 the definition of winning or losing the debate is whether 115 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:52.040 you are now on track to win the presidency, well 116 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:57.680 she lost. She lost. And so as we sit here 117 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:01.319 right now, As we sit here right now and we 118 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:06.600 look at that election interference we saw last night from ABC, 119 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:11.079 please keep in mind that that is an enormous favor 120 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:13.240 I'd say long term, but long term now is over 121 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:15.519 two or three weeks. That's an enormous favor to the 122 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:19.439 Trump campaign because by ABC rigging this thing last night, 123 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:23.839 for Harris. What they did was create the best night 124 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:29.560 possible for her, right the best night possible. She looked 125 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.319 as good as she could possibly look because she was 126 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:39.319 so thoroughly and dishonestly protected by ABC. So if the move, 127 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:42.959 if the needle does not move decisively in her favor 128 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:46.920 right now, if she doesn't open up a big lead 129 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.800 that she sustains over the next three weeks or so, 130 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:54.360 that's disastrous for the Democrats because what that means is 131 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.920 when she has her best night possible because ABC created 132 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:02.439 it for the people just aren't buying it. If she 133 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:05.279 doesn't have a big move in the polls now after 134 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:09.639 last night's charade, it just means the people don't buy 135 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.480 what she's selling. And that is the reality I believe 136 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.680 as we sit in America today and listen, you know 137 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:18.240 it and I know it, we are going to see 138 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:21.000 some polls come out over the next few days that 139 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.600 show this big shift and Harris opening up this lead, etc. 140 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:27.800 And two things on that. First, the media lies for 141 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.240 her all the time exhibit a last night. And one 142 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.879 of the ways the media sometimes lies for her and 143 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:35.440 other Democrats is through polling. So take those with the 144 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:39.559 grain of salt. But second, see what sustains over time, 145 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:44.799 because when you really get into the polling that's been 146 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:50.879 done since last night, almost every indication right now is 147 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:54.279 that she swung and missed. She came up short. Yeah, 148 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:56.440 she looked a lot better than people thought she would 149 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.679 because the bar was so low for good reason, just 150 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:02.200 looking at her past performance, and ABC protected her the 151 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:05.840 way they did. But the fact she looked better than 152 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:10.919 she was expected to doesn't mean she gave those undecided 153 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:15.360 voters what they wanted. And all indications from the polling 154 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.120 overnight is that she didn't. Because I know you're seeing 155 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:21.600 some topline polls that say sixty percent say Harris won 156 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:25.919 the debate. Who cares? That's not what matters. Did it 157 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:30.279 change their vote? Who are they supporting for president? And 158 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.799 in almost every poll I've seen in these many of 159 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.679 them are poles conducted by the left, the answer is no. 160 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:38.159 Most people think she quote won the debate for the 161 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:41.559 reasons I just mentioned. I disagree with that, but in 162 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:44.159 the end, that's not changing the arc of the race. 163 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:47.919 It hasn't changed where the race stood before the debate. 164 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.759 But then it gets even better for Trump. And when 165 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:52.480 we come back and I do it right now. I'm 166 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:54.600 not just trying to do a cheap tease. But when 167 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:56.879 we come back about four to twenty one, I will 168 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.960 give you a profound truth that nobody else is told 169 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:02.200 talking about, nobody in the country is talking about. In 170 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.840 the second you hear it, you're going to say, yeah, 171 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:08.679 that's true, and it's a profound truth about this race, 172 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:13.639 about what happened last night. And I'll give you Exhibit A. 173 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:17.639 I'll play it for you proof that Kamala Harris lost 174 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:21.440 this debate in the first two minutes. You're on the 175 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.600 Dankplas Show. 176 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:26.960 And now back to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 177 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:28.519 Good Morning America. 178 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.919 I'm Charles Gibson, I'm Diane Sorry, and it's Tuesday, September eleventh, 179 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:33.639 two thousand and one. 180 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:37.240 It is lunchtime in London, five am in Los Angeles and. 181 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:38.799 Eight am here in New York. 182 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.720 Live from the CNN Financial News headquarters. 183 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:45.799 It is beautiful outside, perfect September day with lots of sunshine. 184 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:47.759 Oh would you look at Washington. 185 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.639 Huh, I'm going outside today. 186 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.080 Other than that, it's kind of quiet around the country. 187 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:55.399 We like quiet because it's quiet. It's too quiet too. 188 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.799 Yeah, this justin you were looking at. 189 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:01.759 Obviously a very disturbing live shot there that is the 190 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:03.320 World Trade Center. 191 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:04.960 Plus better the majoris in form. 192 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:12.320 Apparently a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center, 193 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:16.399 New York. 194 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.600 We'll play more of that. But you know, I think 195 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:25.919 it's really good that debate happened on September ten because 196 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:28.320 one of the areas where I thought Trump just shined 197 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:32.320 last night. What was talking about foreign policy, talking about 198 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:36.799 war versus peace, and the contrast there is so clear, 199 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.879 and and I don't think there are a handful of 200 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:45.320 undecided voters who really believe that that Kamala Harris has 201 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:48.039 the gravitas to stand up to our enemies or even 202 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:52.120 the inclination to including radical Islam eight five five for 203 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:54.120 zero five eight two five five of the number. Hey, 204 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:56.519 if you missed the first segment, the down and dirty 205 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:59.679 on it is. I think the people saying Harris won 206 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:05.039 the debate are wrong because win means that it increased 207 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.559 her chance to win the presidency, it changed the arc 208 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.559 of the race, and all indications are that it did not. 209 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:14.159 So how can you say she won the debate when 210 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:16.799 it's her last best chance? And I want your take 211 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.720 on whether you think Trump should debate her again eight 212 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:21.840 five to five four zero five eight two five five 213 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.720 text d an five seven seventh three nine. But here's 214 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:29.240 the profound truth, okay, And this is, in my opinion, 215 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:34.159 the proper lens to analyze last night's debate and whether 216 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:37.519 Harris won again defining winning as changing the arc because 217 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.960 she's arcing tour to defeat at this point. Did she 218 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:43.919 change that arc last night? And I think the answers 219 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:48.519 clearly know. But here's why. Because you haven't heard this anywhere. 220 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:50.279 As soon as you hear it, I think you're going 221 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.679 to agree it's true. What you hear right now is oh, 222 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:57.399 Harris won because she was on the offensive. She took 223 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:00.240 the debate to him, she walked across the stage, he 224 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:05.039 missed opportunities, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But again, 225 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:09.399 if winning, if winning is winning with the people who 226 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:14.159 will decide this race, which means changing their mind, moving them, 227 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:17.360 getting them to decide in your direction. No, and here's why. 228 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:21.360 Here's why she lost. Here's why she lost. And I'm 229 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:24.279 going to play you the sound. She lost this debate 230 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:28.039 and her best chance to turn this race around in 231 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:32.120 the first two minutes of the debate when they were 232 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:34.919 talking about the economy, which is what matters most to 233 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:37.159 people on the border. As Trump pointed out, very well, 234 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:40.000 you know, intersects with that perfectly. But here's the point. 235 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:46.679 There's so much talk about this candidate lies, that candidate lies. Hey, 236 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:50.919 the reality is these handful of swing voters in six 237 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:53.200 states who are going to decide the race. They're swing 238 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:57.480 voters for a reason. They're not married to either camp. 239 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:02.120 They're out there going race to raise, voting their self interest, 240 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:06.759 in voting their instincts. So you can fairly compare them 241 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:07.519 to jurors. 242 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:08.679 Right. 243 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:13.440 They're jurors in this case that's being tried in the 244 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:16.720 six swing states, and they're jurors who are going to 245 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:22.360 decide the case of Trump v. Harris. And there is 246 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.879 a direct, perfect analogy now between not you and me, 247 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.679 or not your friends who are Democrats, we don't matter, 248 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:36.039 but there's a direct analogy between these undecided swing state 249 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:40.480 voters and jurors. And this I can tell you from 250 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.759 forty years of trying cases and hopefully forty more to come. 251 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:51.559 Jurors like these swing state voters above all, they want 252 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.679 direct answers to important questions. I'll tell you every case 253 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:59.960 I've ever tried, the second to witness I'm cross examining 254 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:05.000 and will not answer a key, legitimate, important question directly. 255 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:11.559 I win. It's better for me if they don't answer 256 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.639 the question, if they're obviously evasive, then if they give 257 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:18.080 me the answer I want. Because when you are a 258 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:20.360 juror in a trial, and everybody listening to who's been 259 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:23.559 one knows this is true. Just like if you are 260 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:28.320 an undecided swing state voter, somebody wants something from you. 261 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:33.399 Somebody wants something from that voter, they darn well better 262 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:40.480 answer the key questions directly. And what hurts Kamala Harris 263 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:44.919 far more than any lie is when she refuses to 264 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.639 answer the questions when she obviously evades the core question. 265 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:51.879 And the core question which the debate opened with last 266 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:57.360 night was are you better off? You know, Kamala Harris, 267 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:01.480 do you think people are better off today than they 268 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:09.720 were four years ago? And Kamala Harris blatantly, unequivocally dodged 269 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:12.679 the question. That's where she lost the debate. That's the 270 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:15.600 ultimate insult to these swing state voters, and it was 271 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:17.879 part of a pattern over the course of the evening. 272 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:20.399 And now you hear it turning up and the focus 273 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:24.080 groups that are being done afterwork by focus groups of 274 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:28.039 independent voters being done by lefting networks. When she decided 275 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.360 to avoid that fair question and dodge it, that's where 276 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:34.120 she lost you know who? She also lost there. I mean, 277 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:37.080 he'll still vote for Jake Tapper. This is just a 278 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:38.519 short time ago on CNN. 279 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:42.240 Going right to my point, Vice President Harris began the 280 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:46.960 debate by punting the first question on the economy. 281 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:49.360 Do you believe Americans are better off than they were 282 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.080 four years ago? 283 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:55.080 So I was raised as a middle class kid, and 284 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:56.799 I am actually the only person. 285 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:01.759 She lost it right there. Fair question deserves an answer. 286 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:07.079 She knew it was coming, and she profoundly disrespected the 287 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:10.119 swing state voters by refusing to answer it and then 288 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:13.000 launching off into these talking points and. 289 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:15.319 On the stage, who has a plan that is about 290 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.559 lifting up the middle class and working people of America? 291 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:21.160 They went on from there. Despite the economy being the 292 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:24.440 number one issue facing the country, the sitting Vice president 293 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:28.160 generally reverted to talking points about a few of her 294 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.440 policy proposals. Even harris allies today are saying that she 295 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:35.440 needs to talk more about what she will do for Americans. 296 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:39.119 Yeah, drop the mic. That's Jake Tepper on CNN, And 297 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:43.640 there were multiple examples of that, and of course ABC 298 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.440 didn't follow up with her because they were protecting her, 299 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:51.359 But ironically, you know, they ended up helping Trump because 300 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:53.640 I'm telling you, nothing's going to offend a jur more 301 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.480 than the witness refusing to answer a fair, direct question. 302 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:02.720 So I think she really hurt herself profoundly. I think 303 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:04.880 what you just heard from Tapper, and that was just 304 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.640 a short time ago, I think confirms that. So bottom line, 305 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:11.359 a win for her had to mean changing the arc 306 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.359 of this race. I think clearly she lost, and that's 307 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:18.799 why she immediately wanted a second debate. Should Donald Trump 308 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:21.440 debate her again. You're on the Dan Kapla Show. 309 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:30.200 You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 310 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.319 Here's the key point I touched on in the last segment. 311 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:39.279 Voters assumed that candidates on both sides lie, right, So 312 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:43.440 what hurt Harris so badly last night were not her lies. 313 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:48.440 What hurt her so badly was doing something that I 314 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:52.000 think offends many swing state voters, just like many jurors 315 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:56.319 much more, and that is refusing to answer a direct 316 00:18:56.440 --> 00:19:01.759 question dodging and important direct questions, such as Vice President Harris, 317 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:03.839 do you think that people are better off now than 318 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:08.240 they were four years ago? It goes beyond even that, 319 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:13.559 the terrible, terrible reaction to a lie when somebody will 320 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:18.039 not even show you the courtesy the respect of answering 321 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:21.119 an important question. I think she really hurt herself that way, 322 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:22.880 and the sound I played from Jake Tapper at the 323 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:25.319 beginning proved it. He went off on her on it, 324 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:29.119 Cindy in beautiful Fremont County, you're on the dan Kaplas show. 325 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:35.359 Welcome, Hello, thanks for taking my call. I understand the 326 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:38.680 debate was definitely biased and that was unfortunate, But I 327 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:42.440 also felt like Trump was not prepared. I was disappointed 328 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:45.799 that he couldn't be succinct and go on the attack 329 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:49.440 on his answers and for those people that only, oh, 330 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:53.119 only Trump can win this election, nobody else. I just 331 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:56.599 felt like, you know, somebody younger up there may have 332 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:59.559 been a little bit more humble and willing to really 333 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.079 prep and to know how to go on the attack. 334 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:04.720 So I was disappointed. 335 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:08.440 Cindy, what a brilliant call. It gets into two very 336 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:12.160 important things in my opinion. First, you're absolutely right. If 337 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:16.240 President Trump had done traditional debate prep, he would have 338 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:20.160 been so much better last night, taking advantages, taking advantage 339 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:23.680 of openings, etc. Very frustrating to me, and it has 340 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:27.440 been since sixteen that he won't do traditional debate prep. 341 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:29.720 But I think you know from your life. I know 342 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:32.640 from mine that whether it's you, Cindy or me, Dan 343 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:36.119 or Ryan or Kelly or Donald Trump, that many of 344 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:40.440 the same things that can make us great in the 345 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:43.920 ways that we're all great, you know, can can also 346 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:47.559 be a liability in another area. President Trump is stubborn. 347 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:50.279 That stubbornness can be as great as strength when it 348 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:52.720 comes to debate prep. I think it bit him in 349 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:56.720 the butt. But at that point, Cindy conclude that we'd 350 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:59.880 be better off with another candidate. Here's why I respectfully disagree. Okay, 351 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:01.839 and I've said before I would have been thrilled with 352 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:05.240 Ron DeSantis as a nominee. But here's why Trump, in 353 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:08.559 my opinion, gives us the best chance to win. Because 354 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:13.039 it's only Donald Trump who can get this massive turnout 355 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:17.839 from people who normally don't vote because they see him 356 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:20.680 as the opposite of a normal politician. That's how he 357 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:23.160 won in sixteen, That's how I think he's going to 358 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:25.000 win this time. In the New York Times poll that 359 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:27.920 came out over the weekend, it showed him with an 360 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:31.359 enormous advantage over folks who don't vote very often. So 361 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.960 that's why I think he still gives us the best 362 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:38.640 chance to win. Hey, appreciate the call, Cindy. What a 363 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:41.240 great question, great way to start. Let's go to Mike 364 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:43.559 in Denver. You're on the Dan Kapolo Show. Lines are full. 365 00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:47.079 Welcome Mike, mister caplis. Thank you for taking Mike halg 366 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:49.839 scraight to be with you again. So just a couple 367 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:52.640 of quick things here. First of all, you know about 368 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:56.920 Kamala Harris falsely claiming she never said that she would 369 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:59.839 she said she would never ban fracking. She's clearly on 370 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.200 camera seeing multiple times in the past she was banned fracking. 371 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.119 But ABC David Murr, they did not fact check that, 372 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:09.559 but they fact checked Trump. Second one, Mike. 373 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:12.000 May have stopped you on that, real quick stop you 374 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:15.119 on that because no criticism of you. You're using the term. 375 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:17.839 Everybody does fact check. But I just want to make 376 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:21.359 the point that what is being labeled fact checking quote 377 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:28.759 unquote by ABC is actually election interference. It's ABC participating 378 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:32.200 in the debate. When they did their quote fact checks, 379 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:36.799 they were actually jumping into the ring and debating Trump themselves. 380 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.960 So go ahead, my friend. 381 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:42.079 Well that's a really good point, Dan, And as Ryan 382 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:44.240 pointed out earlier, if they're going to do it for 383 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:46.400 Kamala or if they're going to do it for Trump, 384 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:48.079 they need to do it for Kamala. It needs to 385 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:52.319 be unbiased and fair. And they definitely did not do that. 386 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:55.319 I think that they fact checked Trump seven times. They 387 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:57.000 factored my Brotherma zero times. 388 00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.680 My brother. How old are you, Mike? 389 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.519 I am twenty. 390 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:02.960 Awesome, So glad of you, So glad you're listening. Here's 391 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:07.960 my point. They weren't trying to hide it. These Harris 392 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.319 staffers who were moderating the debate weren't trying to hide 393 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:15.000 their bias. They're proud of it. They wanted the world 394 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:17.880 to see it. They are the king and queen of 395 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:21.720 their profession today because most of their profession have just 396 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:25.480 become political activists. They're heroes. They weren't trying to hide it. 397 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:30.400 Yeah. Absolutely, And I think I think that ties into 398 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.880 you know, Kamala havy ties with you know, upper level executives, 399 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:36.440 ABC and whatnot. I mean, that could be speculation. I 400 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.839 think that's part of it. Another thing, really quick, I 401 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.640