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'Nervous and Worried': CNN Host Makes His Opinion of Kamala's Chances Very Clear as Election Day Approaches

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CNN commentator Van Jones on Monday expressed being both “nervous and worried” about Democrat Kamala Harris’ prospects in Pennsylvania — and thereby the entire presidential race.

Mark Halperin — a commentator for Newsmax and former political director for ABC News — and others see Harris’ perhaps only path to victory is winning all the so-called Blue Wall states Joe Biden carried in 2020, including Pennsylvania, because the sunbelt swing states appear more firmly in Republican Donald Trump’s win column.

The Harris campaign scheduled four stops for their candidate in Pennsylvania on Monday, revealing how important they see the state, The National News Desk reported.

The Real Clear Polling average has Trump up 0.4 percent. This same day in the 2016 election cycle Hillary Clinton was up against the Republican candidate in the state by 2.1 percent and lost it by 1.2 percent. Meanwhile, Joe Biden was ahead of Trump by 2.6 percent and won it by just 1.2 percent.

So the fact that Trump’s up even a fraction of a percentage point over Harris means he might be up by 2 or even 3 percent, if past polling trends hold true.

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CNN anchor Kate Bolduan asked Jones, “What has you feeling good about Pennsylvania, and what is making you nervous about Pennsylvania?”

“Well, I’m just nervous all the time,” he answered. “So I don’t feel good about nothin’, and I’m not gonna feel good about nothin’ ’til it’s over. I’m worried. Philadelphia is where we’ve got to run up a big margin, but Philly overall has been trending down, not in terms of going toward the Republicans, just people not getting out to vote.”

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“It’s a bigger, tougher fight in Philly to get that vote count up than it has been in the past. That has me worried,” Jones added.

The former Obama campaign advisor said the Jewish vote in the state also has him concerned.

“Biden won the Jewish vote by 70 percent, 70-30 last time. Some polls show Kamala at 50-50. That is 70,000 votes we’ve bled away. That is the margin for victory,” Jones argued.

He recounted that there are pro-Harris groups out there trying to keep the Jewish vote on her side, but, “It is door-to-door, bruised knuckles, tired legs, a lot of coffee, and I’m nervous and worried, and I’m not gonna be any way until this thing gets called.”

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Last week, CNN called out Harris for running different, incongruous ads trying to cater to Muslim voters in Michigan and Jewish voters in Pennsylvania regarding the war in Gaza.

“Is there anything making you happy about Pennsylvania?” Bolduan asked Jones.

“No,” he said. “There’s nothing making me happy about Pennsylvania.”

She then turned to conservative panelist Scott Jennings for his thoughts.

“I just have to say, if only there was something that Kamala Harris could have done early in this campaign to help with the Jewish voters of Pennsylvania,” he responded with a smile.

“Could it have been that the governor of Pennsylvania is a Jewish-American? And a very popular one,” Jennings added, referring to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who had reportedly been on Harris’ vice presidential running mate shortlist.

“This could go down as the biggest …,” Jennings started to say, before Bolduan cut him off, telling him to move on albeit with a smile.

He was clearly about to say that Harris’ early choice of picking fellow extreme liberal Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate may have sealed her electoral fate.

Jennings summarized, “What else is there to say about it? Pennsylvania is the state.”

However, Jones wasn’t quite done with talking about the Keystone State.

“The other thing that makes me nervous is, in 2016 we had a big star-studded event right on the edge of the election, and we lost the state,” Jones said.

“I don’t think people understand working people sometimes have to choose, ‘Am I gonna go to the big cool concert this week and pay for babysitting for that, or am I gonna try to figure out a way to get to the polls?’ I don’t like these big star-studded events. I can’t show where they’ve helped us win. In fact, probably helped us lose last time,” he contended.

Jones concluded: “I don’t want people going to concerts. I want people knockin’ on doors. I want people out there fighting for this thing. I’m just nervous, nervous, nervous.”

The fact that a former top Democratic operative like Jones is nervous about Pennsylvania bodes well for Donald Trump.

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Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he began with the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths" and screenwriter of the political documentary "I Want Your Money."
Randy DeSoto wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film "I Want Your Money" about the perils of Big Government, comparing the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Randy is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths," which addresses how leaders have appealed to beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. He has been published in several political sites and newspapers.

Randy graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in political science and Regent University School of Law with a juris doctorate.
Birthplace
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nationality
American
Honors/Awards
Graduated dean's list from West Point
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law
Books Written
We Hold These Truths
Professional Memberships
Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars
Location
Phoenix, Arizona
Languages Spoken
English
Topics of Expertise
Politics, Entertainment, Faith




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