Kamala Busted Talking on Hot Mic
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared stunned upon realizing that a microphone had been recording her conversation with Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer following a rally.
Harris and Whitmer stopped by the Trak Houz Bar & Grill in Kalamazoo for a drink after the event, with plenty of press and onlookers present. Harris mingled with several people around the bar before sitting down with Whitmer.
“Can I treat you to a beer made right here in Kamala-zoo?” Whitmer, Harris' campaign co-chair, asked, playing off the vice president’s name and the city’s.
The two then turned toward the bar, lowering their voices as cameras continued recording.
“Great rally,” Whitmer remarked.
“I thought it was really great,” Harris agreed.
Harris shared her recent tactic: “You know what I’ve taken to is… shouting it out, like, ‘first-time voters’ and ‘Gen Z.’”
Whitmer seemed supportive, recognizing it as an effective way to engage. Harris then thanked Whitmer for her campaign support.
“I’ve been bugging your whole team,” Whitmer admitted. “I’m like, we’ve got to do this and this and this.”
At this point, Harris noticed the cameras. “We need to move ground among men. Oh, we have microphones in here just listening to everything,” she observed.
“I didn’t realize that. OK, well, now you tell us. We just told all the family secrets, s***,” Harris joked.
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Nate Silver’s recent forecast shows former President Donald Trump as potentially winning all the critical swing states in the 2024 election.
Silver’s model estimates a 24.4% chance of Trump sweeping all seven battleground states in November. This scenario is the most likely, according to Silver. Meanwhile, the forecast gives Harris a 15.6% chance of winning all the swing states.
The model also suggests that Harris could win if she secured all swing states except Arizona and Georgia, where Trump currently leads. However, Silver’s data shows this happening with just a 1.7% likelihood. Alternatively, there’s a 3.4% chance of Harris winning Georgia but not Arizona, and a 2.9% chance of Democrats taking Arizona without winning Georgia.
In another scenario, Republicans could win every swing state except Nevada, where Harris has a narrow lead, giving Trump the electoral victory as Harris would secure only 232 electoral votes.
Silver’s projection favors Harris if Democrats capture between three and five key states. For instance, if Harris wins Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania alone, she would have an 86.2% chance of clinching the election.
Polls show Trump leading in Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina, while Harris has the edge in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada.
According to a FiveThirtyEight tracker, Trump leads Pennsylvania by 0.2 points, though Silver’s data indicates the state is currently tied.
Silver’s forecast gives Harris a mere 0.6% chance of victory if she only wins Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada. Her chances increase to 98.9% if she adds Pennsylvania, although Silver’s model predicts this outcome with only a 2.9% likelihood.
Recent shifts in Electoral College projections have tilted in Trump’s favor. For example, Silver’s model currently places Trump’s chances of winning the Electoral College at 53.1%, while Harris’s probability sits at 46.6%.
FiveThirtyEight’s latest prediction also leans toward Trump, estimating his chance of victory at 51%, compared to Harris’s 49%.
Simultaneously, RealClearPolitics forecasts Trump winning all four key swing states, awarding him 312 Electoral College votes to Harris’s 227.