MSNBC reporter Michele Norris instructed host Rachel Maddow that the “subdued” crowd at Kamala Harris’s election rally was “nauseously optimistic.”
The report got here as former President Donald Trump appeared to puncturing the “blue wall” of battleground states that Harris was counting on to win.
“Properly, the group right here continues to be giant, continues to be loud, however a bit of bit extra subdued. And the phrase that I hold listening to, it should be some new phrase that has entered the lexicon, is the concept individuals listed here are nauseously optimistic, not simply cautiously optimistic, however nauseously optimistic,” Norris instructed Maddow.
“And one of many individuals I heard that from was Laphonza Butler. I spoke to her only a whereas in the past, and he or she was talking concerning the upcoming outcomes. She talked about North Carolina, as an example –referred to as by some, not by us but — thinks it doesn’t look good there. However one of many attention-grabbing issues she mentioned that’s echoed by a couple of different folks that I spoke to is that the true focus now’s on that blue wall within the Midwest, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and that second district in Omaha, Nebraska, that type of blue oval on the high of the state.”
Norris continued, “Pennsylvania, the thought was that Donald Trump could have had a ceiling, that there was a sure variety of votes that he obtained in 2016, 2020. They have been hoping that he wouldn’t exceed these numbers. They’re truly outperforming Joe Biden in some key areas.”
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The upset reporter additionally famous what everybody on the precise already anticipated, that Trump picked up help from Hispanic voters who have been clearly not very offended by the comic’s jokes at Madison Sq. Backyard.
“Nevertheless it’s clear now that Donald Trump has picked up key help amongst Hispanic voters, regardless of, regardless of all of the issues that he mentioned at that rally at Madison Sq. Backyard, regardless of the response that we noticed amongst Latino voters in locations like Allentown and in Hazleton,” Norris mentioned.
Norris added, “And so, you understand, individuals listed here are watching and so they’re questioning what’s going to occur in Pennsylvania. They’re prepared for an extended, lengthy evening. And one of many causes I’ve heard is also that they wished to inject a lot pleasure into the start of it is because they knew — that’s why they introduced the DJ in and the dancing and the road dancing — as a result of they knew that that is going to be an extended evening and that it was going to be an actual nail biter. And it seems that that’s precisely what we’re taking a look at proper now.”
