Liberal media outlets were picking apart specific responses from former President Trump's nearly 65-minute press conference yesterday at Mar-a-Lago.
Meghan McCain, a hearty Never-Trumper, predicted on X that Kamala Harris would win in November because Trump spoke about crowd sizes at his events. The NY Times also couldn't resist taking a dig at Trump's answer: "Mr. Trump also flashed frustration when asked about the size of Ms. Harris's crowds while boasting about the attendance at his own rally on Jan. 6, 2021." Trump and crowd sizes are on a verified checklist of "gotcha" questions for mainstream journalists.
The Times, of course, did not acknowledge why Harris was drawing such huge crowds. Bon Iver, the Indie Folk band, warmed up the campaign rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A week earlier, Megan Thee Stallion entertained the crowd with "a highly choreographed, supercharged mashup of hits," according to Billboard magazine.
When Trump speaks at his rallies, he is the main draw. Crowds wait for hours to get into arenas, and the overflow crowds can sometimes be larger than the crowd in the main arena. The Times conveniently forgot to point this fact out, too.
But the glaring truth that The Times and Meghan McCain failed to address was that Trump showed up for a press conference, at least. Kamala Harris has not spoken to the press since the clever bait-and-switch operation that saw her become the Democratic nominee without winning a single delegate on her own.
Meanwhile, Trump, for whom media coverage is often 95% negative, isn't afraid to go into the lion's den. He fearlessly appeared at an event hosted by National Black Journalists in front of a predominantly Black crowd. The very first question was by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott. There were no pleasantries, no soft-ball questions to start the event, but an aggressive line about his "past attacks on Black people." Simply stated, it was an uncouth ambush. The so-called journalist did not know how to treat a guest and lacked basic manners. It brought to mind Megyn Kelly's question about Rosie O'Donnell at a Fox debate in 2015. Trump weathered the question with a smile and expectedly gave it back to her. (The lioness was attacking, and self-defense meant attacking back.)
Can we imagine Kamala Harris appearing on stage with Tucker Carlson, Jesse Watters, and Greg Gutfield and responding to a question about her record as California's Attorney General specifically regarding her decision, in 2015, to stop enforcing several parts of a sex offender law? Harris wants to become the 47th President on a historic ticket as a woman of color. Yet, she is thumbing her nose at history by not taking questions even from friendly media outlets.
During his time in office, Trump held 20 official press conferences. However, Trump was nearly always speaking with a hostile press. His approach to media and communication involved more informal interactions with the press outside of formal press conferences, such as through impromptu remarks, social media, and briefings. Even yesterday, Trump was unafraid and calm, taking questions without relying on curated lists prepared by his staff to call on friendly reporters.
One question that rattled the press more than it rattled Trump was about the bait-and-switch when Harris was handed the Democratic ticket, and Biden withdrew. Such a last-minute switch had never occurred in American political history when the person who won the nomination fair and square is still alive and in office. Trump used the word "unconstitutional," perhaps meaning "unprecedented." These things happen during unscripted appearances.
But the dishonest press pounced on his use of the word "unconstitutional." A reporter challenged the use of the word, questioning what section of the U.S. Constitution would prohibit the change in the ticket. The Times dutifully reported that Trump acknowledged that perhaps it was not actually unconstitutional.
The irony is that Americans see through the media’s charade. The so-called guardians of the fourth estate, Democratic Party operatives masquerading with press badges, were recently exposed for concealing Biden’s infirmities throughout the entire primary process. There is a price to pay. Most Americans recognize the bias and are tuning out. In fact, a recent TIPP Poll reveals that nearly half of the respondents blame the media for this cover-up. Many media pollsters are lazy and prefer to avoid measuring public opinion on such issues.
What the press should have been investigating - something that they indeed would have if Trump had engineered a similar bait and switch - was why the Harris campaign filed dubious paperwork with the FEC, in which Harris used Biden's FEC ID. The idea, of course, was to give Harris a jump-start in fundraising and transfer Biden's campaign cash to Harris. Laura Powell, a California lawyer, said in a post on X: "What is clear is that the amended Statement of Candidacy she filed on Sunday is highly irregular. If she were legally entitled to the funds, I would expect there to be a way to execute the transfer to her campaign in a legitimate way that doesn't involve usurping another candidate's identity. The ethical course of action would have been to request an advisory opinion from the FEC, given the unprecedented nature of the situation, but instead, Harris just took control of the money, knowing the FEC wouldn't resolve the matter before it was too late."
So, the Dems are doing practically anything they wish and are being given a free ride by the press, no questions asked. Yet, when Trump held his press conference, the press was all upset that Trump spoke about crowd sizes.
God save America!
