J.D. Vance pointed to the key difference between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. It’s the only difference that matters. “I think the American people saw the difference between Kamala Harris, who is all slogans and all platitudes, no detail, no real agenda, and no real explanation for why she said she wanted to ban fracking […] The post The Key Difference Between Harris and Trump appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited firefighters in Shanksville, Pennsylvania — as did former President Donald Trump, though at a different time — and video shows that the responses to their respective arrivals were dramatically different. All three made stops in Shanksville at the Volunteer Fire Department after first attending memorial ceremonies at Ground Zero in New York City — and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stoystown — to mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but Trump got a much more animated reception from the crowd when he walked into the building. WATCH: Quite the difference!!! #Trump2024 pic.twitter.com/j6LFQdyeXx — Karli Bonne’ ?? (@KarluskaP) September 12, 2024 According to video of their entrance, the crowd hardly appeared to notice when President Biden and Vice President Harris — who is currently running for president on the Democratic ticket — entered the room. But when Trump arrived, someone could be heard saying, “There he is” — and then the room quickly erupted in loud cheers and applause. “The first thing we gotta do is fire Joe,” one person shouted. “Oh, yeah, we’ll get him out,” Trump replied, prompting laughs. Am I Racist? ONLY In Theaters Tomorrow—Get Your Tickets Now! The former president reportedly stayed at the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department for about an hour, signing autographs and taking photos with the crowd of just over 100. He gave brief remarks that were interrupted occasionally with chants of “U.S.A.” and “Fight! Fight! Fight!” According to a report from the Washington County-based Observer-Reporter, Trump was also invited by family members of Edward-Porter Felt and Louis J. Nacke III — both of whom were killed when United Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville — to attend a private memorial ceremony. Trump won Cambria County — where Shanksville is located — with 68% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election.

According to the media, the presidential race is effectively over, with a couple of months still left to go in this election. Normally, in a presidential race, this is where the race heats up. It’s not where the race ends. That’s particularly true this year because one of the candidates is still a complete unknown. And yet the media have declared — since the news cycle moves so fast and since Trump is such a known quantity — that because Trump did not perform well in the debate this week and because the media ganged up with Kamala Harris in the most rigged debate in presidential history, Trump is effectively done. A Newsweek article published this morning cites pollster Frank Luntz as predicting Trump’s loss: “I think this race is now over. Donald Trump has blown it. It’s completely done. … I’m trying to decide if I want to go on record, and the answer is yes. I think that he loses because of this debate performance.” The answer to that is simple: Luntz is wrong. Trump does not lose because of this debate performance. WATCH: THE BEN SHAPIRO SHOW To begin, the ratings on this debate were good, but not historically amazing. Apparently, about 67 million total viewers watched this debate. But of those 67 million total viewers, how many of those people were the undecided voters or independents who are actually going to decide this election? That is the real question. Sixty-seven million people sounds like a lot of people, yet the first presidential debate in 2020 garnered 73 million people. The very first debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016 garnered 84 million people. The debate between Trump and Harris did not do that well in terms of ratings compared to historic presidential debates. But more importantly, the vast majority of Americans have already made up their mind. This race is going to come down to extremely small margins, truly tiny margins, in seven different states: North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. All of those states are currently within the margin of error. Nate Silver, who I think is the best poll analyst in the country, contended that it would be four to seven days after the debate before any polling is truly accurate and another week or two before the reality of the race is clear. But a week in American politics is forever in American politics. Remember, two weeks from now will be the vice-presidential debate. A lot can happen between now and then. Silver has suggested Harris will probably get between a one-and-a-half-point bump nationally. According to Silver’s model, he thought Harris was a fairly significant underdog going into the debate. But because she performed well, because Trump underperformed, and because the media were, of course, jumping on Trump’s back to basically facilitate Harris’ victory, she’ll probably get a boost, but not enough of a boost to actually make this into a solid win for her. What had to happen in that debate for each side was different. Trump failed in the debate because there were three things that he had to effectively establish, which he did not do. One, he had to establish that she is Biden. She is responsible for everything the Biden administration has done. If you don’t like what’s going on right now, you need to change it up. You need to move away from Harris. He did not do his job in actually tying her that closely to Biden. She was able to evade those punches with the help of David Muir and Linsey Davis, who should be on the DNC payroll at this point. But that is a proposition most Americans do agree with right now: that Harris is not the agent of change; that she is, in fact, tied at the hip to Biden; and that she is responsible for his policies. Am I Racist? ONLY In Theaters Tomorrow—Get Your Tickets Now! Second, Trump had to drive home that Harris is dangerously far-Left. He tried to do that and the media just lied about it. Muir and Davis fact-checked Trump when he called out Harris’ far-Left policies on abortion or illegal immigration. They were lying on her behalf. Third, he had to paint her as incompetent. But because he did not seem particularly competent on the stage while she was massaged into competence and never challenged by the moderators as she spewed out answers she’d memorized, she didn’t appear incompetent. So Trump didn’t do what he had to do on stage. But — Kamala Harris also did not do what she needed to do on the stage. This is why it is still a 50-50 race. Roughly two-thirds of people who watched the debate thought she won. But back in 2012, two-thirds of people thought Mitt Romney destroyed Barack Obama in the first debate, and then Romney lost the election. What did Harris actually have to accomplish? She had to dodge all the punches, which I think she did. But she also had to establish that she is different from Biden in some fundamental way. She tried that routine, but it didn’t land. Did anyone believe that she is there because she is so different from Biden? She’s a new coat of paint on an old broken jalopy, and they’re trying to pass it off as a Lamborghini. Thus, she had to establish she’s wildly different from Biden. Did she accomplish that? I don’t think so. She also had to establish that she’s a moderate who somehow moves her positions for good reason. She never established that because she never bothered to explain why she moved from the far-Left in 2019 to her supposed current positions in 2024. She never explained why she reversed her stance on fracking. She never explained why she reversed her stance on decriminalization of border crossings — if she did. She never explained why she reversed her stance on mandatory gun buybacks. She never explained why she reversed her stance on electric vehicle mandates. She didn’t explain any of those points. That is the problem for Harris. All of these systemic disadvantages that she currently has as a candidate remain true today. Those perceptions have not been changed by the debate. An article published by Politico yesterday claims, “Harris’ campaign advisers made clear she will be doing more media interviews, including with unconventional outlets.” But none of them are going to be adversarial. They’re going to use the debate as the opportunity to say she has now answered every question she had to answer. That means she can go hang out with Charlamagne tha God. That means that she can go hang out with the ladies of “The View.” It means that she can go hang out with a bunch of friendlies from here all the way to the election. The Kamala Harris campaign is betting that what people saw from President Trump Tuesday night was so off-putting that they simply will not vote for him and, instead, vote for her by default. But the problem is this: As much as people are saying that Trump was super terrible, awful, no good, very bad, the question is this: Was Trump a standard of deviation different from what he normally is? I would say no. I think Trump was pretty much who he always is, and we’re all pretty used to it. Harris will not explain why she changed her positions, but she has to establish she’s different from Biden. I don’t think she’s doing that. RFK Jr. stated that Trump lost the debate but won in terms of his governance. That is the point. Harris’ policies remain a horror show, and her policies are the same as Biden’s. There will be ads all over the place that talk about Harris’ hard-leftism. You will see them from now until the election. And they will matter. Today is September 12. The election is not for 54 more days. The notion that it’s all settled, that it’s over? Not by a long shot.

Former President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that he would not participate in another debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, who signaled that she wants a second face-off — but only after getting favorable treatment by the moderators during their first match held by ABC News earlier this week. “When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, ‘I WANT A REMATCH.’ Polls clearly show that I won the Debate against Comrade Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ Radical Left Candidate, on Tuesday night, and she immediately called for a Second Debate,” Trump said in a post to Truth Social. “She and Crooked Joe have destroyed our Country, with millions of criminals and mentally deranged people pouring into the USA, totally unchecked and unvetted, and with Inflation bankrupting our Middle Class,” he added. “Everyone knows this, and all of the other problems caused by Kamala and Joe – It was discussed in great detail during the First Debate with Joe, and the Second Debate with Comrade Harris. She was a no-show at the Fox Debate, and refused to do NBC & CBS.” Ending his statement, Trump emphasized, “KAMALA SHOULD FOCUS ON WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE DURING THE LAST ALMOST FOUR YEAR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” In a post to X roughly an hour later, Harris said, “Two nights ago, Donald Trump and I had our first debate. We owe it to the voters to have another debate.” Harris and Trump clashed on Tuesday about such issues as abortion, the economy, national security, and border security. Despite what Trump said in his post to Truth Social, some early post-debate polls have shown viewers believe Harris performed better than him. However, the moderators, anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis, have faced intense criticism from the Right for challenging Trump on his claims while neglecting to do the same kind of fact-checking against Harris. Am I Racist? ONLY In Theaters Tomorrow—Get Your Tickets Now! The VP’s team released a statement soon after the ABC debate, calling for a second match in October. Jen O’Malley, the chairwoman of Harris’ campaign, said, “The American people got to see the choice they will face this fall at the ballot box: between moving forward with Kamala Harris, or going backwards with Trump. That’s what they saw tonight and what they should see at a second debate in October. Vice President Harris is ready for a second debate. Is Donald Trump?” On Fox News, live from the debate venue in Philadelphia after the event concluded, Trump said Harris wanted a second debate “because she lost.” Pressed by host Sean Hannity whether he would agree to another match, Trump said he might do it “if it was on a fair network.” Trump later told reporters he was open to Fox or NBC hosting the next one. However, as Trump made clear on Truth Social, he is no longer interested in doing another debate before the November election. The very first 2024 general election debate, held by CNN in June, featured Trump and President Joe Biden. Biden’s fumbling performance sparked a crisis of confidence among his allies and he stepped aside under pressure. After Harris took over atop the Democratic Party’s ticket, Trump floated three debates against her: the ABC event, as well as one held by Fox News on September 4 and another held by NBC News on September 25. The proposed Fox News date was later used for a town hall featuring Trump and Hannity. Harris’ campaign indicated it would only consider a second debate against Trump in October if he attended the ABC debate first and confirmed the VP’s interest when it ended. RELATED: Vance Tells ABC What Its Trump-Kamala Debate ‘Didn’t Talk Nearly Enough About’ If Trump and Harris do not face off again, all that remains is the vice presidential debate. Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Harris’ and Trump’s running mates, respectively, will clash in a debate held by CBS News on October 1. Harris’ campaign refused to accept Vance’s offer of a second VP debate held by CNN.

Residents in Springfield, Ohio, are voicing their growing concerns over the significant influx of Haitian migrants, which they claim has led to the creation of a "two-tier society" that marginalizes local citizens. This small Midwestern town, with a population of around 60,000, has reportedly seen the arrival of up to 20,000 migrants in recent years, many of whom entered the U.S. through the southern border. Locals argue that this wave of migration, promoted by federal immigration policies, has distorted the local economy and destabilized neighborhoods. Springfield, like other small towns across America, has felt the strain of illegal immigration, particularly as businesses prioritize hiring migrants over struggling local workers. One local business owner acknowledged that Haitian workers are preferred for their reliability and willingness to accept low wages, a trend that leaves many Americans sidelined in their own job market​. Just tried to post this video of a resident of Springfield, OH telling the city's managers the Haitian illegals they trucked in are eating people's pets on @facebook a minute ago. Was IMMEDIATELY flagged as "false information." Who's doing DHS or the FBI's bidding over there? pic.twitter.com/zBrWhfu4Nt — Isaiah L. Carter (@IsaiahLCarter) September 11, 2024 Residents report that the Haitian influx has also created disparities in law enforcement and access to local services. Some claim that city officials and the police force turn a blind eye to violations committed by migrants, while enforcing rules more strictly on American citizens. For example, one resident recounted her frustration with an illegal auto repair shop run by migrants in her neighborhood. Despite her numerous complaints about the noise and disruption, she was threatened with arrest when police finally responded. Furthermore, the city’s social services are reportedly overwhelmed, with long-time residents struggling to receive assistance. One local shared her experience of being denied government aid because, as she put it, "I come from the wrong country." Homeless and jobless, she is now left sleeping on friends' couches while migrants seem to receive priority for housing and financial aid. At Springfield City Hall in Ohio residents are saying that landlords are kicking longtime residents out of homes because the government is paying "triple the rent" for Haitians. They’re eating the dogs too! Kamala wants these criminals to be able to vote! I will deport them! pic.twitter.com/SOPb7ebX9c — Donald J. Trump – Parody (@realDonParody) September 12, 2024 Critics argue that the issue stems from national immigration policies that have incentivized businesses to rely on cheaper migrant labor. With migrants willing to work for lower wages, local wages have stagnated, and there’s less pressure on businesses to invest in advanced machinery or better-paying jobs that could benefit the local workforce. This shift is part of what locals describe as a broader economic strategy tied to "Bidenomics," where businesses benefit from federal deficit spending and immigration, even as it harms working-class Americans. While local officials, including Mayor Warren Copeland, claim that the influx of migrants has helped revitalize parts of Springfield by filling low-wage jobs in industries like manufacturing, many residents remain unconvinced. They point to rising rents, overcrowded schools, and overloaded healthcare facilities as evidence that the town is ill-prepared to handle such a sudden population increase. Some migrants themselves have shared stories of hardship. One Haitian worker described living with 15 other migrants in a small two-bedroom house when he first arrived, reflecting the difficult conditions many face even after reaching the U.S. Still, employers prefer hiring migrants, citing their reliability and work ethic, which exacerbates tensions with locals who feel left behind​. Despite efforts by some to bridge the gap, Springfield remains deeply divided. The arrival of so many migrants has reshaped the town’s demographics and labor market, fueling resentment among locals who feel abandoned by their government. The situation in Springfield serves as a microcosm of the broader national debate over immigration, labor, and the future of small-town America. The post Springfield, Ohio Locals Express Frustration as Migration Creates “Two-Tier Society” appeared first on The Conservative Brief.