Freddie Sayers and Emily Jashinsky: What’s Kamala up to?

[@alilafont]

Worst candidate we've ever had. Leaving the democratic party just because of her.

[@Kefuddle]

Why do we spend so much time discussing their presentation and not their ideology or indeed, their competence or capability to achieve what they say they will achieve. Confidence is built only on form and not function it seems.

[@presterjohn1697]

US think tanks decide policy not presidents.

[@dfdf4874]

Superficiality is the pundits speciality.

[@cocoruse]

Because that’s all there is to Kamala Harris, she’s an empty pantsuit.

[@Pid75]

I think the answer is (sadly) obvious

[@mrtopcat2]

Yeah, I am really disappointed to come here and see Freddy, who I otherwise value so much, hosting such a weak discussion.

[@susanfit47]

Yes she can what? No specific policies. Get over feelings. The country needs policies

[@presterjohn1697]

Her policies as Attorney General of SF and CA were Blue Lives Matter. Check the record.

[@rbb.828]

Hillary Clinton had 75 white papers and policies detailed to the hilt. It mattered exactly 0. I don’t blame Kamala’s team for not following her example.

[@grannyannie2948]

Unherd published an article that her major followers are females aged 20-45 who are childless, unmarried and miserable.

[@4foxsake571]

I don’t believe for one second that she’s actually going to be a cautious and carefully calculated centrist Democrat. All of her actions that we have seen her take are exactly the opposite of being a centrist. All the centrist rhetoric in the world does not change her actions being leftist and progressive in nature.

[@lighthouse6120]

That's what Trump and right are trying to paint on Harris. But in reality, she so not progressive...Bhahaha, not at all.

[@studiocorax8790]

I wish that was true, unfortunately it’s not.

[@sophieoshaughnessy9469]

Oh jeez, do you mean more people might get lower cost health care and a better primary education and day care before that if she wields power and has some congressional support??? Horrors!!! 😊 Don’t worry the socialist boogie lady is just something under your bed.

[@mjzenbar]

She's neither, or anything else, she's a political weathervain and chameleon

[@GettingSchwiftyy]

Dems have been doing this for 20 years fake center go left

[@spacevertex]

Emily is like the spokesperson for Kamala on Unherd. All vibes, no policy.

[@LettyK]

Tulsi Gabbard is so much better.

[@markkennedy5479]

When you think it's in the best interest of the campaign not to showcase your main candidate too fully, you have a major credibility problem and a tactical nightmare. Of course, having a media screen makes things much easier. Maybe they really can pull it off, selling the sizzle while never quite delivering the steak (impossible, when all you've got is a cocktail sausage).

[@sansacro007]

Emily has a bit of Kamala herself; she presents a more moderate persona on Unherd than she does on Megyn Kelly, where she seems more conservative. All I know: I never voted for a Republican prez (and I'm a child of the 60s) but, after everything I've seen since 2016 in regards to the media and Dem machinery, I'm voting for Trump, not even a question for me.

[@DylanYoung]

Not a single fact check. Did you hire Emily to try to appease the advertising gods?

[@mlbrink]

She was ACTING. She also was not truthful.

[@rbb.828]

Come on, just take the coconut pill. It’s fun!

[@GeoffV-k1h]

NYT reported that Trump told more than 10,000 lies during his Presidency. (Probably many more...)

[@bryankilvinski]

an untruthful politician! NO, REALLY!!!!!

[@mlbrink]

@@bryankilvinski Trump is not a politician and that’s why I voted for him and will vote for him again

[@gwynnethandrus3821]

She read a well written speech

[@murrayclarke2171]

The two party system is a train wreck of extremes leaving the majority stuck on the middle dumbfounded.

[@davegold]

Remember that Trump coming into the Republican party nomination shows that the poltical direction can be changed from outside the two parties. That's true whatever your opinions of Trump himself.

[@jae2686]

Normal, normal? They had abortion clinics and free vasectomies. What’s normal about that???? For crying out loud this was awful analysis.

[@NN-nl9cx]

Let's just hope that once Bobby Kennedy declares his support for Trump tonight, this nightmare of Kamala Harris winning the elections will finally be over

[@mrtopcat2]

They will declare her a winner regardless by how large of a margin she looses.

[@grannyannie2948]

Elections at this stage are just bread and circus.

[@jl9205]

I also hope this, but don't count her out, nor the DNC's capacity to "find uncounted boxes of ballots" during recounts.

[@jjprazen]

Having the 10th grade reading level required to recite carefully crafted words of speech writers from a teleprompter does not make one a serious person.

[@peacelily64]

She has to stay away from the “woman “word because it might upset certain individuals who are some of her voters who don’t know what a woman is ? Im kinda talking in a word salad here😎🤯

[@BCSTS]

After pondering.....I think you are absolutely right in your comment ! 🤗

[@andrewbaldwin4454]

Oddly, Freddie and Emily ignored Harris’s surprisingly brief remarks on the Russo-Ukrainian War, the largest war on European war since the Second World War: “Five days before Russia attacked Ukraine, I met with President Zelensky to warn him about Russia’s plan to invade. I helped mobilize a global response- over 50 countries-to defend against Putin’s aggression. And as President, I will stand strong with Ukraine and our NATO allies.” A fuller timeline of events, which Freddie and Emily might have provided, is enlightening. On February 16 the Ukrainian government dramatically increased their artillery barrage against the mainly Russophone population of Donbas. The next day, February 17, unindicted war criminal Joe Biden told reporters that “my sense is this [a Russian invasion of Ukraine] will happen within the next several days.” He didn’t give the bombardment by Kyiv as the reason of this, of course. Rather, “they have not moved any of their troops out. They have moved more troops in.” At this time, Harris was on her way to the Munich Security Conference, held from February 18 to 20. It was on the second day of that conference that Harris met Zelensky, where she says she warned him that Russia planned to invade Russia. She didn’t tell him that America was mightily aggrieved about the enhanced bombardment of the Donbas, which Russia would see as a provocation and to knock it off. One would assume that this was because America wanted to provoke a Russian invasion. The former Swiss military colonel, Jacques Baud, has said that this action by the Kyiv government left Russia with no choice between an invasion of Ukraine and acceding to the obliteration of the population of the Donbas. This is a little too strong. As Paul Robinson has pointed out, they could have helped the Donetsk and Luhansk republics with military aid much as NATO has done with Ukraine, at least for a while, and tried to negotiate a better arrangement. However, there is no doubt that this bombardment was a provocation on the part of Washington and Kyiv. It is ludicrous to claim that the Russian invasion was unprovoked. Also, in the wake of JD Vance’s magisterial op-ed “The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up”, Harris’s promise to “stand strong with Ukraine” rings a little hollow. Russia is advancing steadily to the west to seize the parts of the Donbas it does not already control, and $60B in additional US aid has done nothing to stop it.

[@BCSTS]

Good observations here...thanks !

[@daveday811]

She is clearly excited about Harris

[@danielhutt4035]

President Trump needs to zero in on Kamalas record not only as VP but also her record in California politics. Stop the name calling stay on message . I Realize discipline isn't part of Trump's personality but the race is simply too close to keep playing games. Hopefully he can do this in his campaign stops and the debates.

[@karlik439]

He’s his own worst enemy but he refuses to see it!

[@tilmanvondelft]

😂

[@legocommanderfox55]

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!

[@augustbrante8117]

@@karlik439 He needs to mostly to stay on message. This happened last week he had a interview with Theo and it was great! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHSYlHugmMyna8k He seems like such a charming man in this and many interview hes done recently. But I do think in debate he wil need to be both. He neds to all her out on all of her lies!

[@globalroamer1900]

she up to no good is the short answer

[@jps0117]

Meaning what?

[@presterjohn1697]

She's up to corporate good so get on board.

[@RJ-cp3rl]

Interviewing your own journalist is neither interesting or informative

[@charleskriswell7938]

Kamala Harris is a competent politician? You learn something new every day!

Oh, she's HIGHLY competent! At politics. That's the problem.

[@mgb5170]

She is further than 99pct of elected politicians in the US.

[@willmercury]

This is a very low-resolution analysis. Disappointed.

[@gregbatchelor9205]

People need to see her speak spontaneously, unscripted, to realise that she can't. Let's hope for a series of upcoming debates with DJT, and that the latter justifiably attacks her on her (lack of) policies.

[@studiocorax8790]

DJT hates policies himself, that’s why he distanced himself from project 2025, policies makes him feel trapped. Only hope is an authentic journalist.

[@GettingSchwiftyy]

She'll get the questions ahead of time

[@ZeeMan84]

I cannot belief that Emily thinks it is 60-40 Harris vs Trump.

[@ClownCarCoup]

Belief it or not. Those are the odds the 538 polling site (Nate Silver) gives, perhaps that’s what she’s going by

[@ZeeMan84]

@@ClownCarCoup wow that’s legit I’m worried.

[@KentaPenta64]

A shallow analysis of her speech. Listen to Victor Davis Hanson for depth and insight!

[@dancroitoru364]

lol - indeed Rome has fallen let's all unground the stone tools and work the fields

[@kingshousetube]

Don't forget though that Mr Hanson is not in her class at all!

[@GirdsHerStrength]

She’s not fooling me.

[@calzonelover3950]

What is she secretly going to do

[@Eric-tj3tg]

​@@calzonelover3950She, herself, is likely unaware of her plans. Her directives will be provided as she "needs to know."

[@calzonelover3950]

@@Eric-tj3tg from who

[@fibber2u]

I bet you manage that all by yourself.

[@herodotus7]

Will she have a teleprompter with Putin and Netanyahu?

[@sophieoshaughnessy9469]

She will have team members that she listens to. No one knows everything. She is a fast learner. I don’t see those two men liking or respecting her and she will not give a shit.

[@mrtopcat2]

You bet. They so the same with her just like they did for the past few decades.

[@mrtopcat2]

@@sophieoshaughnessy9469

[@lynnayers3783]

‘No blunders’ except total lies. She’s not going to do any of that.

[@rbb.828]

Name one.

[@studiocorax8790]

Specify the lies, or else, you risk appearing as the fake one.

[@jl9205]

Calling J6 an "armed insurrection" was a howler.

[@patavinity1262]

Sorry, as soon as your guest used the word 'vibes' uncritically, I immediately stop caring about what she has to say.

[@mildajasaite871]

If anyone is interested in actual and not pathetically idiotic breakdown of her speech please go and see Glenn Greenwald. These two here were supportive of Covid policy and war of Ukraine as well.

[@sparkyinsertnamehere6673]

Really? She did ok? She managed to read a fairly short speech from a teleprompter (written by somebody else) without totally screwing it up, and you think she did ok? Nothing of any substance in the speech, from a candidate that won't take any questions from the press, and you are praising this?

[@mmare1263]

I am so surprised to see you a puppet of Murdock press

[@amandahsawyer]

Why is Emily commenting on unherd?

[@mgb5170]

You could have mentioned the speech writers and what other politicians use these same writers.

[@jacobpetersen5662]

If it’s ain’t broke…. Ha ha ha. Who is this chick? It couldn’t be more broke! Wake up!

[@MrEnniscorthy]

“[Trump] used to tell me, ‘It doesn’t matter what you say, Stephanie - say it enough and people will believe you.’

[@ACR7791]

Kamala is acting like she is not in govt right now

[@kingshousetube]

Sadly so are the people listening to her!

[@kabaduck]

The problem that I saw with the Democrat national convention was the repeating of false political messaging of events that have occurred which have been fact checked... Extremely appealing to the base but extremely alarming to independents Many things said just come across unhinged, those who know the facts heard absurdity

[@studiocorax8790]

Compared to the RNC, which do you think reproduced the most lies?

[@kabaduck]

@@studiocorax8790 hard to say but they were just different sorts of lies, one was like a layer of unhinged lies with a layer of hysteria over the top and the other one was a layer of opinion chaos with a layer of countryside fence cheddar... Like two clashing cultures

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

@@studiocorax8790 As long as DNC's lies are covered up and propped by the mainstream media, they will always have the upper hand in lies; that's how it works, and it's not a symmetry

[@DAMION888]

That’s show business

[@NLF123]

Kamala Harris for president... Based on the fact that she can read to the end an entire written speech, lol 😢

[@sharonmoore167]

She's just saying what she thinks we won't to hear but you can guarantee it's just empty words.

[@davidlarsen4900]

The close minded partisanship on display here is really quite sad.

[@zanniethompson]

Seriously? How gullible are you lot? This is why we’re doomed. Journalists with zero critical thinking skills. Zero.

[@ACR7791]

"Yes she can?"... But she hasn't🤔

[@HD-pc4id]

Love you Emily So glad yo see you branching out I cant stomach Krystal and Ryan anymore

[@m.iramiles9310]

She was impressive because she read what someone else wrote competently from teleprompters? Soft bigotry of low expectations much?

[@mrtopcat2]

Yeah really, UnHerd as major disappointment here. What is going on? This was such UnFreddy.

[@dancroitoru364]

@@mrtopcat2 So you believe UnHerd should be fully on board with Trump-Putin and crush the woke while solving all of the world's problems with "a deal" ...Anything less than that is "biased" and a reason for disappointment - lol

[@50_Pence]

Promise everything deliver nothing

[@lookbovine]

The sound is off. Love the early morning Chicago skyline against ❤️Emily’s unbespectacled look, especially as the sound began to sync, omg!!! Brat?

[@colofsco1]

Focus on policies. We all know KH is a mixed race women.

[@matadorade]

4:18, of course it's emotional blackmail. It's what they do, they don't want to talk about many policies because they'd terrify the public.

[@LuisEstevez-o3g]

The Gaza supporters in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are going to sink her campaign. They are for sure not buying her crap.

[@pains1956]

I AM DISILLUSIONED WITH THESE TWO FREDDIE AND THIS WOMAN. .WITH THEIR SURPRISED COMMENTS IT EVEN SEEMS THEY APPROVE OF THIS LIAR AND ACTRESS

[@dancroitoru364]

who who'd like they approve? Trump and Putin?

[@kingshousetube]

@@dancroitoru364 We could see Emily was a little biased. I just wanted to hear good analysis and I didn't.

[@dancroitoru364]

@@kingshousetube I think she actually did a good analysis. First, we saw that Harris is able to deliver a coherent speech - big relief! Second, she's not about to change US foreign policy in any major way. huge relief! internally there'll be no major changes as well ...

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

The Democrats have learned to shift to the center, if only as a facade. I am willing to vote for Trump if he does the same. His appeals to his rabid base fall flat with working class people like me.

[@allanhutton1123]

the left is immorally unified and the right in princilply divided. that's why democracy will always end societies

[@rbb.828]

Trump is just as rabid as his base 😂

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

should distinguish between style and policy; may dislike the guy and his style, but cannot pretend he is campaigning or that he already implemented extreme policies

[@kingshousetube]

It's all about winning so you tell people ALL what you are not going to do that they think you should do!

[@MrEnniscorthy]

A great analysis of a supremely important speech. We are not going back

[@vox_populi7621]

60-40 in favor of Harris seems to me a bit (or rather, greatly) exaggerated. Thanks for the interesting talk.

[@CLCL748]

I agree. Emily is rather delusional. It’s a much closer race and polls typically underestimate Trump.

[@cynthiaguest4509]

@@CLCL748I always lie about who I’m voting for

[@mrtopcat2]

@@CLCL748I have not checked the channel for quote a while. Now that I have returned, I was shocked how UnFreddy Freddy has become. What is going on? Has he been in a re-education camp?

[@CLCL748]

@@mrtopcat2 Maybe he’s been spending time at the Ministry of Truth?

[@kingshousetube]

@@CLCL748 They also underestimate the American! Is it just the University types voting?

[@MrEnniscorthy]

Truth matters. Lies have consequences

[@marybiggs94]

Tell Donald Trump that

[@alexandervargas5304]

Lame pundits 😂😂😂

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

18:25 Everyone's straight up nostalgia-trippin, for when things were less absurd, exactly yes that's what's going on right now. This informs how politicking is done, at the moment. 21:40 I think you're correct on Biden, it might have been close but was almost guaranteed, Trump does not have the Independents. Now, although Harris is more clearly favored as far as we can anticipate, her presidency will potentially introduce a whole new range of cultural problems.

[@culturespot75]

She'll win it for cat ladiez who've done very well for and out of the corporate world since, er, s1 of Lena Durham's Girls.

[@midlander8186]

Is this pablum what we should expect from this show? Very disappointing. Bear in mind the Democrats have become extremely hostile to free speech. I appreciate the fornication without consequences crowd are willing to subordinate every policy to whatever delusions about restrictions on abortion in which they indulge themselves, but I expect this channel, in particular, to take a stronger stance against Democratic authoritarianism.

[@JB-gr6om]

The DNC was CRINGE

[@dlmsarge8329]

Super insightful comment. Thanks for that.

​@@dlmsarge8329and yet, it is VERY insightful.

[@rbb.828]

Wrong

[@studiocorax8790]

Yet appearing as so much more serious than the RNC.

[@ataiber1]

They wrote for her and prepared her for hours!

[@robertgustav8910]

Kind of surprised that Unherd has allowed this episode to slide into NPR level partisanship.

[@davegold]

Maybe they have provided the independent news that most people want? Emily gave very lukewarm praise. Freddy seems to want less identity politics so why shouldn't he be pleased with a speech containing less identity politics?

[@Scott-A-Montgomery]

Well, hopefully your next will be able to provide something substantive

[@dancroitoru364]

you can always go to Triggernometry - over there everything is clear pure and simple. The republicans/libertarians/etc will restore freedom of speech and everything will be Gucci like in the '70s If that's too intellectual you have Quillette (more of the same but much much simpler) lol

[@sophieoshaughnessy9469]

Could the Overton window be moving back? Sure hope so. Love to hear you reflecting this normalcy.

[@mlbrink]

@@sophieoshaughnessy9469 don’t be fooled by her speech. the Democrats are far leftists/Marxists. They are evil and just the fact that they talk about abortion nonstop should tip you off.

[@cynthiaguest4509]

If you say hope has come back again aren’t you slamming your own record? Btw there is not a single long form interview online with Harris.

[@mrtopcat2]

This episode was such UnFreddy. Is Freddy being blackmailed?

[@sansacro007]

He's trying to support his new correspondent so it's a plug for her, but it's not serving us; maybe he has a crush?

[@jaybee557]

Oh Freddy, this was pathetic…

[@liamwinter4512]

I wonder how much a human soul costs

[@speggeri90]

Its surprisingly cheap.

[@alfflasymphonyx]

she's deluded Emily. Thinking Biden had a chance against Trump shows the state of mind in America.

[@PtolemyXVII]

I think Emily merely meant that the satellite voting systems will favour Kamala over Donald and steal the election from him, again. It’s clear to me Emily prefers Trump as a candidate.

[@paulski73]

What a joke! 😂

[@mike1hani]

How boring

[@LettyK]

Give me Tulsi Gabbard any day.

[@rinkadink66]

the majority of people voting against someone.. is not the best situation for a nation to be in..

[@xdxd-zm5ze]

Biden could read a teleprompter too.

[@mehface]

Who cares who's in change of the democrats/ After Biden it's clear their leader, as president, is not running the show.

[@just_another32]

more UK-based content, please!

[@mrtopcat2]

@2:03 Reintroducing her? Reintroducing and A RE-WORKED, RE-EDITED FAKE IMAGE of her.

[@John-c3u9o]

The surprising thing is not Harris's shift to the middle, but Trump's utter incapacity to do so.

[@mrtopcat2]

Trump is already in the middle. It’s you who has drifted far left without noticing it.

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

what middle would you like?

[@kingshousetube]

@@mrtopcat2 Thanks. You have to wonder why anyone has to shift their position if they are right.

[@danjaasma2305]

31 comments and only 12 show? That’s what you do when your ideas can’t compete in reality. What pitiful cowardice.

[@lighthouse6120]

Click on the "Sort by" tab, then, "most recent" tab. that will open up the other comments instead of "Top comments". Next to the word COMMENTS above all these.

[@ashleywebb2736]

Whatskamala . Love the word play

[@nova_wolfie6.256]

I only watch these videos because Emily pretty 😍😍

[@eli.ezra.official]

Empty suit

[@flyingsunbeds909]

Seems like you two have swallowed the hype and manipulation.

[@danieljeftic6181]

Snake showing it's legs, to distract from the poisonous teeth..... Then again, there is a dragon who pretends to be a household pet....... That is politics.......

[@sansacro007]

She is such an avatar. Briefly interviewed with shallow questions after the speech on her way out, she seemed shaky, self-conscious, and nothing like her coached and scripted performance. Voting for her is, at best, more of the Biden & co same; at worst, a complete unknown that will move wherever those pulling the strings dictate.

[@stuartmckenzie8095]

Really

[@Pid75]

Hmm… I think it’s pretty broke.

[@kvmelfkmermv]

I'm sorry, but this Emily woman is kind of a limp noodle. It's 2024 and the full gamut of political opinions is at the tips of our fingers all the time. There are plenty of critiques of the Democrats that aren't just knee jerk reactions from conservatives (Glen Greenwald, Matt Taibi, to name but a couple) yet Emily never brings them up she is trotted out as some young conservative voice.

[@mikem4984]

All show. She's acting moderate for the general, which is understandable but completely disingenuous and meant to mislead the gullable and low information voter

[@rbb.828]

🤡🤡🤡

[@mikem4984]

@@rbb.828 Yup, she and her party are a clown show

[@rbb.828]

@@mikem4984 have you seen trumps face lately buddy?

[@mikem4984]

@@rbb.828😄 You got me there!

[@kingshousetube]

I think she said nothing as no one really wanted to hear anything anyway. It was all about saying enough for people to go away thinking she said more. A real carefully put together message.

[@dancroitoru364]

what she actually said between the lines is that US will not appease dictators like Putin and that US foreign policy will keep its major commitment towards Israel. Internally there will not be destabilizing changes, etc. Quite a disappointment for people who expect autocrats to do some magic "deal" and resolve their personal problems.

[@daughter_of_earth]

The Democrats delivered. Soon, the Trumpian nightmare might be over.

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

yeah, delivered suffering and poverty

[@mlbrink]

@@daughter_of_earth we’ve had 4 years of Biden/Harris nightmare. Things were much better under Trump. Everyone knows that. We all lived it. You have TDS and need to get with the program and stop watching propaganda.

[@bassandtrebleclef]

They delivered a stillborn.

[@Batzarn82]

The only thing I can commend her for is not playing identity politics as much. Sell people on your merit, your vision and your policies. I could not care less what someone’s gender and race are. Obama did not get elected because he is a black guy.

[@EDavis-bu7cx]

You guys are kinda funny, with your 'surprise' at both parties being openly populist, and walking away from foreign policy (altogether). (-: The USA has been walking away from foreign policy, toward a form of isolaitionism, and solidly toward a form of populism in BOTH parties since Bill Clinton. Biden and Trump both went exactly the same direction in these areas, and both of them were just continuations of Obama on these two fronts. Where have you been? Either way, thanks for the coverage. If Kennedy is going to bail out, I guess I'll just focus on my congressmen and senators. These two are both deal-breakers for me.

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

"The USA has been walking away from foreign policy, toward a form of isolaitionism, and solidly toward a form of populism in BOTH parties since Bill Clinton." - huh? The USA has bombed more countries than ever before since Bill; Obama campaigned on ending Bush's wars, and ended up delivering more bombs and destroying more countries than him; Where have YOU been?

[@MrEnniscorthy]

Joy. Life is full of JOY. Embrace it

[@roncee2793]

It’s all pack of lies!

[@marybiggs94]

I think you may be confused. This is about the DNC, not the RNC

[@lighthouse6120]

I think the reference to Obama, isn't quite accurate, not so much Obama esk, as it was presidential. Yes patriarchal. The standard sell for politicians is to hold their posture up and have a look of confidence. You could say that about any one of the executive runner ups. (Including the vice prez candidates). Furthermore, apparently the Israel lobby and the military laundry loop need to be reigned in carefully.

[@mlbrink]

@@lighthouse6120 🤮

[@paulmanning4901]

Nice jacket

[@Aria-wl2ve]

Wow! Was a biased analysis. Won’t be watching her again.