How the Democrats messed up the US election | James O’Brien - The Whole Show

[@Woclshejtiknew1]

Let’s not forget the elephant in the room: The 78year old biden should have said, on year 3, in 2023, i am a one term president. I am doing this for the country. I am not seeking reelection. This would have helped the dems immensely.

[@andrewstevenson118]

That's true.

[@Durgenheim]

He had previously said he would be a “bridge” president and only planned for one term in office, but then walked that back. Thanks, Joe.

[@tulaloo6526]

I feel this to the bone. I also feel a great deal of gratitude for getting the economy back after every right-wing outlet was saying there would be a recession. Life is complicated.

[@TheMouse-gc9ft]

It’s hard with so many people relying on you, pressuring you to seek re-election

[@matthewv4170]

​@@Durgenheimhe never said that

[@ravenswood118]

"When you show people evidence that their beliefs are unfounded, they don't thank you for it. They walk away hating you even more." SOOOOOO TRUUEEEEE OMG.

[@toolmoo1]

All she had to do is lie, boast, brag, and deflect. Facts and honesty were the wrong approach.

[@Lifelongloser]

Which facts did she employ ?

[@lindarose9433]

And make empty promises of quick fixes

[@vincentbernal635]

Doing so will just make people’s impression on Harris and her administration worse.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

​@@vincentbernal635It didn't with Trump.

[@martinnorman2579]

You would have to string a sentence together for that😊

[@lorenbanks293]

People in America didn’t care. And Americans will get what’s coming to them. I’m ashamed of my brethren. My country. All those who voted for what’s coming, don’t ever cry to me, your tears will fall on deaf ears. We warned you. You cared more about eggs. You are not my countrymen. You don’t believe in the foundation of America. Integrity is a virtue often overlooked. It’s a shame. America was hanging on to the sliver of the integrity we had left. Now it is gone.

[@lerhodes2236]

Need a tissue 🥲.

[@notyourordinarygran]

RIP.😢

[@archer8597]

She did offer newborn baby $6000 plus 50,000 credit refunds for new business - cheap medicine , 25,000 for first home buyers and much more

[@James-p1t7p]

Inflationary offers which would hurt more than it helps

[@archer8597]

@@James-p1t7p Inflation is down to 2.0. As of yesterday. So inflation is no a thing.

[@James-p1t7p]

@archer8597 as of yesterday, did she implement ALL her policies you mentioned above, as of yday? Remove the emotion

[@Mohammed-n2n8r]

Nonsense, the republicans are the party of price gauging the public.Trump is a disaster and would be a disaster.He did a Liz Truss the last time, ballooned the debt and spent like crazy.But unlike Britain which is a smaller Economy and couldn't withstand such unorthodox madness,he got away with it because the United States is a mammoth Economy and he inherited a great Economy from Obama.Second time round,he will crash the Economy like Liz Truss.m​@@James-p1t7p

[@archer8597]

@ I guess if she was president she could have !! I don’t know if you know the difference between VP and President - probably why Mike Pence didn’t enact any laws!! However Trump was President and he didn’t get rid of the affordable care act! As he promised

[@FanofMillan]

The cost of living, no democrat could have overcome that. The incumbents across the world are being thrown out for that. The people believed the lies that Trump could fix it.

[@Relugus]

Biden and Harris were establishment drones, whereas a left-wing populist like Bernie Sanders could have beaten Trump.

[@ibexdnb2879]

But he probably will.. like last time...

[@louishigh30]

@@ibexdnb2879 Unless he can take the USA into negative inflation, which comes with all sorts of other issues, no he can't.

[@kemalistdevrimturkaydnlanm168]

Not in Türkiye because, Erdoğan is supported by foreign powers, they also design the opposition also he is one of the most successful populists as thought by his CIA advisors in his 1150 room place.

[@jiiaga5017]

Democrats could have overcome it by addressing it. They chose not too.

[@slightrebellionoffmadison]

The Dems kneecapping Bernie in 2016 didn’t help - Clinton wasn’t a likable candidate. The Dems have to run Jon Stewart in 2028. We’re past traditional politicians. You need to combat celebrity with celebrity. At least Stewart is funny, informed - and is notable for fighting for/helping NY firefighters get compensation for 9/11.

[@thegoodpimps]

Jon stewart doesn’t want to run. Democrat celebrities are aware the only way to make money as a president is to be corrupt and therefore choose to remain on the sidelines where they can make money without committing crimes.

[@ClannCholmain]

Who did Bernie endorse?

[@ViruzFitia]

Except the fact that... Jon Stewart literally doesn't want it. You can't force someone into a position and make them run if they don't want to run.

[@tonynav1082]

​@ViruzFitia don't need to force him. Need to convince him. Most times the best person for power is the one that doesn't want it at first. Not saying he's our only choice or we should place all bets on him. Just saying he could be an option if convinced.

[@slightrebellionoffmadison]

@@ViruzFitia “I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.” -Bill Hicks

[@SimonAlexisWalker-sz2uz]

In case anyone cares, the gentleman making the point on Bill Maher is Tim Miller, founder of the Bullwark podcast.

[@archer8597]

Love Tim. Miller

[@Jeff-wn5sv]

Tim Miller is the current host, who took over after Charlie Sykes (founder of The Bulwark with Sarah Longwell) retired from regular broadcasting. Miller was a regular contributor before Sykes left.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

A left-hating, Israel-loving never-Trumper Republican. He loathe progressives and had Medhi Hasan on in the last days of the election stating that he never talked about or with a progressive. Harris chosed to listen to them, not her base. Making the dems the new Republican party. Practically turning back to their roots. The left will never support that again.

[@uosdwis-r-dewoh14]

Tim is a great presenter but he's incredibly biased and that clouded his judgement massively. He's whole agenda is to push Dems to his version of Republicanism. As a strategy it completely failed and he wouldn't have wanted anything else.

[@johnrussell3961]

Cameron said he trusted the voters to make the right decision. That worked out so well..

[@TalesOfWar]

Two things went wrong there. People trusted Cameron, and Cameron trusted people. Remember, many of those people also voted for Cameron lol.

[@achandler6583]

@@johnrussell3961 But we trusted the government to deliver. They couldn't have made a worse job if it. Security of our borders broken. While held in the shackles of the ECHR. Appalling

[@Crusher8282]

Cameron also invited Obama here to blackmail voters with you will be at back of the line in trade deal! Trump was pro Brexit which is why our politicians pushed it down the road until 2020 with transition ending January 21 when trump was gone! Time you wake up! Trump 70+million 2020 Biden 82 million Trump got the same this election Try convince me 2020 wasn't rigged and explain why Harris lost 15million votes and where they vanished to Infact explain why 2020 around 20 million extra votes on all previous elections

[@Beanscf9ep]

Well, the brexitard movement was based on a bunch of lies. If we had accountability, then a lot of people would be in jail.

[@johnrussell3961]

@@achandler6583 you trusted the Tories? What a mistake to make.,

[@tulaloo6526]

Absolutely correct about Rupert Murdock and it happened under Reagan. We will suffer for years under Trump

[@achandler6583]

@@tulaloo6526 And you've been better of in pocket since Joe was in then NOT

[@mick8888V]

It was actually Roy Cohn (Trump's old lawyer and mentor to Roger Stone )who wed Regan to Murdoch in the Oval office and the Republicans continue to celebrate in anniversaries of those nuptials. Reagan ruined America and it has yet to recover from that slippery slide of offshoring of manufacturing.

[@tulaloo6526]

@@achandler6583 COVID created a world-wide crisis, every right-wing outlet called for a great recession. We experienced inflation but not as great as other countries. That is a great accomplishment. Gas prices are $2.99 now, groceries are not increasing, home prices are stabilizing and the unemployment is low. It is not great but we managed to get through a world-wide pandemic less scathed than other G7 countries.

[@TheGreatJ]

According to every single metric yes. The US is doing the best out of every single country globally in regards to inflation. You just fell for a cult leader who told you everything is bad even if there's no evidence of it​@@achandler6583

[@Relugus]

Beaverbrook and Northcliffe with Lloyd George as well.

[@franklyntrades9]

Simply played on human consciousness, fears and anxiety, and need for strength and safe control. Now in power is next already walking back stopping wars in one day..

[@janechambers9980]

HARRIS PROMISED 50 k for small business, help with buying first homes, protections for reproductive health and health in general, support fro NATO, Ukraine--Normalcy, in general. This was not enough for MAGA amorality and extremism.

[@DrippyWaffler]

Because she also promised more status quo. People who are financially hurting don't want the status quo. Like it or not, the socialists were right - capitalism in decline leads to populism, and populism leads to either fascism or socialism. If the dems had put their weight behind Bernie in 2016 I don't even think we'd be needing to have this conversation. Clinton was a horrifically bad candidate, as was Biden but he really only got in on the back of a poor covid performance. Harris was more of the same. She couldn't name something she'd do different to Biden. Trump won with fewer votes than last time because more people didn't vote democrat. Bernie's economic populism was the answer to this.

[@freespeech8520]

Karmala is just a puppet. She had 4 years to push all those promises with Biden, but she didn't. People know those are empty promises and decide not to vote.

[@slytown]

Is it not extreme enough or not relevent enough to common voters? How many Americans care about NATO membership and small biz loans? A very small portion of the voting population.

[@TheLaughingMustache-oh5ff]

We are 34 Trillion in debt and paying 1 trillion on our debt repayment. Money that is just being set on fire, and you want to vote for somebody that is going to borrow even more money making inflation even worse. LOL.

[@Cosmoscosmos1]

Think the maga lot had sussed out she was lying through her teeth

[@DoctorMuno]

Negative comments here prove the point, it's not about policy issues or factual results. It's a game of perceived my team versus another team. I'm afraid team is perceived in ways many of us would not like. Tribal would best describe it. I'll also admit it's possible most trollish comments are bot generated and should be ignored.

[@Smartacus420]

Cheer up buttercup, theres always next time.

[@James-p1t7p]

Instead of engaging with the other side, just call them trolls

[@mickreaddin4979]

To this day, I still don't understand O'Brien's clear admiration for Bernie Sanders and his condemnation of Corbyn? The policies/agenda of both are almost interchangeable, yet O'Brien will take any opportunity to attack Corbyn.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

Bernie said multiple times that Corbyn is an inspiration for him. I think Corbyn represents an opposition to Starmer who he has always put on a piedestal. He also talked against Israel at a take where that was regarded as antisemitism. There's probably also more resentment that we don't know about.

[@DrippyWaffler]

​@@charisma-hornum-fries he was slandered as anti-Semitic because his own party wanted him out (in the same way the DNC wanted Bernie out) so they intentionally ignored reports of anti-Semitism to make Corbyn look bad.

[@caroleparker6084]

They DID call out the scuppering of the border bill…. Constantly. Low information voters just never took it on board. They were told it was a bad Bill, regardless of it being a bipartisan bill headed up by one of the most Conservative Congressmen, Lankford!

[@Durgenheim]

It’s much more about how the Democrats lost than how the republicans won. The total number for Trump was roughly the same as it was four years ago, but the vote for Harris looks like it will be somewhere in the range of 10 million fewer than what Biden achieved. Obviously there are demographic shifts in there, as well as electoral college consideration, etc, but it’s simply an astounding drop-off across the board for the Democrats compared to the last election.

[@eveapple4928]

Yes it’s almost like the electorate don’t like leftist rhetoric anymore

[@James-p1t7p]

The coalition that voted for him was extremely unlikely, in that way he won. That the dems were that bad in the candidate they chose, and the messaging obviously made it worse

[@archer8597]

@@Durgenheim I agree. - Elle Mystal said yesterday “And now that he is here, "We, as a nation, have proven ourselves to be a fetid, violent people, and we deserve a leader who embodies the worst of us," he wrote. Trump, as he exists in our political environment, "was created from our greed, our insecurities, and our selfishness. We have summoned him, from the depths of our own bile and neediness, and he has answered. And now that he is here, we deserve our fate, because the most fundamental truth about Trump’s reelection is that Trump was right about us." Made me think

[@VoiceOfThe]

Nice cope dude.

[@Relugus]

Dems wouldn't be in this situation if they hadn't sabotaged Bernie, many voters were angry at how Bernie was treated by the Dem establishment.

[@SuzanneO707]

My childhood nightmarish spectacle of watching mad-eyed Thatcher proclaiming she would bring harmony, has come back to haunt me once again this past couple of days. Same trajectory.

[@parallaxview2143]

Take a break from the kool aid and social media and you'll feel better.

[@SuzanneO707]

@@parallaxview2143 I do neither. Thankyou.

[@wowwowwow185]

grow up

[@SuzanneO707]

@@wowwowwow185 It's real history pal, I have.

[@marktullett-g2f]

Wow that means you’re British. America voted Trump in. You had no say,stop crying. The reason he won was because the American people didn’t listen to MSM and people like O’Brien

[@philjameson292]

John Knot who Robin Day called a "here today, gone tomorrow politician" in an interview while Defence Secretary concerning defence cuts Knot famously walked out of the interview

[@baxtar1963]

People are worried about their personal finances wait till the Trump tariffs kick in and every thing doubles in price

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Misogyny is still alive and well in The US.

[@kellyanderson7624]

Her gender has nothing to do with it. There were millions of men that voted for her. But she was an awful candidate with no plan for the future of the country. That's why she lost. And the Democrats alienating Trump voters or voters who were undecided didn't help either.

[@OO-Enterprises]

It's not about misogyny it's about quality of living. If you're not improving the lives of the general public and someone else is promising to do so then they're going to go for that person.

[@andrewstevenson118]

* Racism too

[@wadeday8706]

Yes but in a weird kind of way. The redpill movement has skewed gen z men and Latino men right. They are almost evenly split now, before they were largely democrats. White non-collage educated also no vote 80% republican. Democrats also lost the social media battle by running a centrist campaign.

[@wadeday8706]

@@user-em6ie2be7x It’s red pill movement. Gen Z voted for Trump more according to some exit polls along Millennials. Latino men shifted right massively. That is not the whole story tho. Since trump won white women vote (largest voting block). Also likely Dem white suburban men stayed home in massive numbers.

[@abhirao8582]

I partly blame a great deal of naivety and left wing infighting.

[@god1971b]

Plus 18 million Biden voters sitting out the vote.

[@a.leigh215]

Agreed, I also don't think people understand yet the astounding number of people that didn't vote at all as a protest. Trump won with less votes than he lost with in 2020.

[@wadeday8706]

Left wing infighting was none factor. The fact is a large suburban white men vote stayed home largely due to apathy. She fell 10 million vote short largely because of white suburban men. Internet culture has also destroyed the minds of youth. Gen z men and Latino men vote almost 50/50 now. White women (largest voting block) was won by trump by slim margin. There was no primary this time and everyone fell in line. The voting block is simply not large enough. It was a democratic collapse of 10 million votes.

[@Sherluck93]

The infighting and left extremism didn't help, for sure, but it's not to blame. The GOP nearly imploded as well. I'm pretty sure a blame game will start now, but it's not very helpful. They did pretty well, just didn't win. The last thing we need now is them taking themselves apart. Reflect and get back on track, towards the middle, as representatives of the public.

[@wadeday8706]

@@Sherluck93 The center has fallen. Biden only won in 2020 because of Covid. Kamala lost nearly 10 million votes due to likely Dem white suburban men not voting in large numbers. They cannot be won by appealing to center. Hillary lost on that and now Kamala, Biden was saved by covid. It’s not about policy it’s about vibes and feelings, that’s why Trump won. Another centrist campaign will likely fail since the votes are simply not large enough. Also Red pill movement has swayed Genz men, Latino men right. Trump won white women. You need a populist movement to win voters, they vote on emotions not policies.

[@ninacres7598]

The Long Term effect ....!!!? Myopia .... ? Education? Freedom of Speech? Open Elections? Project 2025? Golf😂

[@crystalrachel]

She promised jobs. She promised rights. She didn’t promise to be a man

[@EdwardHohenheim]

No she promised she would be exactly like Biden and ended up losing like an incumbent.

[@Relugus]

​@@EdwardHohenheimBernie was the popular choice but Wall Street and AIPAC demanded a corporate Zionist.

[@ClannCholmain]

@@Reluguswho gifted wall st a trillion?

[@Drood.]

@@Relugus Bernie wouldn't have won in a million years, socialism has become synonymous with Communism, and as a self described socialist Bernie would be seen as an attack on American democracy.

[@jeeplvr2000]

When you represent the establishment like Dems do, rhetoric from the Dems matters to them and their rhetoric doesn't. You can say Trump is also the establishment but they don't see it that way and that's all that matters. What Dems did didn't work. The combination of the perception of establishment, rhetoric, and disengaged voters killed us in a historic way.

[@TalesOfWar]

The irony is most of the establishment are Republicans. Like most here are Tories.

[@amancalledjim5382]

@@TalesOfWarno they are not stop lying.

[@jamesprice4647]

@@amancalledjim5382 they are

[@matthewv4170]

It doesnt make a difference. Uniparty is in charge

[@thegoodpimps]

@@jamesprice4647i think he meant most of the establishment are conservatives

[@stuc3195]

This is what happens when you spend your time telling people what they should be thinking, rather than listening to what they are saying..

[@James-p1t7p]

Someone gets it

[@Sherluck93]

@@stuc3195 So T has been listening and got it?

[@stuc3195]

@Sherluck93 quite possibly yes

[@James-p1t7p]

@Sherluck93 yup he just won an election by a landslide

[@feedtherich11]

Not true as an America - MAGA would never make any sense these folks are unhinged. Nut bags . Dump supporters never travel . They are in their bubble of hate , now Donny gave them the green light to do it in the open.

[@yogi4lyfe]

Thank you James!

[@movieweb]

Loving Frank at 1:45:00!

[@baxtar1963]

Minimum wage goes up prices go up. It’s a wash corporations refuse to let their bottom line drop one penny.

[@twisteddancer7773]

Looking at social media meltdowns about Trump has been very entertaining absolutely comedy gold

[@ibexdnb2879]

It's great. The unhinged are showing their true colours.

[@god1971b]

They are just following Trump supporters 4 year example with out the hate and violence.

[@a.leigh215]

It's also hilarious how they're not having temper tantrums and staging an insurrection.

[@twisteddancer7773]

​@@a.leigh215Give it time. They've already had a rally in London

[@Drood.]

You should see what happened on January 6th 2021, people got triggered so hard.

[@baxtar1963]

The Department of Justice recently cracking down on price gouging monopolies from landlords, but that’s too late. They should’ve done something along time ago.

[@gloriamilton6641]

Read the book The Stand and that is what is going to happen to the USA

[@frankcooke1692]

"Respectfully, with Adam from Swansea" should be its own weekly segment.

[@greamespens1460]

Was it true that Rory Stewart lost a bundle.

[@parallaxview2143]

And the last of his credibility.

[@puravidadew7031]

I think the poppy stop meaning anything many years ago. The wars have never stopped and never will.

[@Lifelongloser]

The caller at 37:54 says multiculturalism has been absolutely fantastic for this country. How on earth can that be measured? You can’t use GDP because then if we’d had an increase of millions of white Europeans GDP would also have gone up. These people go on and on about facts when it suits and come out with unsubstantiated opinions stated as facts when it suits. And boy does it suit their utter prejudice against large swathes of the population.

[@simonbomberharris]

Takes me back to Dicksville and that big swing 😂😂😂😂

[@archer8597]

What the dems need to do is to let Trump enact all his plans - And stop covering for him Then let’s see what the people really want

[@thegoodpimps]

The dems love trump. He cuts taxes and is great for ratings. They really hate bernie.

[@craigkirkwood4060]

Exactly agreed

[@agoogleuserblootet5111]

It depends whether people chose conciously to believe a pathalogical liar.......when he promised to make their lives better. Uneducated, misinformed ?

[@freedomfighter4990]

Trump Derangement Syndrome. It makes them believe anything he says & lets them pretend his racism, misogyny & xenophobia are just jokes.

[@ibexdnb2879]

Well last time he did make the average persons life better so....

[@ibexdnb2879]

But do tell us how we should have voted because clearly voting how you see fit makes you 'uneducated' and 'misinformed'.

[@agoogleuserblootet5111]

@@ibexdnb2879 No, I was asking the question whether American Voters are uneducated and misinformed because of The TV and Press in the U.S. Just posing the questions..........that was all. Not saying they are and I wouldn't tell anyone how to vote. That is their choice. I'd just hope that it's a fairly informed choice.

[@freedomfighter4990]

@@ibexdnb2879 Does that include you? So pray tell, how did your life get better under Chump? Name 3 things he did that improved your life personally when he was prez.

[@Sherluck93]

Bringing Beyonce was not smart, right now.

[@archer8597]

No different to him bringing on hulk hogan

[@victorsomosu123]

This is such a non factor 😂 Why even bring it up?

[@thefamilyyoutubeaccount3606]

It's obvious O'Brien, people are tired of politicians concerned more with the extreme minority instead of making tangible change that benefits the everyday lives of the majority - even if trump doesn't deliver at least he promised help, which is more than can be said for the other side.

[@nenafan1]

Yes, of course, people are so against focusing on the minority. Banning men from girls sports is such a majority issue that affects every single American citizen, after all. And it’s not like she promised to help small businesses, first time home buyers, wanted to tackle price gouging, and a couple dozen other points

[@nenafan1]

@@thefamilyyoutubeaccount3606 So you don’t know what the vp does, and you don’t know what joe did to put a lid on the economic distress in the country. Not to mention, don had four years too. He passed a tax cut for the rich and let a virus go crazy. Not much else

[@Drood.]

What specifically did Trump promise? World peace and more money in your pocket without ever explaining how he was going to make that happen?

[@thefamilyyoutubeaccount3606]

​@@Drood. Tarrifs. Before you say they drive up prices bla bla bla. Have a read about uses of protectionism - trump isnt the first. Short term pain long term gain.

[@j-ptruman2508]

James O'Brien routinely ignores an important point. Yes, Biden's government did do well economically post COVID, and the US recovered faster and better than many other countries. BUT, when the public is asked "Are you better off now?", the answer is often "no", mostly because of inflation outpacing wage increases (as it often does). This was the question Kamala refused to answer.

[@eberg21955]

The dems picked the worst person to run, (i still voted for her) I'm an anyone but Trump person

[@achandler6583]

@@eberg21955 Thats why you lost Bitterness clouds wisdom

[@Durgenheim]

Speaking broadly, Harris’ campaign was bizarrely similar to Hillary Clinton’s… and we all know how that ended up. This includes: outreach to “Never-Trumpers”, deference to corporate backers, lack of emphasis for issues prioritized by the working class, insistence on using traditional campaign methods, and overall lack of identity outside of the Democratic Party machine. There was also the fact that Harris was short on experience, was not a popular figure at any point during her 2020 campaign or as VP, and was shoehorned in by the establishment without the voting public having any say. Just a disaster on all levels.

[@archer8597]

@@Durgenheim Did you want her to speak like trump and falate a mike on stage! ! That seemed popular

[@James-p1t7p]

​@@archer8597he did no such thing, but if you believe that you're too far gone

[@vincentbernal635]

Eberg, I say this, I agree there should have been a primary. But I will say Harris is not the worst person to run. She did what she could to make the swing states close.

[@michaelparker8603]

Mr. Obrien I think what you are missing (or perhaps choosing to ignore) is that Trump offered hope to the American people that he would fix the economic problems that America is currently experiencing whereas Harris failed to articulate a plan to solve the issue that most Americans perceive as their main concern

[@tonytidbury6569]

While trump said he had a concept of a plan, and even that was a lie. All he ever said was he would fix it. No plan.

[@PirateRemy]

Trump did not articulate any plan either , never has and when pressed will deflect and distract. Media let him get away with it

[@jimoconnor2594]

Neck and Neck,,,,,,,,,,, some people LIED

[@Sherluck93]

If you call her Kamala, call him Donald. That alone (she's Kamala, he's Mr. Trump), is infantilizing. I'll never forget how the media outlets couldn't stop calling him 'President' instead of ex or former president, even 3 years after he had been voted out! So, he's their president. You got it now, deal with it. Apparently this is what they wanted... I think it's true, that it's mostly a communication issue, but don't tell me that T actually communicated 'better' (maybe bigly) than Harris!

[@James-p1t7p]

Honestly, such a non issue. Why does this matter pls what their called? Trump definitely had a clearer msg

[@Sherluck93]

@James-p1t7p Why does it matter? Of course it matters! They both have strong messages, which was quite nice for a change. What's the problem? Just that I'd prefer her to be addressed properly instead of only his fake accolades? Equal and fair is too much?

[@James-p1t7p]

@Sherluck93 just think it's overly dramatic and unnecessary to focus on what who was called. She was at times "vp", he was at times "Trump". In the end, she was an extremely poor candidate if you paid any real attention. They should've done a primary, and changed their messaging from "but... orange man bad"

[@neonmarblerust]

Some tv commentators regularly mispronounce her name as well.

[@Comerford1986]

You're way off the mark. Every politician, left, right or centre, gets labelled with either their first or second name. Boris (Johnson) (Liz) Truss (Joe) Biden Leo (Varadkar) Mary Lou (McDonald) (Emanuel) Macron etc etc etc

[@mortiz20101]

It's all very well James O'Brien talking about people only caring about their personal finances as a millionaire, but when you're struggling to put food on the table and that hasn't improved (or even become worse) during Biden's administration, then your priorities change. I'm not pro-Trump by any means, but I can understand why the working class and disenfranchised voted for him.

[@kylesmoran]

You understand they're believing a lie. So there opinions are null.

[@jmo8525]

@@kylesmoran It's not a lie. You do realize the federal govt. puts out fake numbers to make it look like they've helped the economy? You are actually telling real people, hundreds of millions of citizens who actually work for a living, put gas in their car, go to the grocery store, who know what things cost because they have to pay for it all and experience in reality the costs of everything skyrocket under Biden from gas to groceries, who actually live here in the U.S.....that they are crazy and the costs of what we pay for didn't really go up????? Think about that claim for a minute.

[@PirateRemy]

​@@kylesmoranbut not the votes

[@jimcourt9164]

Errrrrrr Messed Up. JOB had been telling us all that Kalama win was a given … LOL

[@ibexdnb2879]

Kamal toe word salad is too useless. The global elite wouldn't let her in..😂

[@TalesOfWar]

When?

[@ryann409]

I listen regularly, and I can't remember him ever making a prediction on the way the results would go. Could you reference a clip for us?

[@adamwilson2922]

The left need to get more practical and promote real change rather than a continuation of slow (if any) incremental change that you probably won't notice for a decade. The left also has to learn to bargin for some of the change, they may have to leave some social changes for later while they improve people's economic situation and slowly bring them onside through action rather than the easier option of hoping rhetoric and promises of future improvement will do that for them.

[@nenafan1]

The us left does need to focus more on economic progress, but the rest of your comment makes little sense

[@adamwilson2922]

Economic improvement and social equality are seemigly always one election away. It's hard to convince someone who is just surviving to care about someone they don't know, or a situation that may or may not happen in the future when you don't know if you'll make it to the end of the month. If people have enough and are comfortable, they're much more amiable to helping others. So therefore focus on the economy and then slowly lead people to a more equal society instead of seemingly putting moral, ethical or even philosophical issues at the forefront

[@Drood.]

@@adamwilson2922 Is the average American really so selfish that they can't emphasize with other people who are struggling? Are they really so thick that they can't understand how meaningful change is a gradual process? Why would not knowing someone be a reason to not care about them?

[@catznjam470]

We have lots of displaced Americans from extreme weather events and catastrophes from ancient infrastructure, derailments, and many are republican types - and I have never heard one of their people say a word about housing or mitigating the worst by hardening the infrastructure to be able to handle what is happening - and the exodus from low coastlines has really just begun.. can't get insured in Florida much anymore..

[@1961Bullet]

Throw a red ball on a lawn and I will not see it.

[@1961Bullet]

And the 60Hz hum.

[@MyPortsmouth]

1:42:23 I laughed out loud here James 😅

[@fudbot]

We won the celebrity vote at least....but seriously, perhaps the Dems should not have forced out the candidate who actually beat Trump, after one bad debate? Biden overwhelmingly won the primary...Harris didn't even make it through the first round. This was a critical mistake, in my opinion.

[@eveapple4928]

Winning the celebrity vote is now a death touch to any political campaign, the Dems are just slow to realise it. There is nothing more cringey than seeing a millionaire actor or singer be wheeled out to tell poorer people who to vote for, it’s really really embarrassing and looks so tone deaf and out of touch. The voting public are wise to leftist infection of the arts, and that most endorsements are entirely inauthentic and self serving with reference to the celebrities themselves

[@archer8597]

Biden wouldn’t have been able to keep up the pace with Trump his polls were way lower than trumps - Let’s face it AMERICA got what they wanted - Hope they like what they bought- I will be interesting to watch

[@kaad7]

Biden would've gotten absolutely crushed, 38.7% approval rating was the lowest average of any US President ever before he stepped aside.

[@hubomba]

Harris wasn't going to pitch raising taxes on any income under 400k, so the taxes point is totally moot. Say nothing of the tax credits etc.

[@Relugus]

Beaverbrook and Northcliffe proceeded Murdoch. They colluded with Lloyd George (who sabotaged a peace deal in summer 1916) to stage a coup in December 1916. Lloyd George and Thatcher both cynically colluded with press barons.

[@mickreaddin4979]

The Harris campaign underestimated the level of racism and misogyny that exists in America.

[@jockuk-d3p]

Ohh do shut up Jobby ffs

[@johnjonesToffeeman]

Farage will be PM next time. If government ignore what the people consider important they will lose. Make that imigration,NHS,economy,penions.Dont tell people what to think instead explain why immigration is what we all need

[@Relugus]

NHS is going to be sunk by its scapegoating of an innocent nurse. The reckoning is going to end the NHS.

[@Costrada1]

Please do not give this man any more momentum than he already has, pointed fingers is not the answer. Picking apart, what should or should not have been done does not help we have given an irrelevant man momentum for nine years. It’s time to stop.❤

[@greamespens1460]

Is it true that the Guardian staff have been offered counselling?

[@msa-tt4bg]

The worst cases are being given ECT.

[@VexOoo-x7y]

Have you ?

[@archer8597]

Seems you are MAGA - congratulations.

[@calj2090]

I voted green because of Israel, and democrats completely stopped talking about universal healthcare.

[@danarose6314]

Well that was useless.

[@kasikwagoma6740]

​@@danarose6314why was that useless? What qualifies as a useless decision.

[@calj2090]

@danarose6314 maybe we should give up on voting all together since democracy makes no difference

[@nenafan1]

Such a great choice. Don is definitely going to do better with that situation than Kamala, definitely. Same with universal health. Don has concepts of a healthcare plan. Much better than the other side

[@FredGarvin-bn8lj]

@@calj2090 derp...

[@GreenPartyHat]

I voted to get Justice for Peanut.

[@TheAdrianFlo]

What peanut?

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@TheAdrianFlo whoosh

[@Megametalwolf-g9w]

Love how everyone is an expert after it happens

[@DarwinNorth]

President Donald Trump has entered the building 😅😂😊

[@michaelhoskins6579]

I think Adam was talking from the point of view of being a leader of a political party wanting to get elected and needing to appeal to enough white working class areas to win under FPTP, and James was arguing from the point of view of a liberal radio host. I think Adam is right, we've gone so far past the point of no return, that i don't think any leader of a political party can realistically push back against the overwhelming view of a huge majority of people that immigration has become a negative thing and expect to get elected as PM. You may think it's false consciousness but it's the world we now exist in.

[@scottrogers7917]

Farage next ❤ go trump 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸

[@jubrum2476]

Careful - its the left of the left on here and they don't like the truth. They don't like losing either and they don't like the voice of the majority either. Fortunately that's democracy and they have to accept that this time the right person won. I have a box of tissues ready for any lefty that wants one.... or shall I save them to hand out when Farage is our PM!!! The majority want Farage now!!

[@dimlylitcorners]

"You have a right to actually be safe" Trump: "You have a right to *feel* safe" ← and to never analyze your own biases , prejudice, ignorance, etc

[@wilfhenderson1962]

51:48 all the power where we heard that before?

[@midnightodyssey215]

We were eating the dogs.

[@AcesAndNates]

You can add +1 American, regular viewer to your rank & file. If I don't have some kind of connection to reality -- I'm going to go insane.

[@Bnio]

Mystery Hour talk: I am red-green colorblind, and I also have color synesthesia in which letters and numbers all have colors. But what I noticed is that when I think about the colors of each letter and number -- 6 is a rich, deep liquid red, M is more like red frosting on a cake -- I think on these colors more than I can actually see them. I can tell two objects of similar color are similar colors. But stuff like magenta, crimson, blood red, brick red are alien to me in terms of being able to identify them. Yet, if somebody tells me the color detail, I start to see it. Kinda like my synesthesia, I think -- colorblindness is an eye problem, not a brain problem. And the brain is trying mighty hard to fill in the gaps.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

And I can pitch in with saying that I have severe tinnitus on my deaf ear. The less I can hear the more my tinnitus sounds. It even changes frequency.

[@midnightrider287]

If only she'd gone on Joe Rogan...

[@jmo8525]

If only she agreed to be interviewed live and unscripted without any constraints on questions and limits on time. Even at a "Town Hall" where the candidate is to talk and take questions from actual voters, not media shills, no one was allowed to ask her a question at the end. She would only answer pre-screend and approved questions she had already prepared an answer to. Take away her teleprompter and controlled interviews by friendly media and she was a deer in headlights.

[@EGF1000]

Who cares what this Im Bess Seal thinks other than the groupies

[@mypimpeador]

I feel catfished… James’s picture in the into is much younger and hotter 🤦🏽‍♀️🤭

[@Costrada1]

For 9 years every media outlet and people who watched it gave relevance to an irrelevant man. He knew where the mind is focus all energy goes . Kamala ran the best campaign she can for the time given the people was not 100% focused on her too much distractions to irrelevant man. It could be a simple as that.❤

[@Smartacus420]

Whos that picture of at the start? Is that O'Briens grandson?

[@ibexdnb2879]

I think it's his twin. The less annoying one. 😂

[@JohnSmith-it6hj]

Yeah he's aging like milk, only a few weeks older than me but i'd call him pops if i didn't know that.

[@Smartacus420]

@@Varley-k1n 😂

[@oliversmith8257]

The chap from Llanelli was completely right. Left needs to get back to grassroot politics. Constantly punching down a message is a massive problem. Superiority complex of this is the way, im smarter than you. Did make me laugh when the guy was trying to explain himself James kept saying I've been having this conversation for 11years and its not worked. There is only one constant in those 11yrs lol. Never for a minute thought the problem might be themselves, exactly the problem the democrats had. Labour need to careful that they are not seen as 'the establishment' or the 'status quo'. However a london lawyer leading the party is as establishment as you can get optically.

[@Bushwacker-mb6hw]

Simple ban the illegal boats

[@selfpreservationsociety]

How middle class and super boring

[@manco828]

Hate and misogyny?

[@davidsean290]

You need to change your thumbnail picture it looks dated meaning you look different now

[@johnmcdoe6156]

The real problem is that everyone is saying inflation is cooling which is true but prices once high stay high and this hurts the poorest

[@stiffori]

Wages have increased as well

[@jmo8525]

@@stiffori They have? For which people? Prices are too high for gas and groceries.

[@debrathompson1972]

He’s obsessed with petrol ….

[@lewisboans3923]

🤫🤫🤫🤫 James

[@kellyanderson7624]

They thought the name calling and bullying would scare people into voting for Kamala. That's how Dems get their way. NOPE!! I PROUDLY voted for Donald Trump.

[@Mezzala9]

They never seem to learn either. The more you use these words so frivolously, the less impact they have.

[@stuc3195]

@@kellyanderson7624 This is what happens when you spend your time telling people what they should be thinking, rather than listening to what they are saying..

[@zoltan-zq3xe]

The ledt musr represent the working class!?... Insread there enemies.

[@kippwieland6464]

The American people messed up. Imagine a country full of Tommy Robinsons only more wound up with misguided blame......and without whatever accent he has

[@stuc3195]

@@kippwieland6464 This is what happens when you spend your time telling people what they should be thinking, rather than listening to what they are saying..

[@louishigh30]

full of armed Stephen Yaxley-Lennons...

[@TomBartram-b1c]

Tom Hanks would've won. Easy.

[@MTknitter22]

AMERICANS ARE THRILLED and celebrating all over the nation! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

[@whatevermakesyouhappy5932]

Hundreds of Liverpool fans who had no tickets rushed into the stadium. It’s not rocket science.

[@oneworld1978]

❤

[@JulieAnn87]

Donald Trump’s promises are as valuable as a single penny.

[@lerhodes2236]

Wow, and the voters chose a single penny’s worth of promises over the opposition. Says a lot about the choice the voters faced.

[@JulieAnn87]

@ actually, it says a lot about the ignorance of the voters in America.

[@Cosmoscosmos1]

That liberal, Joe rogan backed Trump. That gives an idea of the state of left wing politics. Too many wide eyed,incognizants thinking it’s the answer!👍

[@nidodson]

6:50 I love these 10 seconds. James is so excited. It's funny to think that he is he was hoping his brain would remember, it did, and it got serotonin as a reward, due to the excitement of remembering. This is the type of moment that makes me love this guy. I respect him for his heart and humanity, caring about those with struggles, love him for his sweet silliness.

[@antonreindel7993]

Did you have to practice at being a prat or did it come naturally Mr O'Brien.....

[@waynewayne4787]

Blue knot

[@gooodies4u1]

High gas at 2.83 reg is high in NY. They gone down lots

[@Thomas-fj8ol]

$2.69 reg in NH this morning

[@jamiewalton666]

To all the woke, lefty socialists on here who think O'brien is great, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bevgroves8062]

Many thanks James 🙏❤️ Aleksandr Dugin and Dmitry Medvedev are delighted with Trumps victory. To me that implies US self harm without digging into anything (a turn of phrase 🥰 huge thanks for digging)

[@jmo8525]

Americans don't hate Russia. That isn't American history, that's European history, especially British Empire history and interests. American history and interests don't conflict with Russia in general.

[@Hugo-nw1ln]

Trump says what we are thinking. Drain the swamp

[@Dutchy2021]

He doesn't say what I'm thinking. Not once

[@juicewilliss]

He is the swamp.

[@parallaxview2143]

James' massive mug just looks silly now. Symbolic of his massive hubris.

[@ClannCholmain]

Cheering for the predator?

[@parallaxview2143]

@ClannCholmain what? At least write something that makes sense.

[@ClannCholmain]

@@parallaxview2143 he lost in court twice to E. Jean Carroll.