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Harris, Take the Gloves Off!

oscar
3 min readOct 13, 2024

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You won the debate. Convincingly.
You took the fight to Trump and he felt the impact.
You clearly had him off balance, and he fell back to retelling the lies he so loves.
You wounded him and we were all rewarded with your approval rate rising.
But then you eased up. And now the numbers have you neck and neck, Trump edging you in some polls.
What happened?
Tell us, because this campaign is not on fire like it ought to be. And he’s calling you ‘retarded.’
Shouldn’t you be calling him a shameless liar, again and again?
Shouldn’t you be ripping into him, day in and day out, bruising him?
I’ve read that you have raised twice the money Trump’s raised in the last 3 months.
So where’s the money going? Saving it for the last week?
I’m sure you’re surrounded by lots of political experts with incredible knowledge but in the end it’s you and the voter. And the polls are not coming out rosy.
Much was made of a recent interview where you were asked what you would have done differently than Biden.
You answered ‘nothing.’ But Biden, despite all he’s done is not popular. We can pin it on stubborn inflation, which is coming down steadily, but it won’t come down fast enough for a lot of people. So why be glued to him?
I understand that you owe much to the man, who picked you to be his vicepresident — after you’d given up and dropped out of the race in 2020.
But, please, have the conversation with Biden. ‘Joe, thank you for all you’ve…

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