Bait & Switch Alert! Here's What Happens When a Crowd Comes for Beyonce but Gets Kamala Harris
http://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/10/26/another-bait-and-switch-heres-what-happened-when-a-crowd-comes-to-hear-beyonce-but-gets-kamala-harris-n2402803
The Harris campaign's event in Houston had been billed as her largest event to date, and there was a reason they could say that.
Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) ~ Here in Houston, the emcee asked Kamala Harris’ rally to do a “blue wave.” Crowd count is the largest yet for a Harris event, 30,000, per a campaign official.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1849992963344028033
The media called it a "Harris rally," but as it turns out much of the crowd showed up to see and hear Beyoncé. This is part of the Harris-Walz campaign's tone-deaf strategy of bringing in super-rich celebs to tell everybody the economy is great and will get better if the current VP gets a promotion.
It couldn't have been more obvious that the reason tens of thousands of people turned out was because of the promise of a Beyoncé performance:
Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) ~ Why did @KamalaHarris @IanSams @NBCNews @HuffPost @USATODAY @VanityFair and countless others tell us we were getting a performance last night in Houston? What went wrong?
And so thousands and thousands turned out:
Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) ~ The expanding line at the Beyoncé concert, aka Harris rally, tonight in Houston.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1849907582728581196
Next came something that couldn't have been a more appropriate metaphor for the entire Harris campaign.
Beyoncé spoke briefly, endorsing Harris, and then ... left.
Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) ~ Beyoncé really showed up at the rally only to speak for a few seconds and not perform, leaving Kamala Harris to be BOOED by her fans. Watching this campaign operate is like watching a naked man smear himself in honey and run through a bear cage.
Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) ~ REPORT: Beyoncé endorses Kamala Harris at Houston rally, but doesn't perform any songs - leaving some attendees frustrated and feeling duped.
Well, they're Democrats - they should be used to being lied to and duped.
If they're backing Harris they've been "duped" from the start, but hopefully some of them now realize it.
Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) ~ The Harris campaign lied to everyone that there was going to be a Beyoncé concert last night. The media thought that’s what they’d see. But, Beyoncé didn’t sing. Harris isn’t enough of a draw so they had to actually lie about the program. Pretty unbelievable.
Many in the crowd were clearly not happy when they realized they'd been basically tricked into showing up.
The🎃FOO (@PolitiBunny) ~ So ... Democrats used Beyoncé as a draw for Kamala’s rally. But, she didn’t perform? No wonder the crowd booed. LOL!
Can you feel the "joy" as the crowd realized Beyonce had given Harris a brief endorsement and then left without performing?
Watch and listen:
Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) ~ The Beyonce concert featuring Kamala is off to a great start. 😂🤣
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1850001979658887226
BWHA HA HA HA HA HA!!! That's a lot of booes! Cackles has to just stand there with a goofy smile on her face and take the disrespect. BWHA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Marc Cocteaustan (@Igor_Cocteau) ~ She'll perform next time, I'm sure.
Team Kamala might get desperate enough to try that bait and switch again, and many will fall for it again.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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