Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said during a post-debate analysis this week that the key takeaway he walked away from the debate with was that Vice President Kamala Harris was unable to defend her record in the Biden-Harris administration. Cruz made the remarks during an episode of his “Verdict” podcast with co-host Ben Ferguson while breaking down how President Donald Trump and Harris each performed during Tuesday’s ABC News debate. “What tonight illustrated is that Kamala Harris is utterly incapable of defending her own record,” he said. “What we saw tonight, this was her stump speech, and this was her DNC convention speech, cut into sound bites and repeated.” Am I Racist? ONLY In Theaters Tomorrow—Get Your Tickets Now! Cruz noted that Harris avoided answering questions posed to her by Democrat-friendly moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, including whether or not people were better off today or under the Trump administration. “Kamala refused to answer it at all,” he said. “She didn’t say yes. She didn’t say people’s lives are better. She said nothing at all.” “If I were to predict, we’re not going to see Kamala emerge from the basement until Election Day,” Cruz added. “It’s like the groundhog until she sees her shadow on election day, she doesn’t get to come out of the basement.” He said that Harris might be able to get away with not having to campaign because the media is so desperate for her to win that “they were going to say that whatever happened — she could literally fall to the ground and start screaming and wailing and kicking her feet in the air — and they would say she won.” “So that that was going to be the narrative regardless, I will say what we learned is she doesn’t have a good answer to her own record,” he concluded. WATCH: The debate proved that Kamala Harris is utterly incapable of defending her own record. She can’t claim with a straight face that Americans are better off now than they were four years ago. Instead of discussing her policies, Kamala Harris reverted to sound bites and repeated… pic.twitter.com/loE2oW97Js — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 11, 2024

Former President Donald Trump will hold a town hall event in the heavily Democratic city of Flint, Michigan, on Tuesday, September 17, as he seeks to flip the Great Lakes State back to red in November. The town hall is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. ET and moderated by Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, according to the Trump campaign. “After Michigan voters have been forced to suffer three and a half years of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s dangerously liberal policies, President Trump will meet with Michiganders to listen to their concerns and share his vision to make America affordable again,” Team Trump said in a statement. “The auto industry is the backbone of Michigan’s economy, and Kamala Harris’ actions have only shown that she will destroy it,” the statement added. “If Kamala Harris has her way with a gas-powered car ban, Michigan will lose, at a minimum, 40,000 jobs. It’s painfully clear that Michiganders cannot afford four more years of Kamala Harris, and voters in the Great Lakes State are eager to hear how President Trump will lower inflation and protect the auto industry.” BREAKING: President Trump to hold Flint, Michigan town hall next Tuesday at 7PM ET. pic.twitter.com/qIMJIdLm27 — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 12, 2024 The Biden-Harris administration issued a rule earlier this year requiring auto manufacturers to produce more electric vehicles and tightened regulations on tail-pipe emissions, which target gas-powered vehicles. The Kamala Harris campaign attempted to distance the vice president from the administration’s policies, saying last month that she “does not support an electric vehicle mandate.” During her first major interview as the Democratic nominee, however, Harris doubled down on her commitment to addressing the “climate crisis.” “The most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed,” she told CNN’s Dana Bash. “You mentioned the Green New Deal. I have always believed, and I have worked on it, that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time.” Am I Racist? ONLY In Theaters Tomorrow—Get Your Tickets Now! Flint, known as “Vehicle City” for its boom during the height of the auto industry in Michigan, is now a heavily Democratic area whose population has declined for decades. When Flint was at the center of a water crisis nearly a decade ago, Trump traveled to the city to tour the water plant. Trump’s motorcade in 2016 was met by angry Flint residents who told him to “go home.” Trump lost Genesee County, where Flint is the largest city, to both Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020 by nearly 10 points. Michigan is a vital battleground state for Trump and Vice President Harris in the 2024 election. Polls currently show Harris barely leading Trump by less than one point in the state, according to the RealClearPolitics average.

'Does she, Kamala Harris, need to do more?'

Honestly, wouldn't be surprised if this hits before the end of 2024 the way this year is going

'Money is influence, it's access'

'Created an obscure method to collect information'

'Industrial policy that Democrats get criticized for'

She was quick to provide an online update

Leaked hazardous chemicals

'I have made the difficult decision'