'I don't know who Harry is': CNN conservative mystified by latest Trump rally rant
A conservative commentator was baffled by Donald Trump's extended rant at a New York rally about a most-likely fictitious voter named "Harry."
The former president and Republican nominee spoke to supporters in Nassau, Long Island, in his characteristic discursive style, including a riff on his appeal to "patriotic New Yorkers" to "get your a---- out to vote" that included an apparently imagined dialogue between a wife and her shiftless husband.
"Harry get up Harry, Harry get your your fat a-- out of the couch," Trump said, adopting a nagging tone. "You're gonna vote for Trump today, Harry. Get up, Harry, let's go."
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Panelists on "CNN This Morning" were mystified by the foul-mouthed rant, and they were curious why he was rallying in a state he was highly unlikely to win.
"I don't even know what to do with that," said Kendra Barkoff, a former press secretary for president Joe Biden. "I mean, it's crazy to me, first of all, the swearing is so inappropriate on something like that, but why are you pushing New Yorkers – that is a blue state, so I'm just sort of mind-boggled by the entirety of it."
"I mean, he's normalized swearing already in our politics," said host Kasie Hunt, "but insulting the voters on the couch in the way that they may or may not look."
Mike Dubke, who served as White House communications director in the early months of Trump's presidency, was at a loss.
"I don't know who Harry is," Dubke said. "I don't know who Harry is. I thought that was the question I was going to get. I mean, look, we've had a normalization of swearing on the campaign trail. President Biden was swearing left and right in the final days before he dropped out of the race. It is beyond me, I agree with you. We should... let's get back to, you know, shut the front door instead of using profanity."
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