Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary’s brutal take down of Kamala Harris and why she was a ‘complete loser’ candidate

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary has criticized Kamala Harris’ candidacy as a “mistake” made by Democratic Party bosses who imposed a vice-presidential week on voters to avoid a primary and instead elect Americans left no choice but to reject the ‘damaged, broken’ one. presidential candidate.

During a post-mortem roundtable on CNN’s NewsNight, O’Leary eviscerated Harris from the start for running a bad campaign, but he also blamed the Democrat’s loss on the party that gave her supported.

‘The cause of this error actually existed very early. They weren’t driving [primary] process,” O’Leary said, referring to the fact that Harris was named the Democratic nominee without normal vetting.

He added: “They made an excuse to put $317 million into the pot. They kept the same campaign manager and said, “We will anoint this flawed, broken candidate who was unimportant in her vice presidency, lost the 2019 election.” [primary race and was a] complete loser in 2020.”

The Canadian investor also slammed Harris for her inability to communicate and connect with ordinary voters: “[Harris] could never express anything, had no compassion for people.’

O’Leary added that her media apparatus around her was weak and did not give her a chance to differentiate herself from Joe Biden.

“She went on The View, all these women wanted her to win – they threw her a softball. They threw her a second softball.

‘She was so weak as a candidate, she couldn’t even answer that she would do something differently [to Joe Biden]. It ricocheted around the world, she was finished.’

Since her loss, Harris has rarely been seen in public, although she broke her silence for the first time since her election

After the election results were announced, O’Leary publicly celebrated Trump’s victory over Harris.

He told Fox News: “What’s happened here is the system is correcting itself. If you try to break the American model, it fixes itself, and I think people need to recognize that within the Democratic party; Donald Trump saved them tonight too.

‘If it gets too crazy, it will fix itself. Whether you love Trump or hate him, every Democrat owes him a debt of gratitude, Mr. President!”

Since her loss, Harris has rarely been seen in public, although she has been recently praised for crowing how her presidential campaign raised more than $1.4 billion through grassroots fundraising after spending it on celebrity appearances and an ad about the Las Vegas atmosphere.

The vice president boasted in a video message to her supporters that her campaign received “a historic $1.4 billion, almost $1.5 billion” from grassroots supporters, which Harris said was “the most in the history of the presidential campaign.” .

“Nearly eight million donors contributed to our people-powered campaign with an average donation of approximately $56,” she added.

But she has been criticized for the way her campaign raised $1 billion – with fingers pointed at the celebrity-filled concert rallies in swing states that took place in the final days of the campaign, as well as expensive advertising campaigns.

Top Democratic megadonor John Morgana wealthy trial lawyer, furious about the spending spree during a performance on Chris Cuomo’s show ‘CUOMO’ on NewsNation.

Linda O’Leary and Kevin O’Leary are seen attending the Cincoro Tequila National Margarita Day celebration and intimate dinner with Haute Living at ZZ’s Club on February 22, 2024 in Miami, Florida

Kamala Harris advisors Quentin Fulks and Stephanie Cutter

“Suddenly everyone has the keys to the candy store, ad buyers, talent consultants. There are still 100 days to do it, and the money started pouring in,” he said.

O’Leary’s criticism comes after the team of Democratic political consultants who managed Kamala Harris’ losing campaign claimed the “political climate sucked,” leading to Harris’ loss.

“We were facing strong headwinds,” said David Plouffe, who led Obama’s 2008 campaign and then served as a White House adviser.

Plouffe also emphasized that Biden was so unpopular when he dropped out of the race and backed Harris that improving her ratings was a difficult task.

He noted that Harris entered the race with an approval rating of just 33-35 percent and while they improved her numbers by 15 points, they didn’t have enough time to sell her to voters.

And Plouffe lamented how difficult it was for Democrats to win support from independents in battleground states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — even though that was the task, and the team assured Democrats across the country that they could do it were.

“It’s very difficult for Democrats to win battleground states,” Plouffe claimed, noting that those states were more conservative than the average blue state and that even moderates there tended to lean right.

Democratic presidential candidate, US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on stage as she concedes the election, at Howard University on November 6, 2024 in Washington, DC

Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida

Campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon talks about Kamala Harris’ failed campaign

Meanwhile, campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon repeatedly complained about the lack of time they had to make Harris a winner in the 107-day campaign that began in July when Biden ultimately dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris.

She defended their approach of emphasizing how Harris was “different” from both Biden and Trump and a candidate for the “future,” rather than trying to differentiate herself from Biden, whose approval rating was epically low.

Campaign adviser Stephanie Cutter confirmed that Harris was “unwilling” to split from Biden.

“She had a huge lack of popularity because people didn’t know about her, or what they did know about her was due to negative media,” she said.