Jesse Watters Reveals Big Update In 2024 Race

Fox News host Jesse Watters provided a significant update in the 2024 presidential race involving former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

"Kamala is not Joe Biden, and yes, she’s a woman, which brings a lot of excitement. You should see my mom—she’s suddenly a Kamala fanatic, constantly talking about joy," Watters began on his show "Jesse Watters Primetime."

"Trump kept one woman out of the White House before, and he can do it again. This country is hungry for leadership after four years of what some might call a 'hideaway' administration. Harris isn’t going to cut it, and there’s only so much voters can tolerate. You can sense today’s press was thrilled to have something to justify their paychecks. Kamala Harris hasn’t held a press conference since 2023, and that was in Dubai, not even in America. Trump has reunited his team, and this is what democracy looks like," Watters continued.

He added, "Freedom of the press, freedom of speech, live exchanges of ideas without censorship. Voters want to hear from a leader who represents them and serves them unscripted, without cheat sheets and teleprompters. The media misses Trump. The relationship between the press and politicians is supposed to be tense and challenging. With Biden and Kamala, it’s become flaccid and corrupt. Everyone knows it. They’re even up to their old tricks again."

This development comes amid growing uncertainty over the first presidential debate in September between Trump and Harris.

"According to a source, Trump’s team prefers that the microphones be muted during the debate except when it’s a candidate’s turn to speak, similar to the first debate with President Joe Biden," CNN reported.

"In contrast, the Harris campaign is requesting that ABC and other networks planning to host a potential October debate keep the microphones on, according to a senior campaign official. This marks a shift from the June debate when the Biden campaign wanted microphones muted except when it was a candidate’s turn to speak," the outlet added.

"We’ve informed ABC and other networks seeking to host a possible October debate that we believe both candidates’ microphones should be live throughout the entire broadcast," said Brian Fallon, Harris campaign's senior adviser for communications.

"Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they doubt their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own. We suspect Trump’s team hasn’t even informed him about this issue because it would be too embarrassing to admit they think he can’t handle himself against Vice President Harris without a mute button," Fallon added.

Trump’s team responded, saying that when they agreed to the ABC debate with Harris as the front-runner, they accepted the same rules as the previous debate.

"Enough with the games. We agreed to the ABC debate under the exact same terms as the CNN debate," Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller said in a statement.

This update comes after a significant shift in the 2024 race a few days ago when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump.

Although RFK Jr. was polling at around 5 percent nationally, in a close contest between Harris and Trump, even a small percentage could be decisive, the New York Post reported.

"Most of Kennedy’s left-leaning support had already moved to Harris," said Cook Political Report senior editor and elections analyst Dave Wasserman. "So this could represent a meaningful advantage for Trump."

"We’re talking about a fraction of a point in our August survey from battleground states," he said. "Forty-six percent of RFK supporters chose Trump in a two-way race, 26% went with Harris, and Kennedy’s support had dropped from 8% to 5% nationally."

"Campaigns would spend hundreds of millions of dollars for a fraction of a point, given how tight the margins are in these battleground states," he added, referring to the narrow margins in 2020, particularly in Arizona and Georgia.

"RFK's endorsement won’t shift all his supporters to Trump," he said. "We’re in a very volatile environment right now, and it could stay that way through the election."

Chris Lane, a pollster for Cygnal, noted that "among swing voters who will ultimately decide this election, 16% indicated they were going to vote for RFK."

"With margins in battleground states being razor-thin, that 16% could make the difference between winning and losing a state," Lane said. "If RFK encourages his supporters to vote for Trump, it could have a massive impact and change the calculus for both Trump and Harris, especially in battleground states."

"Considering that these 16% are more center-right than anything else, they will likely boost Trump’s vote share," he added. "Our data shows a 4:1 ratio, with these swing voters more likely to identify as conservatives than liberals."