Kevin O’Leary Warns Kamala Will Do To U.S. What Trudeau Did to Canada
“Shark Tank” star and investment adviser Kevin O’Leary has issued a warning that Vice President Kamala Harris, if she becomes president, could turn into America’s version of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. O’Leary, who is concerned about Trudeau’s governance, describes him as a far-left leader responsible for Canada’s significant decline in both status and economy.
During a Friday interview on NewsNation, O’Leary referred to Harris as the “it kid” but criticized her for being a “blank sheet of paper” when it comes to policy positions, despite having held several extreme left-wing views during her unsuccessful 2020 presidential campaign.
“I don’t blame her for not discussing policy right now. She should just focus on saying ‘I’m not Trump’ until August 7 because she’s raising a lot of money,” O’Leary said. “But eventually, she’ll have to talk about policy, and no one knows what that will look like because, right now, she’s like a blank sheet of paper.”
He drew a comparison to Trudeau, saying, “A few years ago, Canada had its own ‘it kid’ in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. People didn’t scrutinize his background or policies. He was the ‘it kid.’ Now, that country is on its knees! He wiped it out!”
O’Leary posed the question, “Are Americans going to elect a president who’s just another Justin Trudeau? I hope not.”
In recent national head-to-head polling by Rasmussen Reports, former President Donald Trump leads Harris by three percentage points.
“Trump came out ahead 49% to 46%. That’s a slight gain for Harris, who trailed Trump 45% to 49% in last week’s Rasmussen poll. When third-party candidates were included, Trump still led with 47% to Harris’ 45%, followed by independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 4%, with all others at 1% or less,” according to the New York Post.
The Post also noted, “Rasmussen’s findings are an outlier among recent national polling. The conservative-leaning firm has often differed from other top pollsters. In 2016, it was among the closest to the final result. Harris is averaging a two-point lead over Trump in the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate of a national five-way race. In a two-way race, her lead narrows to 1.5 percentage points.”
The polling for battleground states has become increasingly competitive, with different firms showing varied results in the major races.
However, Harris still trails Trump.
RealClearPolitics’ battleground state estimate predicts Trump will receive 287 Electoral College votes to Harris’ 251, with Trump taking all the key swing states except Wisconsin.
Recent polling has been favorable for Trump.
After an initial surge in support for Vice President Kamala Harris following President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection campaign in July, Trump appears to have regained his lead.
Despite a month of positive media coverage for Harris — mostly from left-leaning outlets — Trump’s coverage has been more negative. Axios reports that previous polling by the Cook Political Report showed Harris leading Trump in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Similarly, a New York Times/Siena College poll last week found Harris with a narrow lead in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
However, a more recent survey by Navigator Research, published Tuesday, suggests that the race is nearly tied in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In Arizona, Trump leads Harris by one percentage point (46% to 45%), and in Pennsylvania, he leads by two points (46% to 44%), while the other three states are evenly matched.
The Navigator survey aligns with the RealClearPolitics Polling average for battleground states, which also includes Nevada and Georgia.
Harris is performing better in these battleground states than Biden did before he withdrew from the race last month. Before Biden’s departure on July 21, Trump had a lead of over 4 percent across the seven states in the RCP average, with his advantage growing as the announcement approached.
On Monday, Chauncey McLean, president of the super PAC Future Forward, which has raised hundreds of millions to support Harris, made headlines by suggesting that her polling numbers might be overstated.
Reuters reported that McLean, speaking at an event in Chicago linked to the Democratic National Convention, said, “Our numbers are much less rosy than what you’re seeing in the public.” McLean, who rarely speaks publicly, added.