Kevin O’Leary Claims Democrats Expressing Buyer’s Remorse Over Kamala Harris
Shark Tank host and professional investor, Kevin O’Leary, recently revealed on the Jesse Watters show that he has been hearing expressions of buyer’s remorse from Democrats regarding Kamala Harris. He attributed this regret to the absence of a formal primary process. O’Leary further compared Harris with the failed leadership of Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.
O’Leary’s Insights
O’Leary noted that some Democrats are starting to question their decision to support Harris without a proper primary process. The party, which prides itself on being democratic, has installed Harris without a single vote. He also observed that the situation with Harris is reminiscent of Justin Trudeau’s leadership in Canada, which many view as unsuccessful.
Interview Highlights
In an interview transcript provided by Real Clear Politics, O’Leary shares his perspective on the current political climate:
JESSE WATTERS, HOST: Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary is here. Kevin, when you see someone with staff turnover at 92% what does that tell you about them?
KEVIN O’LEARY: Well, I have to ask myself is that true because that’s an extraordinary number. You’re wiping out your entire staff; obviously a problem there. But this narrative going on with Kamala Harris now is very interesting. I look at it from the perspective of an investor. I’m going to give you some anecdotal data from this morning you might find interesting.
When we syndicate debt for real estate projects, we don’t care if you’re a Democrat or Republican, so I deal with a lot of investors agnostic to politics and some of them are very big contributors to the Democratic Party.
I heard for the first time today because we like to talk about politics mostly on policy and what he said to me was some of us are having some buyer’s remorse. We wish we’d run a process because we got so much press in the first nine days of bringing somebody into the party and raised 200 million plus. It’s like a balloon underwater; it just wasn’t Biden, so they started contributing but we gave up five weeks of fantastic social media in guessing who really should be the candidate. Now, I hadn’t heard that before.
It’s not that many; I’d guess 20% or something like that, but so that’s starting to crack a little bit and there is precedence for what’s going on here. I ask everybody to look north to Canada. When a young Justin Trudeau swept in, nobody cared about his executional skills or what he’d ever done or anything; they just thought he was the it guy. Look at the country now.
O’Leary suggests that Democrats may face even greater buyer’s remorse come November.
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