“They don’t care to be discreet about who they are, I think in their country, being a part of that group is a big deal, so maybe they feel it’s a big deal here, too.”

Steve Deace on Gab: 'After watching the Commiela interview in its full context, here are my thoughts: The interview is a metaphor for her entire candidacy. She actually starts out strong (for her) with a prepared filibuster of talking points on immigration (almost entirely out-of-context bunk in terms of substance but she executed them). Just as she started stronger than expected as a candidate performing her party's scripted talking points. But just like we are seeing now with her campaign, once she is compelled to move past the script there's no there actually there. Once she is challenged on any level she's incapable of adulting. Either because her side's record on every meaningful issue is so bad she either has to deflect to Orange Man Bad on all things, or because she lacks depth (or a little bit of both). I think it's clear Commiela and her campaign had a plan to filibuster as much as possible, and Brett Baier was under the gun to try and get her to articulate on actual policy issues in a limited amount of time. And this led to an awkward pacing of the interview the viral clips don't necessarily let you see. Baier did the best he could given that tension, and the elements he brought to confront her with devastated her. Two examples of this stood out to me the most: 1) On economic policy she basically said "I have the backing of the elites who actually understand economic policy" and showed no empathy whatsoever for why the average American suffering right now might disagree. This is an example of how to the Left we are now post-argument, and a window to the Left's soul. They're not even going to pretend to care for the average American anymore. If you don't want to pay 100% more per month for a new mortgage payment than you did four years ago, you're either too stupid to understand why it has to be this way, or a racist. And Leftist empathy now is letting you choose if you're dumb or a racist. 2) On Laken Riley it seemed to me Harris ceased being Commiela for minute and was actually a woman/wife/mom named Kamala for a heartbeat. In that moment it looked to me that the reality of what the policies she represents hath wrought did penetrate her choreographed persona and into her humanity. But to entertain that further would then require humility/accountability/true empathy. And so that was merely a fleeting moment. The conscience was seared and it was back to the lies, deflecting from the border patrol union's endorsement of Trump to how unstable he is, and you saw what the Bible says about hardening our hearts happen right there in real time on-camera. I could say much, much more about this interview in full (and will on today's show). But those two moments -- the belief that elites know better than the average person in all things and are basically like gods, and the searing of the conscience to disregard the consequences of my own actions in pursuit of will to power and revolution -- are bedrock fundamentals of the Western Left and were on full display from Commiela.'