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Adam Weinstein, deputy director of the Middle East Program at the Quincy Institute, weighs in on why young Americans and Republicans have turned against “forever wars” and international military interventions. Weinstein says prior to 9/11, America focused on the legacy of just wars like World War II and forgotten about the aftermath of Vietnam.

Amber Duke, Washington editor of The Spectator, says President Kamala Harris’ history of turning against her bosses goes back to her days as an assistant district attorney in San Francisco. Duke explains how Harris led a nasty personal campaign for San Francisco district attorney against her boss, despite insisting beforehand that she wouldn’t run against him.

Amber Duke, Washington editor of The Spectator, says Vice President Kamala Harris should explain why she abandoned her 2019 policies and became a 2024 moderate during tomorrow night’s debate. “Where exactly did that transformation come from? Is it all political lip service as Senator Bernie Sanders suggested in a recent interview?” Duke questions.

Amber Duke, Washington editor of The Spectator, says Vice President Kamala Harris’ position on housing and illegal immigration hurts young voters' goal of achieving the American Dream. “Her plans are completely opposite to the real issues facing young Americans and I think they realize that,” she says.

Trump 2024 Senior Advisor Danielle Alvarez criticizes the Harris campaign’s request for the microphones to be unmuted and candidates seated during tomorrow night’s presidential debate. “They also wanted to bring in notes. That’s very alarming for someone who wants to serve as the President of the United States, who’s auditioning for that role, to be unable for an hour and a half to answer questions,” she says.

Trump 2024 Senior Advisor Danielle Alvarez hopes the ABC moderators at tomorrow night’s presidential debate grill Vice President Kamala Harris about her “very liberal, California beliefs.” “Tomorrow will be the first chance for the American people to really get answers from Kamala Harris since she ascended the throne 50 days ago,” she says.

John McLaughlin, veteran pollster and CEO of McLaughlin & Associates, predicts Vice President Kamala Harris will use President Joe Biden’s playbook and “try her best” to taunt former President Donald Trump at tomorrow night’s debate. “Joe Biden in the debate called President Trump a convicted felon. Joe Biden attacked him personally to his face and President Trump had the poise and class to be able to just power through that and keep on scoring points on the issues because that’s what Americans care about,” he says.

John McLaughlin, veteran pollster and CEO of McLaughlin & Associates, says over 7 out of 10 voters he polled had “no clue” where Vice President Kamala Harris stands on top issues like illegal immigration and healthcare. “People are going to tune in because they don’t know where she stands other than she’s been Joe Biden’s vice president for the last four years,” he says. “And people know when Donald Trump was president, they were better off than they are today.”

George Beebe, Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, explains why the Ukraine-Russia war won’t influence China’s decision to invade against Taiwan. “This is a variation of the old domino theory that you heard during the Vietnam War years. That if South Vietnam were to fall to communism, then other states in the region would fall and you’d have a domino effect, not just throughout the region but throughout the war of the advance of communism,” he explains. “Well, that didn’t happen and the states that were trying to judge whether they ought to challenge the United States and its commitments in various parts of the world actually made those decisions based on local conditions, on the specific aspects of their region and their issues. And I think the Chinese are going to do that vis-à-vis Taiwan.”

George Beebe, Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, says ending the Ukraine-Russia war is in the best interests of both nations, as well as the United States. “The only way we’re going to do that is if we reach some sort of settlement with the Russians, some kind of compromise that preserves the viability of Ukraine. I still believe that’s possible, but we have to be talking to the Russians for that to happen,” he says.

American Principles Project Director of Policy Jon Schweppe says former President Donald Trump should make social justice issues, like DEI policies and gender care, a main attack point against Vice President Kamala Harris. Schweppe says Trump is polling better in swing states compared to the 2016 and 2020 elections.

Article III Project Founder and President Mike Davis says former President Donald Trump learned from his first administration the importance of staffing White House personnel. “He’s not going to make that mistake again. He’s going to put great people in these key jobs, like the Attorney General, like the White House counsel. And they’re going to come in there with a plan on day one to clean house,” he says.

Article III Project Founder and President Mike Davis calls out the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party’s cries to defend democracy. “Nothing screams democracy like trying to rig these swing state elections by keeping RFK Jr. on the ballot when he’s dropped off and endorsed Trump,” he says. “It sounds like the people who pretend like they’re protecting democracy are the ones destroying it.”

Article III Project Founder and President Mike Davis says New York Judge Juan Merchan pushed back President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until November 26 because “he’s feeling the political heat.” “He knows that the American people are on to this Biden and Kamala Democrat lawfare and election interference,” he says. “And I think he understands the American people would not accept a local judge and a local courtroom trying to throw the former president and likely future President of the United States in prison before the presidential election.”

Former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan says the Biden-Harris administration’s facilitation of illegal immigration has led to the rise of MS-13 in Aurora, Colorado. “When you receive illegal aliens from 180 different countries to the tone of about ten and a half million in the last three and a half years, we do not have the ability to vet them,” he says.

Former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan says he doesn’t think Vice President Kamala Harris has flip-flopped on immigration policy, she’s “just saying anything she can to get elected.” “She believes that we should decriminalize illegal immigration. She’s been for sanctuary cities. She’s voted against the wall. She’s been for abolishing ICE, referred to them as the ‘KKK.’ She believes in giving free education and free healthcare to every single illegal alien. We could go on and on,” he says.

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance told a rally in Phoenix, Arizona that Vice President Kamala Harris is “joyful” because she “got promoted to the presidential nomination without earning a single vote.” “I’d like a president, or a vice president, who’s joyful because they did a good job for the American people. And that is Donald Trump,” he says.

Speaking at a campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said the Trump 2024 ticket is uniting Americans with common sense policies. “We’re going to close down that border. We’re going to bring down the cost of housing and groceries for American citizens. We’re going to try to persuade our fellow Americans instead of censoring them and we’re going to fire that crazy person Kamala Harris,” he said.

Speaking at a campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said former President Donald Trump will finish building the southern border wall. Vance said Trump’s administration will also stop giving Medicare benefits to illegal immigrants.

Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, says the pathology of the red-green alliance between radical leftists and Muslims is rooted in a self-hatred of the West. “It makes no sense unless we understand that sometimes those who claim to be acting in the name of virtue are sometimes actually acting out aggression, even antisemitism, other pathologies, in the cloak of virtue,” he says.

Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, says the United Nations has failed to deliver on its founding promise to uphold international peace and establish human rights for all. Neuer says there aren’t enough members, particularly European countries, willing to replace the alliance.

Minnesota State Representative Jim Nash (R) says Americans deserve to know which version of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is running for office. “There’s sort of the story of two Tim Walzes. The quirky, genial, downhome Southern Minnesota guy that can talk about the wiring harness of a headlight on a Ford Probe. Or there’s also the guy who has sort of governed over some of the largest waste, fraud, and abuse cases in Minnesota’s history, wasting hundreds of millions of dollars of federal money and local Minnesotans money,” he says.

National Taxpayers Union Executive Vice President Brandon Arnold says former President Donald Trump’s economic platform is far superior to Vice President Kamala Harris’. “Low taxes, low regulation—we're getting a lot more of that from the Trump campaign than we are from Kamala, certainly even as she has tacked toward the center a little bit just in the past few hours,” he says.

Former Colorado State Senator Ted Harvey says House Democrats gun legislation will take away Colorado citizens’ right to defend themselves. Harvey predicts neighboring states like Kansas and Wyoming will see a boost in firearm sales when these bills are passed.

Former Colorado State Senator Ted Harvey says Democratic Governor Jared Polis and Colorado Democrats want to take away citizens right to defend themselves while armed immigrant gangs are allowed to take over apartment complexes. “The police realize that they can’t arrest these people. Colorado is a sanctuary state, Denver is a sanctuary city and if they try to arrest them or try to give them over to ICE...They’re going to get fired or they’re going to get disciplined for turning them over,” he says.