Kevin O’Leary, a renowned actor and investment advisor from “Shark Tank,” cautions that if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, she may emulate Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, an extreme leftist who has been responsible for Canada’s remarkable downward trajectory in both social standing and economic fortunes.
In an appearance on NewsNation on Friday, O’Leary referred to Harris as the “it kid” but criticised her for her lack of substance in policy ideas, despite her prior adoption of several radical left-wing ideologies during her lost 2020 presidential bid.
“I don’t blame her for not bringing up policy. She should just rant and rave, saying ‘I’m not Trump’ until August 7 because she’s raising so much money,” he said. “But then, she’s got to talk policy, and I don’t know what that looks like, and nobody does because she’s like a blank sheet of paper.”
The last “it kid” in Western policies, he said, was Trudeau.
“There’s an example of an ‘it kid’ up in Canada a few years ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,” he said. “Nobody looked at his background. Nobody looked at his policies. He was the ‘it kid.’ That country is on its knees! He wiped it out!”
“Are Americans basically going to hire or basically bring a president that’s another Justin Trudeau?” he asked. “I hope not.”
Former President Donald Trump is leading Harris by three percentage points in a recent national head-to-head survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports.
“Trump came out ahead 49% to 46%. That amounts to a slight gain for Harris, who was lagging behind Trump 45% to 49% in Rasmussen’s poll last week. When third-party hopefuls were added to the mix, Trump came out on top again with 47% to Harris’ 45%, followed by independent contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 4%, and all others at 1% or less, per Rasmussen,” the New York Post reported.
“Rasmussen’s findings are an outlier among recent national polling. The conservative-leaning firm has often been at odds with other top pollsters. In 2016, it was among the closest firms 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 slips to 1.5 percentage points,” the Post added.
The race for battleground state polling has also become much more competitive, with several firms obtaining varying results in the major races.
Harris is still behind Trump, though.
Trump is predicted to receive 287 Electoral College votes to Harris’ 251 in the battleground state estimate by RealClearPolitics, taking all of the big swing states with the exception of Wisconsin.
