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Last week, I wrote a column contrasting the rhetoric of “joy” that Kamala Harris’ campaign started out trying to embrace with studies that show — or at least suggest — that conservatives experience more joy and happiness than liberals. Yet for weeks, the campaign tried to cultivate an image of giddy excitement with Harris’ softball interviews and passing Tim Walz as some sort of sitcom dad.
Morerecently,thejoymaskhascomeoff,andwe’restartingtoseeadifferentsidetoHarris.It’sanuglyside.
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LookatherinterviewwithBretBaier.SherespondedtoBaier’stoughbutfairquestionswithtestinessandrepeatedlyturnedeveryquestionintoanattempttoattackDonaldTrump.Shecameacrossaspetulantanddefensive—completelylackingjoy.
Related: Who’sGottheJoy?YouMightBeSurprised.
HarrishasalsogrownincreasinglyagitatedinherattacksonTrump.Atonerecentspeech,shereliedonthetried-and-trueHillaryClintontacticofshriekingaboutheropponent,againstrikinganunpresidentialtone.
Witnesshertreatmentofacoupleofcollegestudentswhoyelled,“JesusisLord”atarecentrally
