CNN anchor Jake Tapper expressed shock during a live broadcast as he learned that Vice President Kamala Harris failed to outperform President Joe Biden’s 2020 election results in any state during her loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
Tapper’s astonishment was evident as he asked for a graphic displaying Harris’s performance, only to be met with a completely gray map, indicating no significant gains.
Jake Tapper shocked by map that shows that Kamala Harris did not out perform Joe Biden in a single county:
Jake Tapper: "Holy smokes! Literally nothing? Literally not one county?"Trump was the biggest winner tonight. Joe Biden 2nd biggest winner. pic.twitter.com/ECQD6WfEDL
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) November 6, 2024
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CNN Chief National Correspondent John King later revealed that Harris only outperformed Biden in 58 counties, while Trump improved his performance in over 1,000 counties across the US. The chart shown by Tapper indicated counties in which Harris outperformed Biden by more than 3%–of which there were none.
Trump, having claimed key swing states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, was declared the winner early Wednesday morning. The initial reactions from supporters of Harris showcased their despair, as many abandoned election events in disappointment. Analysts suggest that Harris’s inability to distinguish her candidacy from Biden’s may have contributed to her poor performance.
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