Which Canadian-born CNN regular is more annoying: David Frum or Daniel Dale?
Frum did stop short of banging his fists or stamping his feet. But on today's CNN This Morning, the Trump-detesting pundit was more taciturn. He said thanks to the "probably stupid" rules of the Constitution, Trump could win the election with an Electoral College majority despite losing the popular vote count.
Frum was responding to a statement by CNN reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere that some in the Kamala camp believe that if the election were held today, she would lose.
Frum began by claiming: "We need to be more specific about what we mean by 'lose." Depends on what the meaning of is, is, David?
As Frum ranted against the rules of American politics with its Electoral College, host Kasie Hunt interjected: "But that's the rules of the game." Responded Frum:
"Those are the rules. They were written in 1787, maybe they're wise, maybe they're stupid. Probably they're stupid."
Yes, David, if only you had been around in 1787, your wisdom would surely have prevailed over the likes of mediocrities like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin!
Frum finished by claiming that Trump's 2016 victory under those rules resulted in "the most corrupt and authoritarian administration in American history."
Note: The liberal media regularly trashes Trump for putting the accent on the wrong syllable in "Kamala." But as you'll hear at 37 seconds into the video clip, guess who else said Ka-MA-la? Yup, Frum.
Here's the transcript.
CNN This Morning
9/12/24
6:09 am EDTMIKE DUBKE: I've got to believe that there is at least one person in the Harris campaign that thinks they're going to lose. There's gotta be. And if not --
EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE: It's not that they're going to lose. They think that if the election, right now things are still, and Bakari's right, not everybody feels that way. There's a lot of enthusiasm [inaudible.] But just that there are people who look at this and say if it were today, that she is still behind.
DAVID FRUM: Can I add a footnote to that? Because I think we need to be more specific about what we mean by 'lose.' Obviously, within the rules of American politics, with the Electoral College, this is a very tight race. I don't think there's anybody, anywhere, who thinks that Donald Trump will actually get more votes than Kamala [pronounces Ka-MA-la] Harris.
I mean, everyone understands that what we're talking about --
KASIE HUNT: But that's the rules of the game.
FRUM: Those are the rules of the game, but it's a weird game. Where we just have to -- we all talk about this is if there's this mass movement behind Donald Trump. We need to start with our awareness that Donald Trump is a 46% candidate. Always has been, always will be. There was not a single day in his presidency when he had even a 50% approval rating in any reputable poll. Not a damn day, he had even half the country behind him. Even half.
So what we're always, and of course, those are the rules. They were written in 1787, maybe they're wise, maybe they're stupid. Probably they're stupid. But the United States has this unique situation where 46% of the country is bidding to command the entire executive branch.
That's one of the reasons why this race is so so dangerous and upsetting. Because we know, we've always known that theoretically that could happen. But in the Trump years it really happened. And then the power was abused to run the most corrupt and authoritarian administration in American history with 46% of the people.
That's, that's what we're struggling with right now. Will a minority govern in an abusive way? And that when we say it's close, we mean that there are states have contact [?] where local majorities are going to be able to overwhelm the national majority.
