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Trump’s Rage at Media Worsens as New Polls Show Surprise Harris Gains

As Trump fumes over his debate fiasco and new data offers good news to Kamala Harris, a veteran Democratic pollster explains the deeper causes for optimism lurking under the fresh numbers.

Donald Trump yells and points a finger
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Former President Donald Trump in Las Vegas, on September 13

Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s rage over his debate fiasco appeared to get darker. In one splenetic social media post after another, he fumed that he actually won the debate, while erupting repeatedly at ABC News’s moderation of it. All this comes as new polling shows that Kamala Harris has made some surprising postdebate gains against Trump. We talked to veteran Democratic pollster Celinda Lake about the deeper causes for optimism inside the new data, what Harris still needs to do to win, and the bigger theory of the case driving all the successful baiting of Trump. Listen to this episode here.