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Harris viewing party ‘sickly optimistic’ as campaign urges people to ‘get some sleep’

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Harris viewing party ‘sickly optimistic’ as campaign urges people to ‘get some sleep’

MSNBC assessed the mood of the vice president Kamala Harris The watch party is “sickeningly optimistic” as election night progresses in what has proven to be a highly contentious election.

Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon informed Campaign workers say they should “get some sleep and be ready for a strong finish tomorrow” as the vice president faces a “very tight race.” Reporting from the scene, TV presenter Michelle Norris said the crowd had become more “calm” as the night wore on.

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“And the word I keep hearing—it must be some new phrase entering the lexicon—is the idea that people are sickeningly optimistic,” Norris said. “Not just cautious optimism, but sickening optimism.”

Norris noted that one of the people she heard this information from is Senator LaFonza Butler (D-CA), and that she and others are now looking at a “blue wall” as PennsylvaniaWisconsin and Michigan to get Harris’ campaign back into play in the Electoral College.

CNN anchor Abby Phillip said the Harris campaign is still “waiting” for polls to close in Sun Belt states and also views a blue wall as Harris’ best chance to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

However, fellow host John King assessed that two of those three states in the blue wall, namely Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, are leaning toward the former president. Donald Trump. He stressed that while the race is “not over yet,” Harris’ bid in swing states like North Carolina appears to be against her.

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Besides North Carolina, Trump also maintains lead in Georgia. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters Tuesday night that the former president had opened up an insurmountable lead, although Associated Press did not call the race.

Harris, meanwhile, won Virginia in the Electoral College.However, she won the state by a smaller margin than President Joe Biden did when he ran against Trump in 2020.