Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec spoke with pollster Rich Baris on Thursday, where the two spoke about the upcoming Freedom 250 celebrations, including the spectacle of the UFC 250 event, and how bad this whole thing would be if Kamala Harris were president.
Posobiec opened by pointing to what he described as informal feedback from working- and middle-class Americans.
“I just know from my anecdotal poll, I don't do the big screens of polls like you guys do, but I do know the working class people, the middle class people that I know, the friends, folks home in the Rust Belt, they're all talking about UFC,” he said. “They all think it's really cool. Do they think the Iran war is great? No. Do they want to see more deportations? Yes, but they love the UFC fight.”
He added that mainstream media was missing the cultural signal. “I think a lot of the mainstream media is actually missing out on this. They don't quite understand it, do they?”
Baris agreed, saying public sentiment in recent years had been defined by frustration and fatigue. “No, they don't. And that's kind of a shocker, isn't it? I mean, even leading up until the '24 election, the country was very, very depressed, right?”
He continued by describing what he sees as a national appetite for competitive, emotionally charged cultural moments. “Americans, I was listening to the segment before, and this is a good idea. Americans like a scrap. They like to scrap. You know, they love an underdog story. It's the story of America.”
Baris also tied that sentiment to broader national events and political branding, referencing upcoming America 250 celebrations and past campaign strategy discussions.
"The country just needs to unplug, it needs a bit of a win," he said. “We have to celebrate this Jack. It's a big deal. And despite what you may be, there's always something people can find out there to complain about when you live on social media.”
Baris concluded by framing the political moment as one of national comparison and messaging strategy heading into the anniversary year. “At the end, we're in a couple of weeks here, we're coming up on a day where all of us can at least celebrate and come together. It's a big deal. It's a big anniversary. And you can at least look back and say, Hey, could have been Kamala Harris.”
