MSNBC Host Jonathan Capehart: Kamala Harris Told Her Team That Her Boost In Polls Is Just ‘Sugar High’

MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart warned Democrats late this week that the hundreds of millions of dollars in positive earned media that Vice President Kamala Harris has gotten in recent weeks may be coming to an end soon as the “sugar high” wears off.

Capehart, who is a columnist at The Washington Post, made the remarks during a PBS interview where he was asked how much longer Democrats can sustain this momentum.

“It’s been a great week for the Democrats after the last three months that they put themselves through with all the yelling and screaming at each other and pushing the president off the ticket,” Capehart said. “But enthusiasm’s up. The fundraising is up. The spirit among Democrats is up. And yet all things that are up must come down. And the thing that the rank-and-file Democrats have to prepare themselves for the bad press that’s about to come, the attack that might land, the punch that might land.”

“The thing that Democrats also have to keep in mind is that Vice President Harris is fully aware of that, that she’s been saying to her team, right now, this might be a sugar high,” he continued. “We have to keep our eye, our focus on November. And so knowing that the vice president is thinking in that way gives me confidence that, when the momentum starts to slag or when they get punched really hard with an effective attack, that they will be ready to parry it.”

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WATCH: Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart warns Democrats that Kamala Harris’s rise in the polls is just a “sugar high.” pic.twitter.com/L0Uixs95UO

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‘Really, That Song?’: Celine Dion Gets Mad At Trump For ‘Titanic’ Rally Music Choice

Celine Dion made it clear she’s upset with former President Donald Trump’s campaign after she said it used one of her songs at a rally in Montana on Friday.

In a post on Saturday on X, the 56-year-old Grammy winner’s management team on behalf of Dion and her record label released a statement about how her song, “My Heart Will Go On,” from the “Titanic” soundtrack, was played at the Trump-JD Vance rally in Bozeman on Friday.

“Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana,” the statement read.  

“In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” the statement added. “…And really, THAT song?”

The song became a massive number one hit for Dion in the 90s when it was connected to James Cameron’s “Titanic” movie, which blew up at the box office when it came out in 1997. It is one of the songs people most associate with the Canadian singer after it earned her numerous accolades.

Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing “My Heart Will Go On” at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign… pic.twitter.com/28CYLFvgER

— Celine Dion (@celinedion) August 10, 2024

Dion is not the first artist unhappy with Trump for using their music at various campaign rallies. Others, include the Rolling Stones, Rihanna, and Axl Rose, The Hollywood Reporter noted.

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Recently, the Grammy winner made her return to the stage for the first time in years amid her health battle with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) after being diagnosed in 2022.

In clips that surfaced on X, Dion appeared on a stage on the Eiffel Tower singing in French Edith Piaf’s “Hymne A L’Amour” as she performed the final act in the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics, The Guardian reported.

In 2021, Dion stopped her Las Vegas residency, and it wasn’t long after that she revealed she’d been dealing with the debilitating symptoms connected to the autoimmune neurological disorder, which she said started as early as 2008, the New York Post reported.

Speaking to Vogue France in April, the singer opened up about her life-altering illness and said she’s hoping to “find a miracle.”

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