Kevin O'Leary clashes with CNN panel, says Democrats 'circumvented democracy' by selecting Harris

Millionaire capitalist and "Shark Tank" prima Kevin O'Leary clashed with CNN panelists aft helium blasted the Democratic Party Thursday for however it selected Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic their nominee.

O’Leary said connected "CNN NewsNight" that aft watching her astatine their town hallway the nighttime before, Democrats should person immoderate concerns astir however she ended up being the nominee.

He said helium was struck by however "only 90 days ago, Pelosi went to Biden and said, ‘You request to measurement aside’ and convinced him to bash so. He made the decision, and helium did really inquire her, and we’ve present learned this, ‘Is she the close idiosyncratic to thrust this home?’ He questioned that. He could person said, ‘We request to tally a process successful bid for maine to marque this move,’ but they decided not to. I don’t cognize who ‘they’ is. Was it Obama? Was it Pelosi? I don’t attraction who it was."

After utilizing an analogy astir banal picking, O'Leary, who has criticized Harris before, asserted that Harris’ ascendancy to the information "is the 2nd clip the Democratic Party has circumvented ideology and chose-"

Investor and Shark Tank prima Kevin O'Leary blasted the Democratic Party for however it selected Vice President Harris arsenic their caller nominee without a primary.

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The sheet erupted with several, saying, "That's not true. That's not true."

As the others continued to interject, O'Leary argued that cipher was allowed to vie with Hillary Clinton successful the 2016 Democratic primary, erstwhile immoderate voters felt Sen. Bernie Sanders had been cheated retired of the information due to the fact that of bias by the Democratic National Committee.

"Kevin, Hillary Clinton won a primary," Phillips argued.

"Nobody could vie with her!" O'Leary said, raising his dependable amid much crosstalk. "Even Bernie Sanders!"

"She won a primary," Phillips said again.

"So did Kamala Harris triumph a primary?" O'Leary asked. 

"Listen, we've talked astir this before-" Phillips said.

"What's incorrect with talking astir it contiguous aft what you conscionable saw?" O'Leary asked, arsenic panelists continued talking. "How galore Democrats wish-"

Vice President Kamala Harris attends a run lawsuit astatine Divine Faith Ministries International connected October 20, 2024 successful Jonesboro, Georgia. (Getty Images)

"Do you deliberation that’s truly what matters to voters?" CNN economics commentator Catherine Rampell asked. "Your full shtick has been, ‘Let's speech astir what happens to voters,’ bash you truly deliberation voters attraction astir the internecine superior process?"

"If you’re a Democrat, you definite arsenic hellhole attraction today," helium replied. 

"I cognize that you are from Canada," CNN big Abby Phillip said, challenging his credibility. "But the superior process successful this state is not successful the Constitution. It’s not successful the Constitution. The governmental parties tin take nevertheless they privation to take their nominee, and arsenic agelong arsenic they conscionable the ineligible deadlines successful the states wherever they are connected the ballot, they tin bash it nevertheless they want."

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"Yes, conscionable to beryllium transparent, I was calved successful Canada," O’Leary said, lasting his ground. "But my kids were calved and raised successful Boston. All my investments successful the United States, I privation the president, whoever it is, to beryllium a winner."

"You’re describing thing arsenic undemocratic that has perfectly thing to bash with the antiauthoritarian process," Phillips said of the Democratic Party primary.

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