In 18th century Russia, Field Marshal Gregory Potemkin ordered the construction of pretty facades so Empress Catherine wouldn't see the true, grim state of newly annexed Crimea. They became known as “Potemkin villages.”

Fast forward to 2024. Kamala Harris’s entire campaign was the modern-day equivalent of a Potemkin Village. All that celebrity support — Beyonce, Oprah, Meghan The Stallion and Cardi B? Bought and paid for.

Polls that showed Donald Trump with a lead over Harris were dismissed as right-leaning “garbage.” Real Clear Politics, which used the polls in its aggregation, were actually deplatformed by Wikipedia. As it turned out, the “garbage” polls were most accurate—and even underestimated Trump’s support.

The Harris campaign’s Potemkin Village looked great—until election night when the pretty façade collided with reality. Now left-wing voters are realizing they’ve been lied to and misled.

No wonder legacy media ratings are collapsing.