Rory Stewart has been branded “clueless” after predicting a “comfortable” victory for Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Winston Marshall, a former member of the band Mumford & Sons who quit the group following uproar over his right-wing politics, blasted Stewart on X following Donald Trump’s capture of crucial swing states including Pennsylvania.
Sharing a clip of Stewart discussing the race on a live watch-along programme, the musician wrote: “Rory Stewart demonstrating how totally clueless he is about American politics.
“He predicted a landslide for Kamala. What a blithering plonker. And what a joy to watch the British mainstream media combust.”
Stewart, a former Conservative Cabinet minister and co-host of political podcast The Rest is Politics doesn’t refer to a Harris landslide in the video, which shows him debating the former prosecutor’s chances on election night.
In it, he suggests that factors like incumbency and the relative strength of the US economy supported American historian and election guru Alan Lichtman’s prediction that they would be key in Harris clinching the keys to the White House.
However, on the night the politician had been backing Harris to the win the race, which polls had indicated for months was too close to call.
He had also recently professed his belief that Harris, the Vice President, would secure a commanding win. In an November 1 X post, just days ahead of the election, Stewart wrote: “I haven’t changed my mind on Kamala Harris winning comfortably.
“And I’m looking forward to the elaborate explanations from the polling companies on why they failed to predict the result,” he added.
Speaking from his watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said he would fix the country and its borders, calling his comeback “the greatest political movement of all time.”
He said: “[This is the] greatest political movement of all time. There’s never been anything like this in this country.
“We’re going to help our country heal. We’ve got a country that needs help … badly … We’re going to fix our borders … We’ve made history.”
