Kamala Harris has been trying hard to recast herself as a “moderate” since becoming the Democratic nominee last month. Her campaign has focused on improvising popular policies to distract voters from her far-left record, sometimes even taking positions at odds with those she previously held.
In fact, the Harris campaign's strategy could be summed up in three words: “Just copy Trump.”
people Strongly opposed Kamala Harris’ radical cultural agenda is perhaps the only harmful left-wing agenda she cannot repudiate.
This goes beyond simply changing her stance to avoid political responsibility: Ms Harris has actively plagiarized her opponents' policy agendas, in some cases doing so word for word.
For example, in terms of crime, Praise “Cut the police budget” escape Black Lives Matter rioters, and support Harris, who campaigns on “police reform,” currently sees herself as a “prosecutor” who takes a tough stance on crime.
On immigration, she now openly presents herself as a border hardliner ready to crack down on illegal border crossings and build a wall. Recruit Her support for a fake “bipartisan” immigration bill that nearly every Republican opposed is proof that she's tougher on the border than Trump.
And on the economy, Harris has leaned into the issue of inflation despite being the incumbent, even being willing to blatantly take up some of Trump's most popular economic policies. Eliminate the federal tax on tips.
Remarkably, Harris's blatant attempt at copycat shows signs of potential success: In 2022, Democrats used the same strategy to copy Republican messaging on immigration, crime and the economy in nearly every close race. And they won nearly every one of those elections.
The reality is that Harris barely made an impression in the 2020 primaries and is an unknown quantity to millions of voters in 2024, having skipped the nomination process entirely. The left-wing activist base has no intention of accepting any of her current reforms, and the media is eager to trumpet her newfound moderation. All of this is a means to defeat Donald Trump, and they will accept temporary compromises as long as it achieves that goal.
good, largely A temporary compromise.
The only extreme position Harris has not softened on is her transgender views, and while left-wing activists have refused to let her budge an inch from them, she continues to stick to them.
Both candidates, Harris and Waltz, have taken the most extreme positions on nearly every gender issue. Both have supported bills that would force men into girls' sports and locker rooms. Both are fully in favor of using taxpayer money to pay for sex-reassignment surgery for minors. Both continue to defend the presence of pornographic materials in schools.
Harris couldn't back down from those policy pledges even if she wanted to. Over the summer, for example, the Biden administration tried to subtly suggest that it supported puberty-blocking and gender-change drugs but opposed sex-reassignment surgery. Surgery Violence against children. But for the transgender lobby, this was enough. The backlash from the far left was so strong that the administration Retract a statement Within 24 hours.
This is Harris and the Democratic Party's greatest weakness, the mother of all political weaknesses, and it will ultimately cost Harris her the election in November.
Fortunately, the Trump campaign has been preemptive on these issues, highlighting Democratic extremism for weeks — a good strategy. Republicans should continue to do everything in their power to highlight this contrast, including through advertising in battleground states, through Election Day. This one From the Senate Leadership Fund.
This contrast is key. These issues are great for galvanizing supporters, but they're also effective at persuading undecided voters: Americans, incredibly and overwhelmingly, are opposed to men participating in women's sports. 77% to 23%They are similarly opposed to the idea of minors undergoing sex reassignment surgery. 68% to 31%These are some of the left’s biggest shortcomings on every issue.
This isn't just a polling phenomenon: My organization's focus group research with swing voters consistently finds that these issues are some of the most effective at switching votes from Democrat to Republican. This isn't surprising, since most voters aren't buying into this madness.
With Election Day just two months away, but early voting just days away, the Trump campaign and House and Senate Republicans should attack Harris for her flip-flopping on every issue, but especially Trump's overwhelming gender ideological advantage. Strongly opposed Kamala Harris’ radical cultural agenda is perhaps the only harmful left-wing agenda she cannot repudiate.
