With some hard work, pluck and a bit of genetic luck, Kamala Harris has found her way onto the presidential ballot without having to secure a single primary vote.
Don’t tell me the American Dream is dead.
Sure, Harris is a demagogue who speaks in cringey, swirling, impenetrable platitudes.
But let’s discuss her record and stated positions.
It seems like a lifetime ago that President Biden named Harris his running mate.
What you may not recall is that the media tried to gaslight us into believing the California senator was another apolitical dealmaker.
Former Clinton fixer George Stephanopoulos said Harris was “the middle-of-the-road, moderate wing of the Democratic Party.”
The New York Times called her a “pragmatic moderate,” while the Associated Press focused on her “centrist record.”
And so on.
A “small-c conservative,” one Washington Post columnist wrote.
The only problem was, according to GovTrack, Harris’ record in the Senate was to the left of red-diaper baby Bernie Sanders.
She was the least likely of any senator to join in any bipartisan bills.
Harris wasn’t handed a Senate seat by the California political hierarchy to waste her time legislating with a bunch of pinheads. She was there to run for the presidency.
In her truncated first term, few excelled more at smearing their political opponents.