Can Kamala Harris overcome her campaign’s biggest challenge?
Still, there’s reason to think that the GOP may succeed in tarring Harris as a radical. During her ill-fated 2020 primary campaign, today’s Democratic nominee embraced a wide array of profoundly left-wing positions. As a large field of presidential aspirants vied for highly engaged progressives’ attention and donations, Harris said she would
ban fracking;
reduce funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
decriminalize unauthorized border crossing; replace all private health insurance
with Medicare-for-all; and establish a
“mandatory buyback program” for assault weapons. After her campaign ended, in the summer of 2020, she
praised the “defund the police” movement. Many of these stances are exceptionally unpopular with the general public.