Report: Democrats Privately Anxious About Kamala Harris’s Ability to Defeat TrumpWendell Husebø 29 Jul 2024
Democrat lawmakers are anxious about Vice President Kamala Harris’s ability to defeat former President Donald Trump on election day, just 99 days away.
As the “honeymoon” phase of the Harris campaign appears to be wearing off, unease is penetrating the Democrat party over Harris’s radical-left record, her lack of political capital in blue wall states, and the challenge she faces of campaigning on the Biden-Harris administration’s economy.
“I would call it a honeymoon phase,” former Democrat governor of Nevada Steve Sisolak told the New York Times on Monday. “We’ve got to keep the energy going. You got it started — now you’ve got to keep it going. It’s going to be a challenge for everybody.”
Democrats are privately expressing concerns over Harris’s candidacy. One source familiar with the internal discussions told the Hill that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was “lukewarm” about Harris becoming the nominee, a view that appears to be widespread among the party elites.
“She wasn’t a great candidate,” a Democrat senator told the Hill about Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign. Harris ended her campaign before the Iowa caucuses. “And she may not be as a political campaigner as good as Biden was in his prime,” the senator said.
“We need to be very clear-eyed, and it’s going to be brutally tough,” the lawmaker added.
A second Democrat senator argued Harris is a lot better choice than President Joe Biden but admitted her shortcomings in the Midwest. One of the greatest challenges the radical California Democrat will face is winning support in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, blue wall states that Trump has a strong chance of winning.
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