Democrats implore Harris to keep to the center as Trump rips her as a leftist
By
Naomi Lim
,
Mabinty Quarshie
and
Samantha-Jo Roth
August 28, 2024 7:00 am
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CHICAGO — Democrats are encouraging Vice President Kamala Harris to stick to the political center as former President Donald Trump tries to undercut her as a San Francisco liberal and radical leftist.
But as protests continue over the war in Gaza before the conflict’s first anniversary in October, Harris may come under increasing pressure to appeal to more liberal Democrats in order to win November’s election.
Harris’s acceptance of the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination underscored more centrist policy positions than the ones she ran on the last time she was a presidential candidate during the 2020 cycle.
“I refuse to play politics with our security,” she said at the Democratic National Convention last week in Chicago. “As commander in chief, I will ensure America always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world. And I will fulfill our sacred obligation to care for our troops and their families, and I will always honor and never disparage their service and their sacrifice.”
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