Kamala Harris and the tyranny of experts
By
Washington Examiner
November 3, 2024 12:01 am
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One could be forgiven for not noticing, but Vice President Kamala Harris did make her campaign’s closing argument speech Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. To be fair, the little notice it received is not entirely her fault, for as she was making her remarks to a big crowd, President Joe Biden was making his own remarks, calling all Trump supporters “garbage,” which drew everyone’s attention away from Harris.
Harris’s speech nevertheless deserves attention. This is not because it was an exception but because it was an entirely pedestrian and unexceptional dribble of words that could have been given by any other Democrat in the last 100 years. That is a key problem with Harris’s bid for the White House.
Like many other Democrats before her, Harris promised to “seek common ground and commonsense solutions.” She claimed she was “not looking to score political points.” To that end, and this is the really weird and troubling part, she promised to end “division, chaos, and mutual distrust” by pledging “to listen to experts.”
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