Associated Press
Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion of her political base unless she changes her campaign’s closing message — and its messengers — immediately.
Specifically, several progressive leaders believe that the Democratic nominee has been too focused on winning over moderate Republicans in recent days at the expense of her own party’s passionate liberals. And they say that Harris’ closing message, which is increasingly centered on Republican Donald Trump and the threat he poses to U.S. democracy, ignores the economic struggles of the nation’s working class.
Some far-left leaders are also irked that Harris has shared the stage in recent days with former House Republican leader Liz Cheney and billionaire businessman Mark Cuban while progressive icons like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been relegated to low-profile roles.
“The truth of the matter is that there are a hell of a lot more working-class people who could vote for Kamala Harris than there are conservative Republicans,” Sanders told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday.
Sanders noted that he’s been doing whatever he’s asked to help Harris win. He has participated in two dozen Harris campaign related-events this month alone, although they’re largely in rural areas. None have been with Harris.
“She has to start talking more to the needs of working-class people,” Sanders said. “I wish this had taken place two months ago. It is what it is.”
From the Harris campaign’s perspective, the focus on moderate Republicans at this moment is simply a matter of math.
The Democrat’s campaign assesses that 10% of swing-state voters are still undecided or persuadable, according to an aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal strategy. Of that 10%, some 7% are considered “Cheney Republicans” who are receptive to messages attacking Trump, the aide said.
At the same time, the Harris campaign believes her chief political liability is the perception that she’s too far left. Trump’s allies are pounding the airwaves accusing the former California senator of being a “radical-left liberal.” Therefore, she has been reluctant to appear with progressive icons like Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist.
Harris acknowledged during a CNN town hall this week that some progressives may be unhappy with her leadership, particularly on Israel.
“But I also do know that for many people who care about this issue, they also care about bringing down the price of groceries,” she said. “They also care about our democracy and not having a president of the United States who admires dictators and is a fascist.”
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
14 comments
I Am Speaking.
October 26, 2024 at 5:23 pm
Come on Kammy. You need to go hard after that Hamas vote. So where is AOC, Tlaib, and Omar? Time to focus on your core voters.🤣
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A day without Libturds
October 26, 2024 at 5:42 pm
Your fake black prostitute candidate is finished, blue cultists. Soon the blue wave of tears will begin. Best you slither back into the sewer where you belong
YEW OWEME
October 26, 2024 at 9:55 pm
LIPTURD , i see you’re still cranking out that sexist crap you love to spew so much. you must really really really HATE your mother, sisters, daughters, nieces, aunts and grand mothers. i love harris’ giggles, smiles, and competent speech. you can’t seem to get by her sex long enough to see what a fine choice for president she’ll make. what the hell is wrong with you dude. you can’t possibly be married, what woman would have you. you must be a woman-hating gay boy. as earl shitts would say, relax your sphincter, harris will serve us well, relax dude. go throw darts at pictures of women, maybe that will relax you. dude you’re a mess.
Skeptic
October 26, 2024 at 6:11 pm
Saunders needs to get over himself and his affection for Jill Stein and Ralph Nader — the intransigence of his followers was as important to Trump’s first win as the interference in the election by Russia and Comey. I suppose if you want to cry yourself to sleep for the next four years, you should follow his suggestion and take your ball and go home. Or you could wake up and realize that progress, when it occurs at all, is always incremental.
Ron Ogden
October 26, 2024 at 6:48 pm
In the race to name the most obsolete person in American politics, the candidates are Bernie Sanders, Al Gore, and Rashida Tlaib.
Michael K
October 26, 2024 at 7:21 pm
The only people who think Harris is not doing well have already voted for the twice-impeached, adjudicated rapist and felon – so who cares?
Harris has been talking to working people since day one of her very short, historic campaign, in which she has completely transformed both her party and the presidential race. Very few committed Democrats will sit this election out, or vote for the authoritarian who wants to use the military against his enemies.
The more vulgar, strident, and ridiculous Trump sounds, the less chance he has to go beyond his 46% ceiling.
I Am Speaking.
October 26, 2024 at 7:38 pm
So Kammy and your surrogates are now calling Trump Hitler and those that support him are Nazi’s. I thought Kammy had this a couple of weeks ago but the more we see of her the more we realize she is just plain dumb. The basement strategy is being employed when the zombie machine can do it. Problem is there is no Covid Pandemic to hide behind. Admit it, she was picked as VP for one reason. More than 46% are seeing this now. Trump might not win but will have more than 46%.
A day without Libturds
October 26, 2024 at 10:21 pm
If you scumbags had anything to offer, your candidate would be up by 20 points but what you have is a pile of shit. Libturds are stupid.
Ocean Joe
October 27, 2024 at 5:19 am
First, you should be doing your homework for middle school due Monday.
Second, I’d hate to see what this country would look like if we erased the legislation Democrats have brought us over almost complete Republican opposition.
Healthcare: Let the insurance companies go back to refusing or ending coverage at will. Restore caps on coverage. Ban children from policies. Eliminate caps on certain drug costs, and go ahead and eliminate social security and medicare.
On the environment: complete deregulation and let’s get out of the Paris Accords ASAP. We want the smog of LA and acid rain back! Probably before your time, look it up.
Assault rifles for all! Not enough school shootings. How dare folks want background checks or limits of any kind?
Abortion? Let the rich folks fly to Switzerland, we need that federal ban.
Minimum wage? Nah, lets expect folks to work all week and still be unable to afford a decent place to live.
Infrastructure? Let’s leave everything alone so we can be the trashcan Trump says we are.
As long as the rich have what they need and the poor have somebody to look down on and Trump the genius is president again everything will be perfect!
And dont forget to vote against FEMA funding until after the storm.
Michael K
October 27, 2024 at 9:23 am
The problem might be vulgar people full of anger who can only spew puerile insults to demean people, with no concern for actual governance, let alone respect for American democracy.
John Q Publix
October 27, 2024 at 1:43 am
It seems that the Democrat persons in charge pourposally placed a defective candidate in the running because they know that the Republicans are needed to build up the economey [Money].
The Democrats are content to hand over 3 POTUS terms (12 years) and are looking forward to getting back in there in 13 years to again squander all the money again on incompedance and stupid stuff.
Its a cycle to the Democrats they are happy with.
John
Ocean Joe
October 27, 2024 at 5:23 am
Reagan is the father of the American deficit, Trump ballooned it, W Bush left the country in an economic meltdown. Where were you? And dont forget Herbert Hoover.
Voodoo economics doesnt work. How many times, how many budget busting tax cuts to please the wealthy do we have to go through before that’s understood?
Michael K
October 27, 2024 at 9:12 am
Overall job growth has been greater under Democratic presidents
Job growth has been notably greater under Democratic presidents than Republican presidents since the early 1980s. Looking at the last seven presidents, job growth totaled over 50 million under Democratic presidents compared to only 17 million under Republican presidents. Most recently, job growth has totaled nearly 16.2 million under the Biden-Harris administration as the U.S. economy has recovered from the pandemic recession. Conversely, there were 2.7 million fewer Americans employed when President Trump left office than at the beginning of his term, making him the first president in the modern era to oversee net job losses.