The Democrats are now wondering about what can be because they are finally unburdened by what has been.
You will be hearing that phrase a lot in the coming month, and it will be used in countless headlines because, while Kamala's delivery of the line is pathetic, it is easy to parody.
Kamala Harris is a FRAUD — a shameless LIAR whose perpetration of the coverup around Biden's cognitive decline is the scandal of the century.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 21, 2024
She's also unoriginal, annoying, and highly incompetent.pic.twitter.com/S4X5mfGKRm
The same is true for Kamala herself, who, like Dan Quayle, was defined early in her tenure as Vice President as something of a buffoon. Certainly, in Quayle's case, the characterization was a bit unfair, but the image stuck and defined him to this day. I suspect that Kamala will have a hard time shaking her reputation as a lightweight and inept campaigner.
Kamala Harris: "My mother used to give us a hard time sometimes and she would say to us, 'I don't know what's wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?' Ha ha ha ha."
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 21, 2024
pic.twitter.com/3H6Ixdfc9K
On the other hand, Republicans were facing a losing ticket in Biden-Harris and any uncertainty increases the risk that the trajectory could change. When the deck is stacked against you, it can't hurt to reshuffle the deck, and the Democrats have managed to do it.
NEW w/ @HansNichols: A group of state Democratic party chairs has voted unanimously to endorse Kamala Harris, per two sources familiar with the matter.
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 21, 2024
The ASDC exec board had voted to back Harris if Biden dropped out, sources say.@Axios https://t.co/Yfpq7ayLAD
Already, we see cracks in the Democrat Establishment's attempts to crown Kamala Harris as the presumptive nominee, and no doubt the dissenters are driven by Kamala's inability to speak coherently--a problem she suffers from as did her running mate, although for radically different reasons. I expect that Kamala will clear the field with the help of the establishment, but there are likely to be many Democrats disgusted by the process that got her there.
This will be immortalized.
— 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕲𝖆𝖎𝖏𝖎𝖓 - 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖚𝖘 (@Founding_Belief) July 21, 2024
They traded one mental health patient for another.
Combined with that cackling in almost every conversation and where there was no joke, it's called a Pseudobulbar Affect which also includes dimentia. Anxiety disorders are also very commomly… pic.twitter.com/9goRhphnUf
Kamala, you see, just fell out of a coconut tree and hit her head, or something similar happened. She is just not any good at this. She has more vulnerabilities than a quadriplegic on a modern urban battlefield and only appears superior to Biden because his brain is turning to mush before our very eyes.
"I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit."pic.twitter.com/kz7tx712wK
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 21, 2024
When your main qualification is bare sentience, there must be a very low bar for getting the job. Kamala barely passes under that low bar.
Vice President Kamala Harris:
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 21, 2024
Aid for floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes should be distributed based on race and gender for the sake of equity.pic.twitter.com/uixPpz95s2
It's no secret that Kamala's other qualifications--her status as a so-called "diverse" candidate in a party obsessed with representing everybody on the color spectrum from brown to black--are the reason that her sentience is her main qualification. Despite there being other black or brown candidates who likely would be more capable than she, Kamala also has the correct reproductive organs to fill the job.
FLASHBACK:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 21, 2024
Kamala said it's "wrongheaded" and "outdated" to think police officers make communities safe: "What we will do is reimagine public safety." pic.twitter.com/gQgE7qF50l
A brown, black, and female candidate checks most of the necessary boxes, although she should consider coming out as bisexual and Queer to fill out the intersectional bingo card.
Throwback: "I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit." pic.twitter.com/Bl1WWzLwK8
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 21, 2024
While most of the Establishment is trying to create Harrismentum, it's clear that there are dissenters. Obama, for one, is not apparently a fan--and that counts for a lot. While the grifters in the party are looking at that big pile of money sitting in the campaign's bank, Obama is looking at Harris' lack of political talent. And, as the last Democrat candidate with an ounce of talent, he is probably right to worry.
Tough. Fearless. Tenacious.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 21, 2024
With our democracy at stake and our future on the line, no one is better to prosecute the case against Donald Trump's dark vision and guide our country in a healthier direction than America’s Vice President, @KamalaHarris.
Some Democrat donors share similar concerns, although they are likely driven by her ideological commitments. The tech billionaires who were abandoning Biden are unlikely to be charmed by Kamala, and there are rumblings that some donors (likely a different group) are trying to get Joe Manchin into the race.
Sources close to Sen Joe Manchin, independent of WV, say he's considering re-registering as a Democrat and throwing his hat into the ring
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 21, 2024
This is a dumb idea for a lot of reasons, and is as likely as Mitt Romney being chosen as their nominee.
The big problem Democrats face, though, is the activist base of their party, which is miles to the left of the country. Joe Biden has governed as a socialist, and Harris is not only going to have to own that record, but she will have to play to that base.
She owns the border crisis as much as Biden, and the GOP already is attacking her on the issue, reinforcing the negative sense voters have about her.
The truth about Kamala Harris. pic.twitter.com/eCHKOE5xK0
— GOP (@GOP) July 21, 2024
It's just possible that the Establishment can shove her into Biden's slot and make it stick, but a lot of activists are going to be ticked that this will be the third election in a row where the Establishment shoved a candidate down their throats. In 2016 it was Hillary!, in 2020 it was Biden, and now Kamala. There may not have been excitement about Biden 2024, but the whole process stinks to the populist wing of the Democrats.
Is the President of the United States in charge? #WhereIsJoeBiden https://t.co/YrwkTirfmY pic.twitter.com/3cugnLAhiH
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) July 22, 2024
Trump may have wanted to run against Joe, but his PAC has already lined up the attack ads and the first hit Twitter hours after Biden's announcement that he was dropping out and endorsing Cackling Kamala:
Kamala Harris LIED about Biden’s physical and mental decline.
— Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) July 21, 2024
She did NOTHING as the “Border Czar.”
She CACKLED as your quality of life went down.
She is UNFIT to lead.pic.twitter.com/6sQd7VD4lK
Brutal.
So is the election in the bag? Hardly. Because the Democrats now have a do-over, anything is possible. They just went from a certain loss to a conceivable victory, and that may not be good news for Trump.
Not to mention, if Kamala or whoever the Democrats pick gets in range, their ballot-harvesting machine might carry them over the top. Just get within the margin of cheating and let the machine do the rest.
Stay frosty, my friend.
Are you guys gonna call her “Dark Kamala?” Not sure that’s the right move but you’re implying it here. Let’s see what happens. https://t.co/WtsfeTR6qD
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 21, 2024
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