Progressives — and right-wing trolls — have also hammered Harris, a former Democratic presidential contender herself, for her resume as a state attorney general and local prosecutor, going so far as to push a “Kamala is a cop” narrative designed to diminish and disqualify her in the eyes of the left.

At one point during her presidential bid last spring, Harris expressed “regret” for backing a controversial truancy law, only to later lean into her record as a prosecutor.

Demings, who served as Orlando’s first woman police chief, oversaw a department that has had a history of criticism for using excessive force.

But it’s Klobuchar’s vice presidential fortunes that may end up as the first political casualty of the Minneapolis unrest.