The left probably really does believe that Trump is “literally” (as The Atlantic literally put it) Hitler, but the handful of adults in the Democratic playroom surely know that this hoary charge has lost its sting, because it is preposterous. So why did Harris herself make the charge?  I have a theory that so far I’ve not seen advanced. I think it is being done to shore up a small faction of the progressive base that might not turn out for Harris. It reflects the desperation of the campaign.

For progressives, the problem with Kamala is that she isn’t left enough, while some are disgusted at her embrace of Dick and Liz Cheney. As one leftist put it on Instagram, Harris “has been endorsed by the ghost of Henry Kissinger.”