Semafor: Democrats nudge Kamala Harris to do more than let Trump be Trump

[Dennis Donovan]

Semafor - Democrats nudge Kamala Harris to do more than let Trump be Trump

Kadia Goba
Updated Oct 16, 2024, 2:08pm EDT

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God began his Tuesday interview with Kamala Harris by describing a common complaint about her: She comes off “as very scripted” and focused on “talking points.”

The vice president quipped that another word for her style might be “disciplined.” And after Donald Trump’s manic week, featuring a dance session and repeated public tangents, she had a curt reply to her critics: “you’re welcome.’”

The moment encapsulated what many Democrats see as an acute challenge for Harris, one that’s reminiscent in some ways of the party’s 2016 loss to Trump. They see her fighting a losing battle for public attention against an opponent whose often inflammatory rhetoric cuts through the news cycle more easily than her messaging.

Interviews with more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers, aides and strategists about Harris’ campaign revealed some worries, as well as plenty of encouragement for the nominee to stray from her so-far careful approach. Harris has let Trump be himself, even as he captures more headlines than her, and sought to make the election a referendum on him — even though he’s been out of power.

“The more people see Trump, the more they hate him,” Democratic strategist Caitlin Legacki told Semafor. “So letting him decompensate on national TV while she goes and makes a positive case for herself to persuadable voters is a great strategy.”

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[RussBLib]

1. I think we all wanna hear some...

...righteous outrage from Harris. I know I do. Never has there been such a target-rich environment as Trump has provided, and so many of his antics have passed into the memory hole, and I mean of non-DU'ers. Obviously reproductive freedom is huge, but there is so much more she could say that would make real headlines. Time to bring out the bulldog!

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

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3. try watching her speeches and appearances, myriads of them now

...easy to say something like she should express more outrage, but harder, I guess, for anyone criticizing her to make an effort, take the time they take to criticize, to highlight those remarks and statements when they occur.

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2. I think they need to do more to promote what she's saying and doing

...this is bullshit, and bears zero resemblance to anything she's doing right now.

Talk about navelgazing... where are these Democrats right now? Sitting somewhere thinking up criticisms to make public about our own nominee?

What political brilliance.

As VP Harris said yesterday to Chalemagne, she's not directing what Trump says and does, and is putting forward her OWN messaging, regardless of the diverting string of rhetoric and lies.

I completely disbelieve articles like these, and there are dozens of them from people who have NEVER bothered to highlight ONE thing our nominee is doing right.

It's a lie that she's been careful. It's just complete bullshit.

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4. I just reread that weird news site's article

this gaslighting site that is promoting an article claiming,

'North Korea projects military strength as risk of new Korean war seem ‘higher than ever’'

...doesn't have any credibility to make claims about Kamala Harris' campaign, no matter who they claim in the Democratic party agrees with them.