{"id":2305118,"date":"2024-07-22T10:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-harriss-first-presidential-run-flamed-out-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T10:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:09:28","slug":"harriss-initial-presidential-campaign-fizzled-out-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-initial-presidential-campaign-fizzled-out-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris&#8217;s initial presidential campaign fizzled out &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharriss-initial-presidential-campaign-fizzled-out-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2305118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how Kamala Harris&#8217;s first presidential run in 2020\u200c ended in failure despite initially \u2063gaining momentum. Harris, who is now Vice President and\u2063 has been \u200dendorsed by President Joe Biden as \u200cthe Democratic Party&#8217;s nominee for the upcoming election,\u200d faced challenges during her campaign due to criticisms of her record as a prosecutor and her inability to sustain her initial surge in popularity. Despite a standout moment in \u2064a debate where she confronted Biden about\u2063 his past\u200c opposition to\u200d busing, Harris struggled \u200bto maintain support\u2064 and ultimately\u200c dropped out of\u200d the race. Now with Biden&#8217;s support, she aims to secure the Democratic nomination \u2064for the presidency in the upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">How Harris&rsquo;s first presidential run flamed out<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1708660\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> has been endorsed by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Joe Biden<\/a> to succeed him as the Democratic Party&rsquo;s presidential nominee in November, but the last time she ran for the top of the ticket, she flamed out before a single vote had been cast.<\/p>\n<p>Biden announced he would not continue his reelection campaign on Sunday and said his running mate, Harris, should be the party&rsquo;s nominee. With Biden&rsquo;s blessing and the backing of several key Democrats, Harris appears likely to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic nominee in November,\">Democratic nominee in November,<\/a> but the last time she ran for president, in a crowded Democratic primary in 2020, the results were disastrous.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, then the junior senator from California, announced her 2020 run for president on Jan. 21, 2019, after only two years on Capitol Hill. She had served as California&rsquo;s attorney general from 2011 to 2017 before being elected to the Senate in November 2016. In the Senate election, Harris faced off against a Democratic opponent in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-mitch-mcconnell-would-rather-lose-the-senate-than-his-leadership-status\/\" title=\"Yes, Mitch McConnell Would Rather Lose The Senate Than His Leadership Status\">general election due<\/a> to California&rsquo;s primary rules, which call for the top two primary finishers, regardless of party, to advance to the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Harris had her top campaign moment during a Democratic debate in June 2019, when she hit Biden for his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/joe-biden-embraced-segregation-in-1975-claiming-it-was-a-matter-of-black-pride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous opposition to busing<\/a>&nbsp;as a means to end racial segregation, invoking her own personal experience.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this July 31, 2019, file photo, then-Sen. Kamala Harris listens as fellow Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a primary debate at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I will direct this at Vice President Biden. I do not believe you are a racist, and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-un-pick-urges-continued-u-s-presence-in-chinese-led-panels\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s UN pick urges continued U.S. presence in Chinese-led panels\">finding common ground<\/a>, but I also believe &mdash; and it&rsquo;s personal, and it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country,&rdquo; Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing. There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;That little girl was me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden attempted to respond but cut himself off prematurely to say that his time was up. The moment was the standout from the debate, with Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-initial-presidential-campaign-fizzled-out-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris&#039;s initial presidential campaign fizzled out - Washington Examiner\">campaign selling merchandise<\/a> around the line, &ldquo;That little girl was me.&rdquo; She rose in the polls following the debate, momentarily moving into second place in the <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average in July.<\/p>\n<p>After the high with her June debate, Harris would struggle to continue the momentum and would tank in the polls and fundraising. Her momentum was stunted by an exchange during a debate at the end of July when then-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/rep-tulsi-gabbard-takes-aim-sen-kamala-harris\/story?id=64698118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ripped into\">ripped into<\/a> Harris&rsquo;s record as a prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are too many examples to cite, but she put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. She blocked evidence, she blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so,&rdquo; Gabbard said at the July debate to Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California, and she fought to keep cash bail system in place that impacts poor people in the worst kind of way,&rdquo; Gabbard added.<\/p>\n<p>Harris responded by trying to spin her record as a prosecutor as championing reform, but the damage by Gabbard had been done.<\/p>\n<p>The California senator also had moments where she flip-flopped on policies, most notably on her proposals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3093259\/kamalacare-harris-backed-medicare-for-all-and-abolishing-private-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"healthcare\">healthcare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By November 2019, Harris&rsquo;s campaign was bleeding money, and she closed her New Hampshire offices to focus on the Iowa caucuses. At the end of the third quarter in 2019, she was spending 122.9% of all dollars donated. Harris would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1782270\/kamala-harris-drops-out-of-2020-race-for-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"drop out\">drop out<\/a> of the race on Dec. 3, saying her campaign &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-selection-of-jd-vance-as-his-running-mate-could-have-significant-consequences-for-ukraine-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s selection of JD Vance as his running mate could have significant consequences for Ukraine - Washington Examiner\">simply doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t have the financial resources&rdquo; to continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For her 2024 bid, Harris has garnered the support of several key Democrats, including Biden, former President Bill Clinton, ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and other prominent party leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party will nominate its ticket at its August convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1708660\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1708660\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris&#8217;s first attempt at running for president ended in failure before any votes were cast. Despite this, she has been endorsed by President Biden to be the Democratic Party&#8217;s nominee for the upcoming election. In her 2020 campaign, Harris initially gained momentum after a powerful debate moment where she confronted Biden on his past actions regarding racial segregation. However, her campaign eventually faltered due to criticism of her record as a prosecutor and inconsistencies in her policy positions. Harris ultimately dropped out of the race in December 2019 due to financial constraints. Despite this setback, she has received support from key Democrats for her 2024 presidential bid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2305119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kamala-harris-2020-election-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4021,33994,32076],"class_list":["post-2305118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-harris","tag-presidential-campaign","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kamala-harris-2020-election-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}