{"id":2305667,"date":"2024-07-22T18:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-casts-harris-as-san-francisco-radical-and-weird-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T22:04:03","slug":"senate-republicans-label-harris-as-san-francisco-radical-and-weird-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-label-harris-as-san-francisco-radical-and-weird-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans label Harris as &#8216;San Francisco radical&#8217; and &#8216;weird&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fsenate-republicans-label-harris-as-san-francisco-radical-and-weird-washington-examiner%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=2305667&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>Senate Republicans are advising \u2062candidates to tie \u200dtheir Democratic opponents to Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s &#8220;extreme agenda&#8221; as she\u200d gains support to become the next Democratic nominee for president.\u2063 The National Republican Senatorial Committee&#8217;s memo argues that President Joe Biden&#8217;s exit from the 2024 race \u200dhas created an opportunity for Republicans. They are now focusing on linking Harris\u200b to what they call her &#8220;weird&#8221; \u2062behavior and extreme policies, such as Medicare for All and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-new-cashless-bail-provisions-opposed-by-100-of-102-states-attorneys\/\" title=\"Illinois&#039; New Cashless Bail Provisions Opposed by 100 of 102 State&#039;s Attorneys\">abolishing cash bail<\/a>. The\u2062 NRSC is \u200durging candidates to highlight \u200dHarris&#8217;s record and \u2064dub her a &#8220;San\u200c Francisco radical&#8221; in an\u200c attempt to shift the focus\u2063 from Biden. Democrats, on the \u2063other\u200b hand, are confident \u200bthat their vulnerable incumbents can run \u2063independently of the \u2064presidential\u2064 ticket \u200ddespite \u200cGOP candidates consistently trailing in \u200cbattleground Senate races.  <\/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\">Senate GOP casts &lsquo;weird&rsquo; Kamala Harris as &lsquo;San Francisco radical&rsquo; in new memo<\/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_1709594\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-outraise-democrats-across-the-board-in-january\/\" title=\"Republicans Outraise Democrats Across the Board in January\">campaign arm<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nrsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate Republicans<\/a> is advising candidates to tie their Democratic opponents to Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;extreme agenda&rdquo; as she consolidates support to become the next Democratic nominee for president.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Thielman, the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, released a memo Monday arguing President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> exit from the 2024 race has created a &ldquo;strong down-ballot opportunity for Republicans.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris owns the Biden Administration&rsquo;s baggage and is an avowed radical,&rdquo; Thielman said in the memo, obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;An endorsement of Kamala Harris is an endorsement of her extreme agenda, and Harris is arguably a bigger threat to Democrats&rsquo; Senate majority than Joe Biden.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The memo, released one day after Biden endorsed Harris as his successor, represents a dramatic pivot for Senate Republicans. The NRSC had been highlighting Biden&rsquo;s mental fitness following a disastrous debate in which he appeared frail and lost his train of thought, but Thielman told his colleagues that Republicans &ldquo;must be ready to shift gears&rdquo; following the Democratic shake-up.<\/p>\n<p>Part of that shift is dredging up what the NRSC calls Harris&rsquo;s &ldquo;weird&rdquo; behavior, linking to a supercut of her laughing at &ldquo;inappropriate moments.&rdquo; Previously, Republicans had been focused on Biden&rsquo;s gaffes.<\/p>\n<p>But most of the memo focused on Harris&rsquo;s record. She was rated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/members\/report-cards\/2020\/senate\/ideology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Medicare for All\">one of the most liberal<\/a> senators before assuming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">vice presidency<\/a> in 2021 and embraced legislation such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3093259\/kamalacare-harris-backed-medicare-for-all-abolishing-private-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Medicare for All\">Medicare for All<\/a> and an end to cash bail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Candidates should not be shy about aggressively tying their opponents to Kamala Harris&rsquo; extreme agenda,&rdquo; Thielman said, using Harris&rsquo;s career in California politics to dub her a &ldquo;San Francisco radical.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris speaks from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024, during an event with NCAA college athletes. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Democrats are betting their vulnerable incumbents can run independent of the presidential ticket. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee alluded to polling that shows GOP candidates consistently behind in battleground Senate races.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senate Republicans are in meltdown mode because they are still stuck with the same flawed recruits and toxic agenda that have left them trailing Senate Democrats all cycle long,&rdquo; a DSCC spokesperson said in a statement. &ldquo;Senate races are candidate vs. candidate battles, and we&rsquo;ll win because we have the far superior candidates.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Republicans are attempting to rebut the perception their candidates were better off with Biden at the top of the ticket. Thielman argued in the memo that Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline was difficult to message in Senate races while noting Harris&rsquo;s inability to gain momentum in the 2020 Democratic primary for president.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>leads both<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartland-americans-pan-bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Heartland Americans Pan Biden\u2019s Afghanistan Withdrawal\">national polling<\/a><\/a> taken before Biden dropped out of the race.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"MEMO - Harris Creates Strong Down-Ballot Opportunity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/752528119\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-8kZo50Kta0awW0scxIHJ\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_77194\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <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_1709594\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1709594\"}});<\/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>Senate Republicans are portraying Kamala Harris as a &#8220;San Francisco radical&#8221; with an &#8220;extreme agenda&#8221; in a new memo, urging candidates to tie their Democratic opponents to her. The memo, released by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, suggests that Harris poses a bigger threat to Democrats&#8217; Senate majority than Joe Biden. This marks a shift in strategy for Senate Republicans, who had previously focused on Biden&#8217;s mental fitness. The memo highlights Harris&#8217;s liberal record and urges candidates to aggressively link their opponents to her policies. Democrats, on the other hand, believe their candidates can run independently of the presidential ticket and are confident in their superior candidates. Republicans are trying to counter the perception that their candidates were better off with Biden at the top of the ticket, citing Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline and Harris&#8217;s lack of momentum in the 2020 Democratic primary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2305668,"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-nrsc-memo-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4021,4993,32422,35272],"class_list":["post-2305667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-harris","tag-radical","tag-san-francisco","tag-senate-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kamala-harris-nrsc-memo-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305667","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}