{"id":2320348,"date":"2024-08-07T06:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-cant-articulate-the-case-for-voting-for-her\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T06:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:53:45","slug":"kamala-harris-cant-articulate-the-case-for-voting-for-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-cant-articulate-the-case-for-voting-for-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Can&#8217;t Articulate The Case For Voting For Her"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-cant-articulate-the-case-for-voting-for-her%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=2320348&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>In\u200c a podcast discussion, Joe Rogan commented on Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s unexpected rise in the polls, noting\u200b her\u2064 past unpopularity. Initially regarded\u2064 as a weak candidate who had to \u200cdrop out of the 2020 Democratic primary before any votes were cast, Harris has now been positioned as a\u200d serious contender for the presidency, particularly after choosing a controversial Minnesota governor as her running mate. The article suggests that\u2062 Harris&#8217;s appeal stems more from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-hobbs-sent-thousands-of-erroneous-ballots-to-arizona-voters\/\" title=\"Katie Hobbs Sent Thousands Of Erroneous Ballots To Arizona Voters\">media-driven narrative<\/a> than her actual qualifications, arguing that the media has transformed her image from a\u200c liability to a star.<\/p>\n<p>This shift has included attempts to erase her previous controversial views from public records, drawing parallels to\u200d George Orwell&#8217;s &#8220;1984.&#8221; However, the article contends that Harris struggles with unscripted speaking, as evidenced by\u200b her recent messy comments during a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, while Harris&#8217;s late entry into the presidential race limits the time\u2064 for scrutiny by conservative media, \u200bit will eventually \u200bnecessitate \u2063her direct engagement with the press and potential debates. Critics express doubts about her communication skills and overall accomplishments as Vice President, pointing to a lack of clarity on her policy achievements among her supporters. The article suggests that the current economic landscape, including inflation, presents significant challenges for\u200d Harris&#8217;s campaign, questioning the effectiveness \u200bof her and the Biden\u200d administration&#8217;s policies on working Americans.  <\/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<div>\n<p>In a discussion about Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; stunning surge in the polls last week, podcaster Joe Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1220938055581247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> the obvious: &ldquo;She&rsquo;s the least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-is-the-most-unpopular-vice-president-in-50-years-polls-show\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Is The Most Unpopular Vice President In 50 Years, Polls Show\">popular vice president<\/a> of all time, and then in a moment in time, all of a sudden she&rsquo;s our solution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rogan is right. The vice president who has been a national joke for four years, tapped by President Joe Biden because he&rsquo;d promised his base he would choose a woman of color, has suddenly become a serious contender in the presidential race. And now she&rsquo;s picked a radical Minnesota governor with a disastrous record to round out her ticket.<\/p>\n<p>What exactly is Harris&rsquo; appeal? She is the same unlikable, inauthentic candidate who was forced to drop out of the 2020 Democrat presidential primary before a single vote was cast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For starters, she&rsquo;s not Biden, whose implosion at the CNN debate triggered three weeks of despair inside the party, during which many Democrats had resigned themselves to certain defeat. Biden&rsquo;s decision to drop out of the race was a tremendous relief. Not all party leaders were pleased by his endorsement of Harris on his way out, but after their deliverance from an inevitable rout, they would have settled for Genghis Khan as their nominee.<\/p>\n<p>What would account for Harris&rsquo; meteoric rise from political pariah to Democrat star in two weeks? &ldquo;Kamalamania&rdquo; is not based on reality; it is purely a media-driven construct. The legacy media have joined with Democrats in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-best-interests-of-children-have-often-come-dead-last-watch-mcconnell-tear-into-teachers-unions\/\" title=\"\u2018The Best Interests Of Children Have Often Come Dead Last\u2019: Watch McConnell Tear Into Teachers\u2019 Unions\">full-court press<\/a> to catapult Harris over the finish line &mdash; by whatever means necessary. Americans are witnessing a real-world demonstration of the power of propaganda and are amazed by the ease &mdash; and speed &mdash; with which it was accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>The media&rsquo;s swooning coverage has taken a candidate once considered so weak as to be a &ldquo;drag on the ticket&rdquo; and elevated her to rockstar status. The cover of New York Magazine features the vice president sitting atop a coconut (a nod to Harris&rsquo; mother once asking her if she just fell out of a coconut tree), with Democrat Party leaders and fans celebrating her candidacy from below. The merry little scene is titled &ldquo;Welcome to Kamalot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p>&mdash; New York Magazine (@NYMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYMag\/status\/1817878014396350802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This effort has included deleting evidence of her previous radical views from the internet &mdash; most importantly, any references to Harris&rsquo; appointment in March 2021 as the border czar. This is dangerously similar to Winston Smith&rsquo;s job at the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell&rsquo;s <em>1984<\/em>. It was Smith&rsquo;s responsibility to &ldquo;rectify&rdquo; historical articles or news items to agree with the ever-evolving whims of the Party, whose slogan <a href=\"https:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/slogans-in-1984-meaning-analysis.html%23:~:text=of%252520the%252520citizens.-,%252522Who%252520controls%252520the%252520past%252520controls%252520the%252520future.,and%252520future%252520thoughts%252520and%252520events.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read<\/a>, &ldquo;Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But the most important part of this entire fraud is to prevent, or at least minimize, those occasions in which Harris is required to speak extemporaneously because that&rsquo;s when she gets into trouble &mdash; as she did on Thursday night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Harris traveled to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to welcome home newly freed Russian prisoners Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva. The vice president was unscripted, and, yes, it was a mess.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris told reporters: &ldquo;This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>KAMALA &mdash; UNSCRIPTED FOR THE FIRST TIME:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WHAT?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LiE3SQkZ3P\">pic.twitter.com\/LiE3SQkZ3P<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1819224978597777686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At any rate, becoming the Democrat presidential nominee so late in the game has worked to Harris&rsquo; advantage. First, it limits the amount of time for conservative media to properly vet her. It also minimizes the number of missteps she can make on the national stage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But sooner or later, Harris will have to face reporters. She will also (likely) face former President Donald Trump on a debate stage. If Trump can remain disciplined, share his vision for a second term, ask voters if they were better off under his leadership than they are now, and simply let Harris be Harris, he can regain his lead in this race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris will be forced to make her case <em>in her own words<\/em>. My guess is that voters will be shocked by her inadequate communication skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They may also be surprised by her arrogant demeanor. Aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/07\/us\/politics\/the-fly-pence-head.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the fly<\/a> that landed on then-Vice President Mike Pence&rsquo;s head (and remained for two minutes) during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-30-reasons-kamala-harris-would-be-a-terrible-president\/\" title=\"Top 30 Reasons Kamala Harris Would Be A Terrible President\">2020 vice presidential debate<\/a>, the biggest takeaway was Harris&rsquo; imperious behavior: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m speaking. I&rsquo;m speaking.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When Fox News asked attendees at Harris&rsquo; recent address to the American Federation of Teachers&rsquo; Convention in Houston, Texas, what they see as her policy accomplishments during her time as vice president, well &hellip; no one could say. One supporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/kamala-harris-supporters-struggle-list-policy-accomplishments-during-her-time-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Fox, &ldquo;I really don&rsquo;t know much of what she did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure I know enough about her accomplishments to answer that question.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other attendees pointed to generic achievements, such as that the Biden-Harris administration &ldquo;delivered for working people&rdquo; and that Harris has been &ldquo;a great provider for working people, especially children.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When a similar question was posed to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during an interview with WCVB-TV in Boston, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/sen-warren-goes-on-the-record-about-harris-v-trump\/61719245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replied<\/a>, &ldquo;She is the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-democrats-call-witnesses-at-trial-we-will-call-democrats-thatve-used-inflammatory-language\/\" title=\"Graham: If Democrats Call Witnesses At Trial We Will Call Democrats That\u2019ve Used Inflammatory Language\">sitting vice president<\/a> ever to visit an abortion clinic.&rdquo; That was quite a reach.<\/p>\n<p>Call me crazy, but the only thing this administration has delivered to working people has been economic pain. Its reckless spending triggered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/inflation-up-20-percent-since-biden-took-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">20 percent<\/a> rise in prices across the board. In an effort to tame this record-high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised mortgage interest rates from <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/MORTGAGE30US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2.73 percent to 6.73 percent<\/a>, shattering the dream of homeownership for many Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris is also facing headwinds from a weakening economy. On Friday morning, we learned that inflation is no longer the <em>only<\/em> problem with the Biden-Harris economy. The Labor Department <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/economy-jobs-unemployment-federal-reserve-inflation-22095766804d9c1532b4fcc29565be49#:~:text=Employers%20added%20just%20114%2C000%20jobs,Pollak%2C%20chief%20economist%20at%20ZipRecruiter.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that 114,000 jobs were added in July, far short of the 185,000 economists had been expecting. This report dampened hopes for a soft landing and sent stock prices tumbling.<\/p>\n<p>The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent, triggering a recession indicator economists called the Sahm rule. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/livecoverage\/jobs-report-for-july-employment-growth-seen-slowing-with-hurricane-providing-a-drag\/card\/the-sahm-rule-is-officially-triggered-tvQVLLwkOPdqTIA45gsP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to<\/a> MarketWatch, this means &ldquo;the three-month moving average of the unemployment rate is now 0.5% above the low in the last 12 months.&rdquo; The creator of this indicator, former Federal Reserve economist Claudia Sahm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2024-08-02\/sahm-says-sahm-rule-was-triggered-after-jobs-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Bloomberg on Friday that while the U.S. is not currently in a recession, &ldquo;we&rsquo;re not headed in a good direction.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, the most far-left candidate ever to seek the presidency is riding high. But reality has a way of fooling with the best-laid plans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Will common sense prevail in November, or will Americans be fooled by the Democrats&rsquo; propaganda again?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Elizabeth writes commentary for The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a research fellow at The Sixteenth Council, a London think tank. Please follow Elizabeth on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StaufferVaughn\">X<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elizabethfstauffer\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent conversation regarding Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; unexpected rise in the polls, podcaster Joe Rogan pointed out a striking contradiction: \u201cShe\u2019s the least popular vice president of all time, and then suddenly she\u2019s presented as our solution.\u201d Rogan&#8217;s observation holds weight. The vice president, who has been the subject of ridicule for four years and was chosen by President Joe Biden to fulfill his promise of selecting a woman of color, has now emerged as a serious contender in the presidential race. She has also selected an extreme Minnesota governor with a troubled track record to join her ticket.<\/p>\n<p>What is it that makes Harris appealing? She remains the same unpopular and seemingly insincere candidate who had to withdraw from the 2020 Democratic primary before any votes were cast. One factor contributing to her newfound prominence is that she is not Biden, whose poor performance at a CNN debate led many Democrats to fear imminent defeat. His exit from the race was met with relief among party leaders; while some were unhappy about his endorsement of Harris, they would have accepted anyone as their nominee after escaping what seemed like certain loss.<\/p>\n<p>So what explains Harris&#8217; rapid transformation from political outcast to Democratic star in just two weeks? The phenomenon dubbed \u201cKamalamania\u201d appears disconnected from reality; it seems entirely driven by media influence. Mainstream media outlets have collaborated with Democrats in an aggressive campaign to elevate Harris\u2019 profile\u2014by any means necessary. This situation serves as a real-world example of propaganda&#8217;s power and how swiftly it can reshape public perception.<\/p>\n<p>The media&#8217;s fawning coverage has transformed someone once viewed as potentially detrimental to their ticket into a celebrated figure. A recent cover story in New York Magazine depicts her sitting atop a coconut (a reference to her mother asking if she fell out of one), surrounded by supporters celebrating her candidacy under the title \u201cWelcome to Kamalot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This effort includes erasing traces of her past radical views online\u2014most notably references related to her role as border czar starting March 2021\u2014which echoes George Orwell\u2019s concept from *1984* where historical records are altered for political convenience.<\/p>\n<p>However, one crucial aspect of this entire charade is minimizing opportunities for Harris to speak off-the-cuff since those moments often lead her into trouble\u2014as evidenced during an event on Thursday night when she struggled while unscripted.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Harris welcomed home recently freed Russian prisoners at Andrews Air Force Base but when reporters asked about it, Harris stumbled through comments emphasizing diplomacy without clarity or coherence.<\/p>\n<p>As time goes on, becoming the Democratic nominee so late may work in favor for Harris by limiting conservative scrutiny and reducing chances for mistakes on national platforms. Yet eventually she&#8217;ll need face reporters\u2014and likely former President Donald Trump during debates\u2014where she&#8217;ll be compelled to articulate her positions clearly. If Trump maintains focus on his vision while allowing voters insight into who she truly is, he could regain momentum in this race.<\/p>\n<p>Harris will need articulate arguments based on substance rather than superficiality; many voters might be taken aback by both her communication skills and perceived arrogance\u2014a trait highlighted during previous debates where she interrupted others assertively stating &#8220;I\u2019m speaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Fox News surveyed attendees at one recent event regarding what they believed were significant accomplishments during her vice presidency, responses revealed uncertainty about specific achievements attributed directly backtoher leadership role\u2014with some supporters admitting ignorance about what she&#8217;s done thus far.<\/p>\n<p>While some pointed vaguely towards general successes like supporting working families or children\u2019s welfare initiatives\u2014others cited tenuous claims such as being first sitting VP visiting an abortion clinic which felt more like stretching reality than genuine accomplishment recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The current administration faces challenges stemming largely from economic struggles including rising inflation rates leading up mortgage interest hikes making homeownership less attainable alongside disappointing job growth figures reported recently indicating only 114k jobs added against expectations closer towards185k mark signaling potential recession indicators looming ahead according MarketWatch analysis suggesting troubling trends ahead economically speaking overall despite current high-profile candidacy efforts underway within party ranks right now.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately though\u2014the most left-leaning candidate ever vying for presidency finds herself riding high amidst these circumstances\u2014but history shows us that reality often disrupts even best-laid plans.<br \/>\nWill rational judgment prevail come November\u2014or will Americans fall prey once again under Democrats\u2019 persuasive narratives?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":2320349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VP-Kamala-Harris-Talk.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32438,32171,4351],"class_list":["post-2320348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-commentary","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VP-Kamala-Harris-Talk.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320348","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\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}