{"id":2338771,"date":"2024-09-09T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-wants-voters-to-forget-shes-the-vice-president\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T14:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:25:53","slug":"kamala-harris-wants-voters-to-forget-shes-the-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-wants-voters-to-forget-shes-the-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Wants Voters To Forget She&#8217;s The Vice President"},"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-wants-voters-to-forget-shes-the-vice-president%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=2338771&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 by \u2064Shawn Fleetwood discusses \u2063Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s\u2064 challenges ahead of a debate with Donald Trump, highlighting her struggle to present herself as a candidate\u200d of change while being part of the current administration. \u200cDespite her attempts \u2062to distance herself from President Biden \u200dand his policies, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economist-rejects-uighur-genocide-determination\/\" title=\"\u2018Economist\u2019 Rejects Uighur Genocide Determination\">article argues<\/a> that her \u200dactions and affiliations with the Biden-Harris agenda\u2014associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-new-tax-hikes-contain-subsidies-for-journalists\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 New Tax Hikes Contain Subsidies For Journalists\">economic struggles<\/a>, high prices, and\u200c failed\u200b policies\u2014are evident. Harris&#8217;s strategy appears to involve ambiguous rhetoric appealing to \u2063both the Democratic base and \u2064moderate\u2063 voters, but the article questions whether this \u2062approach will resonate with the electorate given her\u2064 unresolved ties\u2062 to the administration&#8217;s existing challenges.\u200c The \u2063debate is anticipated to showcase her efforts to frame a narrative of change, though her record \u200ccomplicates this\u200c portrayal. <\/p>\n<p>In\u200b essence, the piece critiques Harris&#8217;s\u2062 ability to convincingly navigate\u200d her dual \u2063role \u200cas a member of \u2063the incumbent administration while trying to project an image of renewal and progress to voters.  <\/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 class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:V20230914PI-1441_(53973968015).jpg\">The White House\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/09\/kamala-harris-debate-strategy-is-making-voters-forget-shes-the-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Kamala%20Harris%E2%80%99%20Debate%20Strategy%20Is%20Making%20Voters%20Forget%20She%E2%80%99s%20The%20Vice%20President&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/09\/kamala-harris-debate-strategy-is-making-voters-forget-shes-the-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Kamala%20Harris%E2%80%99%20Debate%20Strategy%20Is%20Making%20Voters%20Forget%20She%E2%80%99s%20The%20Vice%20President&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/09\/kamala-harris-debate-strategy-is-making-voters-forget-shes-the-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/09\/kamala-harris-debate-strategy-is-making-voters-forget-shes-the-vice-president\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Kamala%20Harris%E2%80%99%20Debate%20Strategy%20Is%20Making%20Voters%20Forget%20She%E2%80%99s%20The%20Vice%20President&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/09\/kamala-harris-debate-strategy-is-making-voters-forget-shes-the-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Kamala Harris has a major problem heading into Tuesday night&rsquo;s debate against Donald Trump. That is, she must deceive voters into buying her message that it&rsquo;s time to move on from the status quo &mdash; when <em>she is<\/em> the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>Following her <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/23\/14-lies-kamala-harris-told-during-her-dnc-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">falsehood-laden speech<\/a> at the Democrat National Convention and lone <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/29\/kamala-harris-hails-disastrous-bidenomics-policies-im-very-proud-of-the-work-that-we-have-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sit-down interview<\/a> with CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash, it&rsquo;s become clear that Harris, the <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>, is attempting to frame herself as the candidate of &ldquo;change.&rdquo; By regurgitating <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/07\/us-news\/harris-visits-spice-shop-known-for-hating-and-slamming-republicans-calls-for-end-of-divisiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generic phrases<\/a> like, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to turn the page,&rdquo; the Democrat nominee hopes to sell the illusion that Trump &mdash; who hasn&rsquo;t been in office for nearly four years &mdash; is to blame for the catastrophic failures wrought by the Biden-Harris administration. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9f0c503a122ca20ecfa3c7ff711d75b2 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9f0c503a122ca20ecfa3c7ff711d75b2\"><\/div>\n<p>The anti-speech New York Times underscored this &ldquo;conundrum&rdquo; in a Monday article, with authors Katie Rogers and Erica Green <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/09\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-debate-joe-biden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noting<\/a> how Harris &ldquo;will have to decide how much to embrace or distance herself from President Biden and his policies at a moment when polls show that many Americans are hungry for change.&rdquo; Of course, these &ldquo;reporters&rdquo; eagerly sanitized the widespread economic suffering caused by the Biden-Harris agenda, writing that one of Harris&rsquo; &ldquo;most glaring vulnerabilities &hellip; is an economy that is stable but whose benefits many voters say they cannot feel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Harris can&rsquo;t &ldquo;turn the page&rdquo; when her name is written all over it. Try as she might to distance herself from Biden, Harris can&rsquo;t negate the fact that she&rsquo;s been riding shotgun next to the man driving America off a cliff for the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>High gas and grocery prices, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-acosta-blasted-for-saying-scientists-should-name-covid-19-variants-after-gop-governors\/\" title=\"CNN\u2019s Acosta Blasted For Saying Scientists Should Name COVID-19 Variants After GOP Governors\">wide-open southern border<\/a>, disastrous foreign policy, and skyrocketing mortgage rates are not only features of the Biden-Harris agenda &mdash; they&rsquo;re products of it. And despite Democrats&rsquo; best attempts, there&rsquo;s no denying Harris&rsquo; role in helping foment several of these disasters. Does the label of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/26\/by-denying-kamala-harris-border-czar-role-media-admits-biden-harris-immigration-policy-is-a-total-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">border czar<\/a>&rdquo; sound familiar to anyone?<\/p>\n<p>While anonymous campaign aides have regularly claimed the Democrat nominee has changed her radical left-wing positions, Harris herself has given no indication she&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/27\/kamala-harris-wants-amnesty-and-open-borders-not-a-secure-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flip-flopped<\/a>&rdquo; on any of her past views. Nor has she telegraphed any plans to &ldquo;turn the page&rdquo; from the administration&rsquo;s current policies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-07f36cc5d757be346fe3b77984860836 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-07f36cc5d757be346fe3b77984860836\"><\/div>\n<p>If anything, Harris has doubled down on them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/29\/politics\/harris-walz-interview-read-transcript\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">telling<\/a> Bash that her &ldquo;values have not changed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Americans can expect to see this underhanded strategy at work during Tuesday&rsquo;s debate. Harris will likely placate the Democrat base with unspecific pledges to stand by the &ldquo;values&rdquo; of the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s extremist agenda, while also painting a dishonest image for middle-of-the-road voters that she&rsquo;s a fresh face emblematic of a new era in American politics. <\/p>\n<p>Whether Americans buy such nonsense will be determined on Nov. 5. But the fact remains: If the Biden-Harris administration is as super-duper successful as Harris wants voters to believe, she wouldn&rsquo;t be doing everything in her power to whitewash her role in it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b708d9474ea00fee0ae115b338cea9b1 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b708d9474ea00fee0ae115b338cea9b1\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Shawn Fleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShawnFleetwood\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\" rel=\"noopener\">@ShawnFleetwood<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/shawnfleetwood\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024 election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/biden-harris-administration\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Biden-Harris administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/border-czar\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">border czar<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/policies\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/presidential-debate\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">presidential debate<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/radical-left\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">radical left<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">vice president<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris faces a significant challenge as she prepares for her debate with Donald Trump on Tuesday night. She needs to convince voters that it&#8217;s time to move away from the current state of affairs, despite being part of that very status quo. After delivering a speech filled with inaccuracies at the Democratic National Convention and her only interview with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash, it has become evident that Harris, the current vice president, is trying to position herself as a candidate for &#8220;change.&#8221; By repeating vague phrases like &#8220;It&#8217;s time to turn the page,&#8221; she aims to create the illusion that Trump\u2014who has not held office in nearly four years\u2014is responsible for the failures of the Biden-Harris administration.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times highlighted this dilemma in an article on Monday by Katie Rogers and Erica Green, who pointed out that Harris must navigate how closely she aligns herself with President Biden and his policies at a time when many Americans are seeking change. However, these reporters downplayed the economic hardships resulting from Biden-Harris policies by stating one of Harris&#8217; major weaknesses is an economy perceived as stable but unbeneficial for many voters.<\/p>\n<p>Harris cannot simply &#8220;turn the page&#8221; when her name is prominently associated with it. Despite attempts to distance herself from Biden, she cannot escape her role alongside him during their tumultuous four years in office. High gas prices, soaring grocery costs, an open southern border, poor foreign policy decisions, and rising mortgage rates are all direct outcomes of their administration&#8217;s actions\u2014and there\u2019s no denying her involvement in these issues. The title of &#8220;border czar&#8221; should ring a bell.<\/p>\n<p>While unnamed campaign aides have suggested that Harris has shifted away from her previous radical left positions, she has not indicated any change in her views or plans to depart from current policies. In fact, she&#8217;s reaffirmed them by stating during her interview with Bash that her &#8220;values have not changed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During Tuesday&#8217;s debate, viewers can expect this deceptive strategy: Harris will likely reassure Democratic supporters with vague commitments to uphold the values of their administration while simultaneously presenting herself as a new face representing change for moderate voters. Whether Americans will accept this narrative remains uncertain until November 5th; however, if everything were truly going well under the Biden-Harris administration as Harris claims it is, there would be no need for such efforts to obscure her involvement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2338772,"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\/09\/V20230914PI-1441_53973968015.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32431,32438,32518],"class_list":["post-2338771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-2024-election","tag-kamala-harris","tag-vice-president"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/V20230914PI-1441_53973968015.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338771","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}