{"id":2352602,"date":"2024-10-09T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unlike-biden-in-2020-kamala-harris-cant-hide-her-radicalism\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T16:28:53","slug":"unlike-biden-in-2020-kamala-harris-cant-hide-her-radicalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unlike-biden-in-2020-kamala-harris-cant-hide-her-radicalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlike Biden In 2020, Kamala Harris Can&#8217;t Hide Her Radicalism"},"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\">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%2Funlike-biden-in-2020-kamala-harris-cant-hide-her-radicalism%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=2352602&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 Trump campaign has\u2062 launched\u2063 a potent advertisement featuring Kamala Harris expressing support for\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-under-fire-over-taxpayer-funded-transgender-surgeries\/\" title=\"HHS Under Fire Over Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Surgeries\">taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries<\/a> \u200dfor \u200dprisoners and illegal immigrants. Prominent media figures, like Joe Scarborough, have commented on the ad&#8217;s \u200beffectiveness, \u2062highlighting its repeated airing during football\u200c games \u200dand its messaging that paints Harris as radical. The ad culminates in a tagline starkly \u200ccontrasting Harris\u200d with\u2062 Trump: &#8220;Kamala is for they\/them. President Trump is for\u200b you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Charlamagne tha God also notably responded to\u200d the ad, expressing disbelief\u200c at the idea \u200bof taxpayer dollars being used for\u200c such surgeries.\u200d Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">campaign manager<\/a>, Chris \u2063LaCivita, emphasized that the ad relies on Harris\u2019s own statements to convey its message, making it resonate strongly without the need for \u200cexaggeration. <\/p>\n<p>Unlike Joe Biden, who managed to project a moderate \u2064image despite more radical\u200d policies, Harris struggles to present a coherent \u2063moderate \u200cnarrative. Her \u200bfar-left views\u200b are perceived \u2063as more apparent when she\u2063 is at\u200b ease, which may be\u2062 detrimental to her appeal, especially among male\u200d voters. \u200bthe advertisement and\u2063 Harris&#8217;s \u2063political positioning may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-finance-minister-sees-tiredness-among-donors\/\" title=\"Ukrainian finance minister detects donor fatigue.\">pose\u2063 significant challenges<\/a> in the battleground\u2063 states\u2064 crucial for her campaign\u2019s success.  <\/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>One of the Trump campaign&rsquo;s most effective ads features Kamala Harris giving her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/becerra-tells-congress-this-individual-never-sued-any-nuns-despite-californias-small-sisters-of-the-indegent-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Becerra Tells Congress This individual \u2018Never Sued Any Nuns\u2019 Despite California\u2019s Small Sisters Of THE INDEGENT Lawsuit\">full-throated support<\/a> for taxpayer-funded trans surgeries for prisoners and illegal aliens. <\/p>\n<p>Joe Scarborough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/10\/05\/scarborough_what_voters_are_seeing_in_ad_after_ad_is_kamala_harris_in_2019_supporting_taxpayer_money_for_transgender_operations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lamented the effectiveness of the ad<\/a> on a recent show. &ldquo;I saw it this weekend while I was watching football games, commercial after commercial after commercial after commercial of Kamala Harris in 2019 saying that she supported federal funding for transition operations. She&rsquo;s a radical, she&rsquo;s a communist,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not you or me in Florida or New York that they need to worry about,&rdquo; Scarborough added, referring to John Heilemann and other liberal Democrat men he works with at MSNBC. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the guys in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania that are looking &hellip; If you go to one of those cities right now, one of those in a battleground state, and go to a city and watch sports on streaming, what you will see is a nonstop barrage of that kind of advertising attacking Kamala Harris, trying to make her, to disqualify her in the minds of all three of those subset of, irregular voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the ad, which ends with the devastating line, &ldquo;Kamala is for they\/them. President Trump is for you,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lhnHt1NB0M0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#128680;Watch this new Trump Campaign ad nailing Kamala Harris for supporting taxpayer-funded sex change surgeries for violent prisoners and illegal aliens:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala is for they\/them. President Trump is for you.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTjpgNQRqd\">pic.twitter.com\/mTjpgNQRqd<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CortesSteve\/status\/1837100628121702583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if it was the backdrop of football, but when you hear the narrator say Kamala supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners. That one line &hellip;&rdquo; said popular radio host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/charlamagne-tha-god-praises-trump-ad-on-harris-supporting-funding-migrant-inmate-sex-changes-that-was-nuts\/ar-AA1rDqQi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlamagne tha God<\/a>. &ldquo;I was like, &lsquo;Hell no. I don&rsquo;t want my taxpayer dollars going to that.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a New York Times article by Shane Goldmacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-republican-transgender-ads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">worrying about this<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n7lwIaw8xVM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">other similar ads<\/a>, Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita notes the key is using Harris&rsquo; own words. &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t require any hyperbole,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Exactly. And it&rsquo;s a far more genuine version of herself than the one she&rsquo;s awkwardly trying to pitch in her one debate and limited media appearances. After all, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrentScher\/status\/1843493809721880902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still lists<\/a> her pronouns in her <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHarris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X bio<\/a>. And applicants to work in her campaign are given <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/16\/us-news\/harris-campaign-job-seekers-have-9-different-pronoun-options-more-pronouns-than-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nine pronoun options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Many corporate media types are obsessed with this ad buy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-goes-harris-anti-trans-ads-football-games-rcna174354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a>&lsquo; Jonathan Allen has an article fretting about the ad campaign. Semafor&rsquo;s David Weigel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/10\/08\/2024\/anti-trans-ads-didnt-work-in-2022-republicans-think-this-time-will-be-different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes the Republican highlighting of trans radicalism<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>What Biden had that Harris doesn&rsquo;t is an ability to convince voters he was a moderate. It wasn&rsquo;t actually true. Prior to Harris&rsquo; campaign, Biden&rsquo;s late-in-life policies were the most radical from a Democrat nominee for president in history. However, Biden had the political chops to present himself as moderate and normal. When he ran for president in 2020, only one quarter of those polled viewed him as either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2020\/09\/joe-biden-is-no-moderate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">liberal or very liberal<\/a>. He avoided using language and terminology tied with the left flank of his party.<\/p>\n<p>Harris struggles to articulate coherent policy views in interviews, but when she&rsquo;s comfortable, her far-left views flow out. Whether that&rsquo;s related to bans on fracking, bans on meat, support for taxpayer-funded gender mutilation surgeries, support for widespread illegal immigration, or any of the other views she consistently held in office until she was coronated the 2024 presidential nominee, Harris&rsquo; radicalism is much more difficult to hide.<\/p>\n<p>That likely explains part of her problem with male voters, whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/10\/07\/harris-trump-latino-voters-nevada-arizona\/75530730007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/04\/us\/politics\/black-men-election-georgia-trump-harris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">black<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrentHBaker\/status\/1842960819295789065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">white<\/a>. Before he was pushed out of the race, Biden enjoyed the support of a majority of Teamsters. Afterward, the <a href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/2024\/09\/teamsters-release-presidential-endorsement-polling-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teamsters switched to Trump<\/a>. Biden was viewed as normal enough to enjoy their support whereas Harris was viewed as too radical.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Clear Politics average has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harris up by two points<\/a> over her Republican rival Donald Trump. But at this point in the race in 2020, Joe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2020\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden was up by 10 points<\/a>. And he only won the electoral college by 43,000 votes across three states.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is the Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist. She is Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and a Fox News contributor. She is the co-author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Justice-Trial-Kavanaugh-Confirmation-Supreme\/dp\/1621579832\">Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>. She is the author of &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rigged-Media-Democrats-Seized-Elections\/dp\/168451259X\/\">Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections.<\/a><\/em>&#8221; Reach her at <b><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/mailto:mzhemingway@thefederalist.com\">mzhemingway@thefederalist.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s ad highlights Kamala Harris supporting taxpayer-funded trans surgeries for prisoners and illegal aliens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":605,"featured_media":2352603,"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\/10\/Screenshot-42-e1728489936204.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,3620,4021,5894,42014],"class_list":["post-2352602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-biden","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-radicalism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-42-e1728489936204.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352602","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\/605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}