When Kamala Harris lastly conceded after Donald Trump’s decisive victory, she defiantly proclaimed “Whereas I concede this election, I don’t concede the battle that fueled this marketing campaign…That may be a battle I’ll by no means surrender.”
What’s she speaking about? Harris’ marketing campaign targeted on solely two subjects: Donald Trump is an unhinged, unstable harmful fascist, and unfettered abortion is nice. She was fluent about, and dedicated to those issues. However, what else was fueling the battle?
When Harris ran for President in 2019, she vigorously supported decriminalization of unlawful aliens, opposed fracking, offshore drilling and fossil fuels, condemned the border wall, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), deportations, and placing extra cops on the road. She endorsed a compulsory buyback for assault weapons, opposed the loss of life penalty for cop-killers, promoted a bail fund that helped free violent convicts, and advocated free well being coverage, together with gender reassignment surgical procedure for unlawful alien detainees, and abolishing the filibuster to cross the Inexperienced New Deal.
She talked about virtually none of this throughout her marketing campaign.
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All through her profession and as vp she additionally strongly supported DEI (range, fairness and inclusion), reparations, transgender rights (see right here, right here, right here, right here, right here, right here, right here, right here and right here), and excessive measures to finish the sale of gas-powered automobiles and environment friendly home equipment.
But, she barely talked about any of those core issues throughout her marketing campaign.
As an alternative, she feigned altering her positions, or, extra typically, deflected and refused to debate her positions. She was fixated on her fake center class upbringing in California, her garden, Trump unhealthy, abortion good, “turning the web page” and “not going again.” She typically added some model of her all-sides bromide that “Israel has a proper to defend itself, and the way it does so issues,” blamed inflation on corrupt firms, and provided value controls and a baby tax credit score.
Of their post-mortems, many progressive commentators blame Harris’ loss on a misogynist and racist citizens, with some blaming Joe Biden for ready too lengthy to step apart. MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Al Sharpton blamed the racism and misogyny of Hispanic and black males. Regardless of efforts by Barak Obama and different Democrats to browbeat minority males into voting for Harris as a result of she is a girl, Trump gained 55% of Hispanic males and 21% of black males, each greater than any Republican in about 50 years.
Progressives together with MSNBC’s Pleasure Reid and Alex Wagner claimed that Harris ran a flawlessmarketing campaign. Reid’s proof is that rapper Queen Latifah endorsed Harris. Wagner blamed the loss on Harris being a “combined race lady.”
Whereas a number of Democrats have admitted that progressives pushed them into excessive positions, they’re drowned out by calls to begin the resistance towards Trump, and vitriolic assaults on any voter or Democrat who challenges progressive dogma. In a superb evaluation, Vox’s Andrew Propkop noticed that the one earlier time Harris confronted an honest Republican opponent, her first run for California lawyer normal, she barely gained. He acknowledged that Harris’ marketing campaign was cautious and defensive, and her document unhelpful.
Trump not solely gained a compelling electoral school victory, but it surely seems he additionally gained the favored vote. He obtained extra votes and carried out higher amongst virtually each demographic group, whether or not measured by age, intercourse, faith, or ethnicity than he did towards Biden in 2020.
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America stays a center-right nation. Fox’s exit ballot discovered that 47% thought Harris had the appropriate coverage concepts, in comparison with 52% for Trump. 45% of Harris voters stated they have been voting for her, versus towards Trump, whereas 54% of Trump voters stated they have been voting for him. 70% thought the nation is headed within the mistaken route, with 83% wanting substantial change. 51% authorized of the best way Trump dealt with his job as president, however solely 43% authorized of Biden.
Simply 37% of voters are “very involved” about local weather change. Individuals don’t need DEI (see right here, right here, right here, and right here). 77% of voters are involved about crime. Even in liberal California, greater than 70% voted to repeal legal guidelines that decriminalized theft under $950. Far left Los Angeles and Oakland threw out Soros-supported district attorneys. Harris, a Los Angeles, California resident, refused to reveal her vote.
In response to the Fox ballot, two-thirds of voters favor lowering the variety of immigrants allowed to hunt asylum, and 44% favor deporting unlawful immigrants. 54% thought transgender rights have gone too far, and 47% oppose gender affirming take care of minors.
Final week, far-left trans advocate Jay Michaelson threatened to stroll off the set on CNN when conservative Shermichael Singleton referred to organic male transexuals as boys. Demonstrating the persevering with disconnect, host Abby Philips requested Singleton to cease offending Michaelson. Progressives nonetheless don’t settle for that many of the 99% of Individuals who will not be trans don’t wish to fake to be delusional, or are barred by their spiritual beliefs from doing so.
Harris informed us her values haven’t modified. Of their reactions, most Democrats are making clear that theirs too haven’t modified. In the event that they proceed to troll Individuals as rubbish, deplorables, misogynist and racist, it’s unclear how they anticipate issues to enhance for them. And that’s fantastic with me.
Kenin M. Spivak is founder and chairman of SMI Group LLC, a world consulting agency and funding financial institution.
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