It wasn’t all that long ago that Democrats went from being dejected and ready to lose the election to suddenly invigorated after Kamala Harris ascended to the top of the party’s ticket. The plan was simple: run on vibes and joy all the way to the White House.
That plan was flawed because, in the end, Kamala Harris was always a terrible candidate. She was the most unpopular vice president in the history of polling before her numbers were artificially boosted after Joe Biden dropped out.
It was quickly obvious that the Harris campaign understood that Kamala was a terrible candidate. That’s why they refused to have her do unscripted interviews for the longest time and why they still haven’t let her do a single press conference.
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In the initial weeks of Harris’s campaign, her public appearances were tightly scripted and heavily controlled. When she finally began participating in interviews, it became evident that she was merely playing a role, recycling the same tired lines she had repeated throughout the campaign. Her frequent refrain about growing up as a “middle-class kid” became so overused that it turned into a punchline, leading her to use it less frequently in recent weeks.
The interviews she has managed to secure have primarily taken place in friendly environments, with interviewers who spend most of their time trying to bolster her image. Yet despite these advantageous conditions, her interviews have instead handed the Trump campaign more ammunition to use against her, rather than providing a much-needed lift.
Take her recent appearance on “60 Minutes,” for instance. Her performance was so bad that CBS News resorted to editing her responses in an attempt to present her in a more favorable light. However, even the edited version of the interview failed to cast her in a positive light.
Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 8, 2024
This is what many Americans will now see. pic.twitter.com/H4w7btDv6x
Kamala also continues to struggle with one of her biggest campaign liabilities: distancing herself from Biden. During a recent appearance on “The View,” co-host Sonny Hostin asked her what she would have done differently than the president over the past four years. Harris shockingly responded, “There is not a thing that comes to mind,” which indicated her close alignment with Biden’s decisions.
"If anything, would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?"
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 8, 2024
KAMALA: "There is not a thing that comes to mind."
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Later, in an interview with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show,” she faced a similar question regarding potential changes under a Harris administration. Her response was lackluster. “Well, I mean, I’m obviously not Joe Biden,” she stated without providing any substantive vision or distinctions. Instead, she reverted to familiar talking points about her love for the American people and the country.
Colbert asks Kamala what she would do differently than Joe Biden (the second time she has been asked this question today).
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 9, 2024
She responds by whipping up a truly epic 60 second word salad that does not answer the question. pic.twitter.com/6buNheLitS
Harris’s inability to articulate any meaningful differences from Biden — the most critical objective of her campaign — only underscores her challenges as a candidate in this election. And it's not surprising that she can't do it because, as we've long known, she's a terrible candidate. She was terrible in 2019, and she's still terrible in 2024.
