Harris thrives as she drops Biden’s campaign themes
LA TimesKamala Harris has been repeating the slogan “We’re not going back” to enthusiastic applause at her campaign rallies. “Harris was not popular” before Biden dropped out of the race, Jain noted, adding that he’s surprised at how quickly and sharply voters’ opinions about the vice president have changed. Biden had framed his rematch against Trump around an oft-repeated phrase — a “battle for the soul of America.” He frequently talked about the threat that he said Trump posed to “the very foundations of our republic.” Harris touches on those themes in her campaign rallies — reminding audiences that Trump said he would act like a “dictator” to close the border and expand oil drilling. Ohio’s Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, now routinely refers to the “Harris administration” when he talks about the current White House, airbrushing Biden out of the picture entirely.