The simple reason why Kamala Harris has Donald Trump running scared
SalonIt was mere moments after President Joe Biden announced he would not run for re-election when the new narrative of the 2024 election snapped into place: The prosecutor vs. the criminal. Even though he was the author of the Violence Against Women Act in the 90s, Biden has proved incapable of making Trump's sexual violence a defining issue. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism These skills will make it possible for Harris to do what Biden just couldn't: Call out Trump's sexual violence and the GOP's complicity, in a way that will hopefully keep the issue in the news. Their entire campaign could be boiled down to "Biden is too old," and now it's Trump who is the old and incoherent guy in the race. She can do one interview and speech after another where she reminds female voters that Trump is a sexual predator and that he and his team would ban abortions, even for rape victims.