Opinion: Why Kamala Harris’s Biggest Fans Aren’t Joining Calls For Her To Replace Biden
Huff PostTo some, it might seem like the moment Vice President Kamala Harris’ most fervent supporters have long hoped for. They even accuse Harris supporters who are still fully behind Biden remaining as the nominee of being “delusional” or “gaslighters.” While I’d gladly support either candidate as nominee, we so-called “establishment” Democrats — the core of the party ― have lived through the racist backlash to President Barack Obama that paved the way for the MAGA movement. Ironically, while we get criticized as “out of touch” for refusing calls for Biden to step aside, in many ways we are the only ones being realistic about the racism and sexism a candidate like Vice President Harris would be up against were she our nominee. Earlier this year, Bill Kristol, editor of the Never Trump conservative publication The Bulwark, tweeted that “VP Harris isn’t ready” to serve should Biden need to be replaced. In an interview with The Young Turks, former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh also called on Biden to “step down and hand it to Kamala Harris.” Walsh, 62, who once pushed Trump’s racist birther lie and was fired from his radio hosting job for using racial slurs on air, has also now built a prominent following as a Never Trump Republican.