VIEWPOINT | Democrats must free party from liberal media
Column by Froma Harrop
It shouldn’t have been hard for Kamala Harris. Not against the absurdly toxic politics of Donald Trump. An older Democratic Party, less beholden to the big megaphones on the fringes, would have had an easier time of it.
Kamala Harris did her best to move her politics to the center, but she was weighed down by those left-wing purity tests she felt obligated to pass four years earlier. Suggesting that illegally crossing the border might not be a crime haunted her in 2024.
Joe Biden tragically came around late to the idea that seemingly uncontrolled mass immigration was a bad idea. It sure wasn’t the key to Latino voters’ hearts.
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