Two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump have not clarified the Democratic position on whether that Republican represents an existential threat to democracy.
Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, has mostly discarded that talking point.
The White House still calls him a threat.
While Harris has turned the page on calling Trump a threat, Democratic allies are following Biden’s lead, not hers.
She did not use any of the democracy boilerplate during her debut rally in Milwaukee in July, and when she accepted the nomination in Chicago last month, she spoke in broad terms about “freedom.” This was a sudden change, as Harris was in the habit of denouncing Trump as “a threat to our democracy.” She used that exact phrase numerous times while Biden was still on the ticket, most recently on July 13, which was coincidentally the day of the first assassination attempt.
“They are.” The problem for Trump: Harris has moved on from that rhetoric after the first assassination attempt.
The problem for Harris: The Democrats working the hardest to put her in the Oval Office still argue that Trump could end democracy itself.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/22/harris-allies-continue-calling-trump-threat-to-democracy/
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