Kamala and the F-Word

Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner

“Taking advantage of the comments of former Trump chief of staff John Kelly and others, Kamala Harris told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that yes, she thinks Trump is a fascist. This came after several days of campaigning with Liz Cheney in swing states, where the two focused on Trump as a dire threat to democracy. These two strategies are linked. Is this smart politics? Yes, to a point, but this should not be the Harris campaign’s only closing theme. A key target here is the women’s vote, and not just Republican women. Though it hasn’t gotten a great deal of attention, 53 percent of white women voted for Trump in 2016 (against Hillary Clinton!), and Trump’s share actually increased to 55 percent in 2020 against Joe Biden. Why this anomaly? Republican women tend to default to voting Republican, even when their party nominee is a brute.” (10/27/24)

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-10-25-kamala-trump-f-word/