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Kamala Harris may soon find herself facing an October surprise that could send her 2024 campaign into a tailspin faster than the average American’s grocery bill at the moment. The Daily Caller’s Mary Rooke has uncovered what could be a major stumbling block for the Vice President, potentially marking the end of her presidential aspirations in the run-up to the election.
In an attempt to appeal to the working class, Harris has tried to position herself as the quintessential blue-collar candidate. However, her track record is as convincing as a vegan at a Texas barbecue. The glaring issue for Harris is the lack of key endorsements, with one of the largest labor unions in the country—the Teamsters—deciding to sit this one out. This is particularly humorous given that many union workers seem to have unflinchingly backed Donald Trump. Apparently, blue-collar workers can see through the smokescreen of Harris’s supposed populism.
Talk about an October surprise! The effect this will have on prices of certain goods has the potential to be very painful, but the silver lining is that it may cost Harris the presidency and usher in four years of greater prosperity.
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— Frank McCormick (@CBHeresy) September 29, 2024
The potential disaster doesn’t stop there. The Biden-Harris administration is now staring down the barrel of a massive dockworkers’ strike, which could see around 25,000 dockworkers from Boston to Houston walking off the job as early as October 1. This strike threat comes after months of negotiations between the union representing these workers and port operators, yet the two sides haven’t even met face-to-face since June. If this isn’t a recipe for disaster, what is?
Should this strike indeed happen, it could prove catastrophic for Harris’s campaign. According to Rooke, the average American is already pinching pennies under the weight of the Biden-Harris economy. The Cleveland Federal Reserve predicts that if dockworkers strike, the cost of energy, food, and shipping could skyrocket by as much as 40-60 percent. This would deal a heavy blow to Harris’s chances with voters who are already feeling the pinch at the register.
Harris finds herself in a catch-22 situation. If her administration intervenes to push the International Longshoremen’s Association into accepting a deal they don’t want, she risks alienating a significant voting bloc of blue-collar workers in critical swing states. Yet if they do nothing and the strike occurs, families will witness their buying power nosedive yet again, leading them to abandon ship on her campaign. With the election clock ticking, time is not on her side, and whether Harris can navigate this minefield remains to be seen.
