Staff Reports
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has stumbled upon a shocking revelation: Vice President Kamala Harris is experiencing a serious case of political déjà vu as her past campaign statements resurface to haunt her 2024 ambitions. During her run for the Democratic nomination in 2020, Harris proudly sauntered down left-wing lanes, taking bold stances on health care, gun control, illegal immigration, and even fracking. As election season quickly approaches, the once firm policies are becoming more like a mirage, fading away as she attempts to paint a more moderate picture to appeal to voters.
Scarborough, who has a penchant for analyzing the political landscape, observed that Harris’s campaign has made some strides in addressing her historical stances. However, he highlighted an impending threat from campaign ads that could expose her less-than-appealing previous positions. One such commercial points out her support for taxpayer-funded sex change operations for illegal immigrants. It seems that voters might need a little reminder of what Kamala was whipping up back in 2019 to shake things up.
Have Kamala Harris' past statements haunted her current White House bid? Joe Scarborough seems to think so. pic.twitter.com/yvWvuN9t73
— Harold Hutchison (@HaroldHutchison) October 4, 2024
With the clarity of 20/20 hindsight, Scarborough mused on the abundance of campaign ads flooding television during football games, showcasing Harris’s past endorsement of federal funding for gender transition surgeries. This nostalgic ride through the archives of Kamala’s colorful political past is anything but flattering. As a strategist might say, it’s not clever to dig up the dirt — wildly when you were previously waving the shovel in the air with enthusiasm.
Harris’s 2019 declaration to the American Civil Liberties Union asserting that detained illegal immigrants should get access to sex-change procedures at the expense of taxpayers isn’t likely to win any popularity contests. Her dedication to the cause was fierce, emphasizing that transition treatment is a “medical necessity” worthy of federal government backing. While Harris rushes to play nice with the electorate, her repeated proclamations could quickly come back to bite her—if voters can indeed be reminded of the past.
Polls paint an exciting picture, revealing that Harris is leading former President Donald Trump by a slim 2.2% margin. But hold the phone! Once you throw in candidates like Jill Stein and Cornel West, her lead shrinks to a mere 2%. Scarborough notes that it’s not voters on either coast that are her primary concern; instead, it’s the folks in battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania that might have the final say. The key takeaway? While Harris may think she’s successfully rebranded, the past has a funny way of resurfacing at the worst possible moment—especially in the world of politics.
