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Kamala Harris Debate

August 13, 2024
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Kamala Harris Debate

Be it Resolved, Kamala Harris is the Democrats’ best hope to defeat Donald Trump

Within hours of Joe Biden’s announcement that he was bowing out of the presidential race Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee. With the full weight of the Democratic party behind her and no opposition to speak of, VP Harris has been awarded the top ticket that proved so elusive to her four years ago. To her supporters, she is uniquely qualified to beat President Trump in November. Her prosecutorial debate skills, experience in the White House, and diverse background has excited voters and attracted moderates who were growing tired of Joe Biden. To her detractors, she is the same Kamala who flamed out early in the 2020 primaries, was a deeply unpopular Vice President, has an awkward stage presence, and is too liberal to appeal to swing voters. In anointing Kamala Harris without any real contest, they argue, the DNC has hitched their wagon to an untested candidate who will all but guarantee a Donald Trump victory in November.

Arguing in favour of the resolution is Cheri Jacobus, a nationally-recognized political strategist, pundit and writer whose podcast, Politics with Cheri Jacobus, covers all the news coming out of Washington.

Arguing against the resolution is Elizabeth Nolan Brown, the senior editor of Reason Magazine.

“Kamala Harris understands where the country is right now. She understands what the electorate needs and wants.”

– Cheri Jacobus

“She really has no record of expanding the democratic base beyond people who are going to vote Democrat anyways.”

– Elizabeth Nolan Brown

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