To win, Harris should talk more about working-class needs and less about Trump

Dustin Guastella

Our polling shows that the best way to defeat Trump is offer a compelling economic platform that puts working families first Tue 22 Oct 2024 06.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 22 Oct 2024 17.13 EDT 252

The 2024 campaign has entered the final stretch and, as polls tighten, it seems Kamala Harris plans to lean into attacking Donald Trump as a threat to democracy.

Over the past week the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, the Washington Post, the New York Times and even the conservative National Review have all reported or commented on the messaging pivot. In a newly unveiled official campaign ad, a disembodied voice warns gravely that a second Trump term “would be worse. There would be no one to stop his worst instincts. No guard rails.” At a recent rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Harris reminded her supporters of Project 2025, the “detailed and dangerous plan” that she believes an “increasingly unstable and unhinged” Trump will follow to cement “unchecked power”. She sounded the alarm about the dire threat Trump poses to “your fundamental freedoms” and how in his second term he would be “essentially immune” from oversight.

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    12 days ago

    Good adivce. Kamala does talk a lot about working class people already. Take a wild guess at what parts of Kamala’s tens-of-minutes-long rally speeches are most covered by news headlines.

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      12 days ago

      Ain’t that the truth. I’ve watched her live, she talks about middle class needs so much people literally make fun of her for trying to connect over her middle class upbringing. But the news runs the Trump stuff.

    • The Assman@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      Poopy diaper boy makes them money. It’s the same reason they haven’t been saying “republicans tried to overthrow the government” every day since 1/6/2021.