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House Republican leaders told lawmakers to focus on criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ record without reference to her race and gender, following caustic remarks from some Republicans attacking her on the basis of identity.
During a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, chair of the House GOP campaign arm Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) and others issued the warning after a series of comments by their members that focused on Harris’ race as well as claims she is a “DEI” pick, according to two people in the room.
In the 48 hours since President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, Republican leaders have tried to train their criticism of the presumptive Democratic nominee on her handling of the border and her plan to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress.
But several Republicans immediately took the criticism in a different direction. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Monday that Harris was a “DEI vice president” and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) over the weekend questioned if Democrats are sticking by her “because of her ethnic background.” If nominated, Harris would be the first Black and South Asian woman to be a major party nominee.
so nerds how many days until a chud politician calls Kamala the n-word live?
But remember, the facts don’t matter that much!
They could recast her as a progressive prosecutor and just generally incompetent. The have all the talking points lined up for the first part from campaigns against Larry Krasner, Chesa Boudin, etc. For the second part, they could just cherry pick a few cases someone in her office messed up (or just had an egregious result, regardless of what her office did) and spam coverage about those (like the old Willie Horton ads).
It’d rile up the chuds and make Harris have to figure out how to present her record to Democrats who have pretty varied opinions on how DAs should act.