Mixed-race voters say Donald Trumpās attacks on Kamala Harrisā race are painfully familiar
By Char Adams After Donald TrumpĀ told journalists on WednesdayĀ that his presidential opponent Kamala Harris āturned Blackā for political gain, Trumpās comments have impacted the way many multirace voters are thinking about the two candidates. āShe was only promoting Indian heritage,ā the former president said during an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention last week. āI didnāt know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black.ā āIs she Indian or is she Black?ā he asked. Sheās both. Harris, whose mother was Indian
The Democratic Partyās downfall is deeper than Harris or Biden
By Jeremy Etelson The storm on the Democratic Partyās electoral horizon was never limited toĀ President BidenĀ staying in the race. Bidenās mental infirmity and the concerted denial surrounding it, while governmentally dangerous, were merely amplifying the severity of the partyās imminent political reckoning. Vice President Kamala Harris has nowĀ officiallyĀ replacedĀ Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee. But this succession does little to address the underlying challenges facing the political viability of the party. Democrats have lost their 5-point lead in national voterĀ identificationĀ over the last three years, which was already a smaller margin than it had been at the beginning of the Obama era.
Trump says he’ll skip an ABC debate with Harris in September and wants them to face off on Fox News
By Meg Kinnard Ā Donald TrumpĀ says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice PresidentĀ Kamala HarrisĀ on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before the November election. In a series of Truth Social posts late Friday, the Republican nominee and former president said his agreement to a Sept. 10 debate on ABC āhas been terminated” because he will no longer face Democratic PresidentĀ Joe Biden, who ended his campaign last month after a disastrous performance in their first debate. Trump now says he
Harris picks Walz as her running mate
By Mike Willis Vice President Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov.Ā Tim WalzĀ introduced themselves to a full house with plenty of applause in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening. Harris praised Walzās accomplishments and set him up for a lightning-fast campaign: He āreally does shine a light on a brighter future that we can build together.ā She offered his credentials to a crowd that roared in approval at times. And Walz drew raucous applause for his support of Harris but also his sharp attacks on the Trump-Vance campaign. Harris ended weeks of speculation Tuesday by choosing Walz asĀ her running mate. āTim is a
The ways Trump has gone after Harris’ race and gender
ByĀ Amanda Terkel In the roughly two weeks since President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to take his spot at the top of the ticket, Donald Trump has increasingly gone after his new opponent’s race and gender. Harris, whose mother was Indian and father is Jamaican, would make history if she is elected president. She’d be both the first female president and the first Asian American president. Trump no longer has another older white man to run against. At 59, Harris is roughly 20 years younger than Trump and has already been trying
How well does Harris know her running mate choices?
By Alex Gangitano Vice President HarrisĀ and her team are interviewing running mate candidates before she announces her pick next week, and the top choices all haveĀ establishedĀ relationships with Harris, which could influence herĀ decision. In her time as attorney general of California, U.S. senator and vice president, Harris has gotten to knowĀ those who have been identified as front-runners to join her on the Democratic ticket:Ā Pennsylvania Gov.Ā Josh Shapiro,Ā Arizona Sen.Ā Mark KellyĀ and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.Ā The campaign has also vetted Kentucky Gov.Ā Andy Beshear,Ā Illinois Gov.Ā JB PritzkerĀ and Transportation SecretaryĀ Pete Buttigieg,Ā and Harris has worked with them all. āShe needs to find someone she vibes with. Who can help
Harris campaign announces $50 million ad buy ahead of Democratic convention
By Brett Samuels The Harris campaign on Tuesday announced it would spend $50 million on advertising in the weeks ahead of the Democratic National Convention and unveiled its first ad since the vice president became the partyās likely nominee. The campaign announced the ad titled āFearlessā will be the first in a series of paid media efforts ahead of the convention, which begins Aug. 19 in Chicago. TheĀ 60-second adĀ touts Harrisās record as a prosecutor and California attorney general, as well as her work as vice president in the Biden administration. āThis campaign is about who we fight for,ā Harris says
New Georgia law makes voter intimidation easier, critics say; affects Black voters most
By Maya Homan Candace Smith did everything right. During the May 2024 state primary in Georgia, theĀ Atlanta attorney voted early, giving herself time to sort out any issues that might occur and ensure that her vote would be counted. But on Election Day, when she went to check herĀ ballot statusĀ online, a warning popped up. Someone had submitted a challenge to her voter registration status. āI found it shocking,ā Smith said, adding that she has been an active voter in Fulton County for decades, and that the challenge did not include any reason or evidence. āNothing about it made any sense.ā
Why Joe Biden Couldnāt Hold Back on Supreme Court Reform Any Longer
By Sherrilyn Ifill On Monday, President Joe Biden ended his resistance to calls for Supreme Court reform, announcing in the final months of his presidency his own proposal to reform the court. For years, Biden refused to join leading Democrats and many scholars of the court who had embraced the concept of expanding the Supreme Court, imposing terms limits, or otherwise restraining the power of an increasingly muscular and reckless conservative majority on the court. A wave of ethical scandals involving undisclosed lavish trips and gifts provided to multiple conservative members of the court, along with the open support by
How Some States Are Making It Harder to Register Voters
By Michael Wines LaVon Bracy has been registering Florida voters ever since Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act, because she wanted, she said, to give others the voice she was denied as a Black student in a largely white high school. In an average year, she said, the nonprofitĀ Faith in Florida, where she serves as democracy director, used to add 12,000 new voters to the stateās rolls. That ended last year, when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that imposed tough new rules on voter registration drives in the name of stopping fraud ā and made voter registration groups