Ex-CNN Analyst Says Dems Wouldn’t Have Picked Harris ‘In A Vacuum’ But Had To Because She’s ‘Black Woman’ VP

Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza said on Friday that Democrats would not have nominated Vice President Kamala Harris “in a vacuum,” but they were compelled to because of her race, gender and status as vice president.

Harris is running based on a party insider vote with virtually no primary voter support and has already secured sufficient verbal support from delegates to become the party’s presumptive nominee. Cillizza, on his YouTube Channel, said Democrats would have picked a different nominee if not for the current circumstances of who Harris is and the limited time before the Democratic National Convention following President Joe Biden’s sudden withdrawal from the race.

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“I think you need to win the Midwest and Pennsylvania to get elected president if you’re a Democrat. And I think Harris is, at best, an even money bet to win those states,” Cillizza said. “I think she probably has as much a chance as pre-debate Biden. So she can win, but it’s no lock … But the realities of the way the Democratic Party works, the vice president of the United States, who is a black woman, is not not going to be the nominee.”

“In a situation like this, in a situation where it’s like the president says he’s not running again, the convention is in a month, they have to pick really fast, she’s going to win,” he continued. “Even if it was an open convention, which it’s not really going to be … she would’ve won anyway. But is she the best candidate in a vacuum if the Democrats could pick anyone with no repercussions? No, she is not.”