Experts Weigh in on Why Harris Lost

As the post-mortem begins on Vice President 👤Kamala Harris’ failed presidential run, many are pointing to a number of missteps — including her choice of running mate, Minnesota Gov. 👤Tim Walz.

“The choice of Walz was only one of many disastrous mistakes but symptomatic of one larger problem – the Democratic Party leadership is too scared to say no to the hard left progressive wing of the party,” Julian Epstein, longtime Democratic operative and former chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, said to Fox News Digital.

“This hard left opposes commonsense solutions that Gov. (Josh) Shapiro supports – charter schools for example. Or defeating terrorists rather than aping their talking points and positions, which allow them to stay in power and rearm for the next genocidal attack,” Epstein said. “It’s the hard left progressive wing that looks first to welfare and redistribution rather than economic growth, and to cultural extremism on migration and gender deeply out of touch with the American electorate. Walz was a really bad choice for sure, but their choice was part of a deeper problem.”

Rob Bluey, president and executive editor of The Daily Signal, said choosing Walz was a significant error in judgment.

“Historically, vice presidents have little impact on a presidential candidate’s fate,” Bluey said. “But in the case of 👤Tim Walz, it proved to be a disastrous decision that doomed