Newsmax political analyst Mark Halperin identified on Monday two moves Vice President Kamala Harris made during her presidential campaign that could be blamed for her defeat if she loses.
Harris tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and she has infrequently engaged with the media since launching her presidential run on July 21. Halperin said on “Wake Up America” that Harris not selecting Shapiro and her decision “to hide” are what people will say doomed her campaign if it fails.
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“I think if she does lose this race, there’ll be two decisions that she made that people will look back on and say, ‘Wow, those were decisive early on.’ One was not picking Josh Shapiro as her running mate, the governor of Pennsylvania,” Halperin said. “And the other was choosing to hide, to not do media, to not talk to voters, to not paint a portrait of herself in anything but gauzy terms from the Chicago convention on where she stands on things. And there are good reasons for that, apparently.”
Shapiro was reported to be a top contender for Harris’ vice presidential pick, but many Democratic strategists and political observers speculated the campaign preferred to not have two minority candidates on the ticket, as he is Jewish. Democratic anti-Israel activists also criticized Shapiro for his pro-Israel stances.
Harris has given only one sit-down interview during her campaign thus far. She did not publish a policy page on her website until Sunday, according to The Washington Post.
Harris’ policy page consists of plans to reduce costs for Americans and also has a tab about “Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda,” a policy document that the former president has asserted is not related to his platform.
“But the, what’s on the website now is belated, and it’s not out of her own mouth. Not very many Americans are going to go look at that website,” Halperin added. “So she does have to give people, even her own aides would say, more of a sense of what she’s about, what she’d be like as president. I’ve known her a long time, I’ve covered her a long time. I have no idea what she’d be like as president.”
Trump and Harris are scheduled to compete in their sole scheduled presidential debate on ABC News on Tuesday. Halperin joked it’s a “total coincidence” Harris finally published a policy page on her website shortly before the debate.
The Newsmax political analyst on Friday warned Republicans not to underestimate how Harris will perform in her face-off against Trump, saying the vice president “did pretty well” in past debates.
“Some Republicans have been counting on her to screw up the debate … could happen, but I wouldn’t bet on it based on her past as a debater,” he said.
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