How Republicans Should Attack Kamala Harris

I ran political campaigns for years before I started doing radio and was very good at my job. Between local, state, and national races, I had an excellent success rate and was sought after by major Republican campaigns. I was so good I even got myself elected. In fact, Philip is insistent that my next book be a guide on how to run for office. 

As someone who has done this for a career, I know something that you’re not going to want to hear. The Republican attacks against Kamala as a DEI candidate are not going to be very effective with independent voters the GOP needs to win. Despite current claims to the contrary, Biden chose a black, female running mate to reward the black women in the South who pushed him over the finish line. Kamala was chosen because she was a Black female, in the same way that Biden could have chosen Michigan Senator Gary Peters as a white midwestern male if union voters gave him the win. You and I can call it DEI, but it was a political reward to a key constituency.  That, however, is in the weeds and beside the point.

For Republicans to paint Harris as a DEI candidate risks alienating the Black and Hispanic voters who are the best at their jobs but quietly wonder if they were only promoted to fill DEI quotas. You may not understand it, but it’s a thing in minority communities.

Instead, the Trump campaign should be solely focused on one message: Kamala Harris is an opportunistic ladder climber with a vision too radical for America. Let me explain: