"I almost went to Kamala Harris' inauguration. " Almost," of course, is doing a lot of work in that sentence. The former vice president came up short against Donald Trump's Third Reich... I mean, third run at the Oval Office. Harris, who would have been the first woman to ascend to the country's top office, is admittedly many stone throws away from my politics. But in a land of constant dreams deferred, I was struck that, maybe this time, the top-of-the-top may be finally cracked by a Black woman."
"Could she be the First Black woman to be president? Kamala, or rather her platform, was hardly inventive. When engaged on its fundamentals, it was largely conservative. Not conservative like Charlie Kirk... conservative meaning, it preserved many pieces of America as is-just as a conservationist preserves the trees of a forest. It was a platform that largely fit hand-in-glove with Bidenomics: protect corporate global interests, overfund all military and law enforcement, and yes-promote electric cars, along with a dash of maternal health reform, abortion protections, and a short-lived national rent cap promise."
Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump, denying the milestone of a Black woman reaching the presidency. Her platform operated largely on conservative fundamentals and aligned closely with Bidenomics through protections for corporate global interests, increased funding for military and law enforcement, and promotion of electric vehicles. The platform also included maternal health reforms, abortion protections, and a briefly promised national rent cap. Right-wing critics labeled her a "communist" and "Comrade Kamala," while campaign alliances with figures like Liz Cheney underscored an establishment orientation rather than radical or revolutionary change.
Read at Portland Mercury
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]