Kamala Harris surged in the polls after she brutally attacked Joe Biden in the first Democratic debate for being a racist, or something.
"It is amazing that he wasn't prepared. And his response was worse than she possibly could have imagined" @dtsmith_sydney on @KamalaHarris criticising @JoeBiden for his historic opposition to bussing: https://t.co/KeJ9aKLQp0 pic.twitter.com/I5YxWWa1Xn
— United States Studies Centre (@USSC) July 1, 2019
She was suddenly a HERO for sticking it to the “old white man.”
It then turned out she supported the EXACT same policy stance she was attacking him for:
According to Daily Wire:
On Wednesday, in Iowa, Harris appeared to change her position supporting mandated busing by telling a crowd that busing should be a policy considered by individual school districts to help integrate students.
“I think of busing as being in the toolbox of what is available and what can be used for the goal of desegregating America’s schools,” Harris said in response to a question about whether she supported federally mandated busing, The Associated Press reported.
Asked to clarify, Harris said, “I believe that any tool that is in the toolbox should be considered by a school district.”
Yeah. That’s what BIDEN SAID. And then, in the second debate, Tulsi absolutely SHREDDED her over her criminal justice background. The whole thing kind of fell apart for her… and with it, so have her Presidential aspirations.
Basically, she’s back to where she started before her Biden surge:
Sen. Kamala Harris lost 12 points, who stood at 17% support in the June poll but now has the backing of 5% of potential Democratic voters. That’s similar to the level of early support she had before a surge following her initial debate performancehttps://t.co/2fn7BxXB5P
— New Day (@NewDay) August 20, 2019
And while y’all KNOW I’m not huge on polls, all of them are showing the same thing. She’s really not doing so hot.
She’s at 6% in early primary states:
#New @MorningConsult Early Primary States Poll (8/12-18)
Biden 32%
Sanders 20%
Warren 13%
Steyer 7%
Harris 6%
Buttigieg 5%
Booker 3%
Yang 2%— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 20, 2019
9% nationally:
#New #National @MorningConsult Poll (8/12-18):
Biden 31%
Sanders 20%
Warren 15%
Harris 9%
Buttigieg 5%
Booker 3%
O’Rourke 3%
Yang 3%— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 20, 2019
Only 5% of Dems think she “has the best policy ideas”:
Which candidate do you think has the
best policy ideas?
Warren 32%
Biden 17%
Sanders 16%
Harris 5%
Buttigieg 5%
O'Rourke 1%
Booker 1%
Klobuchar 1%
Gabbard 1%
Inslee 1%
Yang 1%@QuinnipiacPoll, Democrats/leaners, 8/1-5— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 19, 2019
And 6% think she has “the best chance of winning against Donald Trump”:
Which candidate do you think has the
best chance of winning against
Donald Trump?
Biden 49%
Sanders 12%
Warren 9%
Harris 6%
O’Rourke 2%
Booker 1%
Buttigieg 1%
Yang 1%
Ryan 1%@QuinnipiacPoll, Democrats/leaners, 8/1-5— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 19, 2019
So…is it safe to say Kamala’s 15 minutes are up?
I think it may be.
h/t: Twitchy