GOP lawsuits over Kamala Harris using Biden campaign funds or headlining Democratic ballots will all fail, experts say
Business InsiderAUG 2 2024
AP: Harris Has Enough Delegates for Democratic Nomination
Above: VP Kamala Harris at a campaign event July 17. Image copyright: Chris duMond/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Narrative A
For a party that's been preaching for years how much it respects institutions and is the defender of democracy, the Democratic Party has executed the most undemocratic process possible to anoint Harris as its nominee. Several party leaders clamored for there to be a vetting process, but instead Harris — untested and unelected — looks like she'll be atop the ticket, which risks turning off some would-be Democratic voters.
Narrative B
In order to have a competitive process, there must be more than one competitor. No one stood up to challenge Harris, so her near-unanimous support — plus her overwhelming fundraising and her ability to smoothly take the reins from Biden — make her a legitimate nominee. Democrats who wanted this selection to be democratic didn't count on Harris' surging momentum.
Republican narrative
Only Democrats would move on from an unpopular incumbent president to an equally unpopular failed former presidential candidate as their nominee. Harris has never won a single delegate in an election and when she bowed out of the 2020 Democratic primary race she was polling at 3%. Republicans will find it easy to defeat this candidate who was hand-picked by the Democratic elites.