The Republican Party’s tangled history as a supposed bulwark of “law and order” was already straining under the weight of supporting Donald Trump while ignoring his multiple indictments and felony convictions. But Vice President Kamala Harris taking over as the likely Democratic nominee flips the script.
The law and order party … is getting law and ordered. The platitudes Republicans have been spouting for decades aren’t going to cut it in a race where their candidate is constantly playing defense.
In the two days that Harris has been at the head of the Democratic ticket, “prosecutor vs. felon” has quickly emerged as a theme of the 2024 campaign. As a former prosecutor and California attorney general, Harris’ primary run in 2020 often focused on her role in holding criminals accountable and, even then, centered on Trump as exactly the kind of perpetrator Harris had faced across a courtroom.
As The Washington Post reports, Harris leaned into this on Monday, telling staffers, “I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse. Donald Trump was found liable by a jury for committing sexual abuse.” Harris also referenced the Trump University scam and her role in busting similar frauds.
Harris is going to put Trump on the defensive. And he’s not going to handle it well.
