The key family history JD Vance and Kamala Harris have in common

Published August 1, 2024 4:53pm ET



The ordinary person’s primary objection to the presidential candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris ought to lie in what she has done during the Biden administration (presiding over an annual 6% inflation rate, a record multi-million influx of illegal immigrants, etc.) and what she has advocated when pandering to the Democratic base (endorsing the full-scale elimination of private health insurance and fracking for example).

Former President Donald Trump has instead honed in on the dumbest rationale to attack Harris for who she is. Trump questioned why, after “only promoting Indian heritage,” the de facto Democratic presidential nominee “happened to turn black.”

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