Kamala Harris and 2020 Democratic women grapple with ‘electability’

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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is trying to dismantle the argument that she isn’t “electable.”

The 2020 presidential candidate broached the topic late Sunday during her speech at an NAACP event in Detroit. She ripped political commentators for stereotyping Midwest voters the Democratic Party needs to rebuild the so-called “blue wall” post-2016 and forgetting women and minorities who live in urban centers like the Motor City.

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