In Kamala Harris Trump again confronts his worst nightmare

In Kamala Harris Trump again confronts his worst nightmare
2016 redux: 2024 race finds Trump facing another Strong, accomplished woman

By AUSTIN SARAT
PUBLISHED JULY 22, 2024 5:45AM (EDT)


(Salon) Fans of the Broadway musical Hamilton will remember a moment late in the show when, after a series of songs about Hamilton’s personal life, one of the characters asks plaintively, “Can we get back to politics?” Joe Biden’s courageous and patriotic decision to end his presidential campaign allows American voters to refocus their attention from questions of age and infirmity and get back to politics.

The question now is what kind of politics will it be?

With Vice President Kamala Harris as the likely Democratic nominee, our politics will bring into sharp relief, indeed sharper relief than ever, a choice between embracing America as a multicultural democracy or pursuing a White Christian nationalist future. Harris is the living embodiment of the best of the American experiment.

And former President Trump can’t stand it.

Another strong, accomplished woman threatens to stand between him and his ability to satisfy his lust for power. First Hilary Clinton, then Fani Willis, now Kamala Harris. It drives him crazy. ...............(more)

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