As Vice President Kamala Harris travels across the country to pitch what she and President Joe Biden have done to improve economic conditions for Black and brown communities, she is also emerging as a critical voice prosecuting the case against Donald Trump and his economic policies.
In doing so, Harris has particularly tailored her message toward Black men, a voting bloc that polls and anecdotal reporting indicate is more open to voting for Trump or not voting at all in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
Last week in Philadelphia, while delivering remarks at the national convention for Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Harris, without naming him explicitly, called out Trump’s record as president and his plan for the U.S. economy – which includes extending his signature 2017 tax cuts that economists tell theGrio primarily benefited wealthy Americans and corporations.
“Whereas the last administration buried our country in debt to pay for tax cuts for billionaires, we are helping dig families out of debt by telling billionaires to pay their fair share,” said Harris to thunderous applause.
The vice president’s statement, among several other recent remarks on the campaign trail, signaled a turning point for Harris, who has seemingly dialed up the temperature in making the case for why she and Biden deserve another four years and why Trump returning to the White House would literally cost Black and brown households.
“We’re inside of a little mini Kamala boomlet,” said Democratic strategist Joel Payne, who told theGrio the Biden-Harris administration and campaign have “figured out where to use her immense skill set” and “it’s starting to break through.”
Payne, who headed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign’s Black media outreach, added, “If you had to discern what one of her political skills is, it’s making a case publicly and landing the argument.”
However, Harris isn’t…
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