(Townhall) After Sunday’s political chaos surrounding President Joe Biden’s decision to bail on his 2024 re-election campaign, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) circulated a memo on Monday — reviewed by Townhall — reiterating the reality that Vice President Kamala Harris is an “even worse candidate” than Joe Biden.
Referring to the VP-turned-presidential candidate as a “San Francisco radical,” the NRSC — chaired by Sen. Steve Daines of Montana — notes how “Democrats subverted the democratic process to anoint Kamala Harris with no input from their voters.” Indeed, Harris looks likely to be the coronated presidential nominee without ever winning a primary contest decided by her party’s voters.
With an eleventh-hour shakeup atop the ballot for Democrats, “Republicans must be ready to shift gears,” the memo cautions.
Pointing to the mainstream media’s reversion back to glowing coverage of the administration — after briefly pretending to hold Biden’s feet to the fire — the NRSC emphasizes the importance of remembering “the only reason Joe Biden held on as long as he did was by aggressively making the case that his Vice President is an even worse candidate than him” and the “only reason Democrats settled on Harris is that it would be politically ‘untenable’ to skip over her.”
In the NRSC’s view, Harris taking over for Biden in November “creates a strong down-ballot opportunity for Republicans,” key to the GOP’s goal of expanding its majority in the House and retaking control of the Senate. The memo notes that it was “difficult to translate” the case against Biden relating to his lack of fitness to hold office “down-ballot.” Harris, on the other hand, “owns the Biden Administration’s baggage and is an avowed radical.”
