# How will the Republicans demonize Kamala Harris? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** kamala-harris\ **Created:** [July 23, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698 "2024-07-23T17:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/261 "2024-08-02T03:17:37Z")
It is an internally consistent even if specious argument. The charge is that she “plays the Black card” when it is useful for her, including getting hired for sake of the identity rather than for qualifications. Meanwhile culturally she was raised by her South Asian medical researcher mother, spent years 12 to 18 in Montreal, and married a white Jewish man. Her embrace of American Black culture is most evidenced by the majority of her college experience being at Howard, her lasting association with her Black sorority, and a strong Black mother figure in her neighborhood as a child. As long as the trumpeting of her as a Black woman is coming from others and by way of her association with and acceptance those Black organizations the charge will I think land flat or mostly backfire. Better to let others call her Black even in an attempt to rev up the racist votes, than for her to raise it much herself. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/262 "2024-08-02T03:51:13Z")
Personally, I think the best reply would be “People can have more than one aspect to their identity. For example, I am Indian, Jamaican, and African-American, while my opponent is a convicted felon, a rapist, and a moron”. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/263 "2024-08-02T05:03:36Z")
I’m not sure if she would gain anything by dignifying his argument although it could be worthwhile to wonder out loud why exactly it is that Donald Trump thinks racial purity tests are so important. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/264 "2024-08-02T06:06:56Z")
Trump used to tell people he was Swedish, so he thinks everyone makes things up to get ahead. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/265 "2024-08-02T12:07:54Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > “People can have more than one aspect to their identity. For example, I am Indian, Jamaican, and African-American, while my opponent is a convicted felon, a rapist, and a moron”. This made me LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/266 "2024-08-02T13:48:53Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > “People can have more than one aspect to their identity. For example, I am Indian, Jamaican, and African-American, while my opponent is a convicted felon, a rapist, and a moron”. So, let’s say Kamala has 1/4 African heritage (quite frankly, I don’t know, and I don’t care). Before the Emancipation Proclamation, that was more than high enough percentage for her to be enslaved. Wasn’t it a “rule” in the Jim Crow south that a drop of African blood makes you black? If these people are so invested in bringing us back to those times, then why are they complaining about her being called “black”? Donald, you didn’t “know” she was black because you didn’t care. She didn’t hide it; she is proud of attending Howard and belonging to her sorority. She has been active in both South Asian and African American causes. Just because you didn’t notice doesn’t remove the fact. ---
**Author:** ![MulderMuffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldermuffin/32/2862_2.png) [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/267 "2024-08-02T14:11:51Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Personally, I think the best reply would be “People can have more than one aspect to their identity. For example, I am Indian, Jamaican, and African-American, while my opponent is a convicted felon, a rapist, and a moron”. This is fantastic. The way trump keeps (almost certainly on purpose) mispronouncing ‘Kamala’ is another way she can slam him. “Donald, it seems your cognitive decline is making it really hard for you to remember how to pronounce my name, a name you’ve known and heard pronounced correctly for several decades. Just to make it easier for you, just call me Ms. Harris or Madame Vice President from now on. It will be less embarrassing for you than constantly getting my name wrong. You don’t want people to think you’re stupid, right?” ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/268 "2024-08-02T14:15:37Z")
Maybe it would be easier if he just got used to referring to her as Madam President. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/269 "2024-08-02T14:57:12Z")
“I didn’t know she was President until a number of years ago when she happened to turn President and now she wants to be known as President,” he said at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago on Wednesday. “So I don’t know - Is she Vice President? Or is she President?” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/270 "2024-08-02T15:15:58Z")
What the what now? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/271 "2024-08-02T18:46:53Z")
How will they demonize her? With elegance and class, of course! If you don’t wish to click, it’s basically a Republican school board director repeating the claims that Harris slept her way to where she is now. > **[Souderton School Board Director Says On X Vice President Harris Performed Sex...](https://buckscountybeacon.com/2024/07/souderton-school-board-director-says-on-x-vice-president-harris-performed-sex-act-on-a-lot-of-dudes/)** > > William Formica’s social media post “reflects poorly on the entire school board and district administration,” said district parent Alex Wisser. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/272 "2024-08-02T19:38:33Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > What does he have? He’s demonizing her appearance, and lying about her record. **I don’t expect any October surprise,** so this is as good as it gets. Yeah, the ‘_Joe Biden rapes kittens_’ CGI video they’d spent big bucks on and planned to release is now basically useless. (My bolding in your quote.) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/273 "2024-08-02T19:41:27Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yeah, the ‘_Joe Biden rapes kittens_’ CGI video they’d spent big bucks on and planned to release is now basically useless. (My bolding in your quote.) This feels like the year to re-try the “evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet” strategy. > **[2003 Ontario general election](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Ontario_general_election#The_%22Kitten-eater%22_controversy)** > > Ernie Eves > Progressive Conservative > Dalton McGuinty > Liberal > The 2003 Ontario general election was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/274 "2024-08-02T19:47:51Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > This feels like the year to re-try the “evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet” strategy. If Trump’s people decide that they, too, would like to invent attacks based on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ eps, then I’d recommend they accuse Kamala of being an Inca Mummy Girl. You know, to further mix up her ethnic-heritage image. (Of course it will backfire by bringing the Democrats the South-American-heritage vote, which is a fairly large bloc.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/275 "2024-08-02T19:58:20Z")
Shades of Obamas REAL Birth certificate- 🙄 > **[Is Kamala Harris eligible to be president? Yes, even if fake news says otherwise](https://observers.france24.com/en/americas/20240802-is-kamala-harris-eligible-to-be-president-yes-even-if-fake-news-says-otherwise)** > > Kamala Harris is almost certainly going to be the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential candidate. But is she actually eligible for the role, considering that both her parents were born abroad? Spoiler… _Kamala Harris is almost certainly going to be the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential candidate. But is she actually eligible for the role, considering that both her parents were born abroad? Spoiler alert – the answer is yes. Harris was born in the United States and, as a natural born citizen, can run and serve as president under the Constitution. But fake news casting doubts about her citizenship and eligibility has been circulating widely online since she announced her candidacy._ Breaking news- trump lies!!! 🙄 > **[Trump Distorts the Facts in Attacks on Harris - FactCheck.org](https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/trump-distorts-the-facts-in-attacks-on-harris/)** > > At a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, former President Donald Trump rattled off several criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris, his presumptive opponent in the presidential race. But some of Trump's attacks ran afoul of the facts. _At a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, former President Donald Trump rattled off several criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris, his presumptive opponent in the presidential race. But some of Trump’s attacks ran afoul of the facts… \* Trump falsely said Harris supported abortion “even after birth,” and he wrongly said “all legal scholars” wanted the issue of abortion rights to be returned to the states._ \*\* He baselessly said that Harris would let “40 to 50 million more people in our country,” referring to illegal immigration, and added that it would “kill Social Security and Medicare.” Those concocted figures aside, workers who aren’t authorized to be in the country can’t receive the benefits of those retirement programs.\* Man, this is amazing - they found out trump lied again!!! 🙄 > **[Trump’s claim that Kamala Harris didn’t pass bar exam is misleading](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/elections-verify/trumps-claim-kamala-harris-did-not-pass-bar-exam-misleading/536-58ff74fa-b025-47d2-882e-45b718878666)** > > Vice President Kamala Harris failed the bar exam, required to practice law, on her first attempt but passed on her second try. _Trump’s claim that Kamala Harris didn’t pass bar exam is misleading_ _Vice President Kamala Harris failed the bar exam, required to practice law, on her first attempt but passed on her second try._ ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/276 "2024-08-02T20:25:01Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > _Trump’s claim that Kamala Harris didn’t pass bar exam is misleading_ > > _Vice President Kamala Harris failed the bar exam, required to practice law, on her first attempt but passed on her second try._ This from the guy who boasted about passing a “hard” cognitive exam requiring him to identify animal shapes. > **[Trump Boasts About Acing ‘Hard’ Cognitive Test: Here’s What’s On Those Tests](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/01/18/trump-boasts-about-acing-hard-cognitive-test-heres-whats-on-those-tests/)** > > This is the most recent time the former president has claimed to have passed a cognitive test, which experts say are simple exams meant to test for brain function problems. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/277 "2024-08-02T20:54:57Z")
One township over. Makes you proud. 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/278 "2024-08-02T23:57:40Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > This from the guy who boasted about passing a “hard” cognitive exam requiring him to identify animal shapes. And threatened to sue if any of _his_ test scores saw the light of day. > **[Michael Cohen testifies that Trump threatened colleges over any release of...](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/28/michael-cohen-testifies-trump-threatened-colleges-over-any-release-his-grades)** > > Michael Cohen releases letter sent to university the president attended and notes that Trump earlier had called on Obama to release his grades. President's grades have never come out, but those of past candidates have. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/279 "2024-08-04T20:31:23Z")
> **[Claims that Vice President Harris is Biden’s ‘border czar’ are misleading](https://www.kvue.com/article/news/verify/kamala-harris/vice-president-harris-border-czar-claims-misleading-fact-check/536-1f49fa77-10b7-402b-aac5-acb9dd59018b)** > > Harris is not in charge of border security or immigration policy. She was tasked with addressing the root causes of migration from three Central American countries. _Claims that Vice President Harris is Biden’s ‘border czar’ are misleading_ _Harris is not in charge of border security or immigration policy. She was tasked with addressing the root causes of migration from three Central American countries._ > **[Vance Wrong On Child Tax Credit, Harris’ Remarks About Climate Change and...](https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/vance-wrong-on-child-tax-credit-harris-remarks-about-climate-change-and-having-kids/)** > > In defending his “childless cat lady” comments, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrongly claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris “is calling for an end to the child tax credit.” He also incorrectly claimed that Harris said “it was a... _In defending his “childless cat lady” comments, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrongly claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris “is calling for an end to the child tax credit.” He also incorrectly claimed that Harris said “it was a bad idea to have kids because of climate change anxiety.”_ ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/280 "2024-08-04T20:47:56Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5Wx11j-HCNA/maxresdefault.jpg "Kamala Says People Don't Want To Have Kids Because Of "Climate Change"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wx11j-HCNA) I hope that copies ok. Its on youtube by a Jesse Kelly. She says young people have talked to her about climate anxiety and whether it makes sense to have kids. So she didn’t say it. They really are twisting her words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698.md?page=15)