# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 23, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/81 "2024-07-23T23:43:13Z")
Obviously a part of the campaign’s job is to anticipate these smears and have comebacks at the ready. Are there also any ways for the campaign to immunize from them ahead of time? Bringing them as mocking fodder pre emptively? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/82 "2024-07-23T23:45:23Z")
The comebacks should be to play trump’s own statements about grabbing women, about how he can get away with anything, enumerate his convictions. But don’t give a whole lot of time to this. We’ve heard trump’s history. He doesn’t deserve any more air time. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/83 "2024-07-23T23:45:42Z")
There are a thousand nasty little ways Trumpites will (and have already started to) demonize Harris, including [a photoshopped image purporting to show her with her arm around Jeffrey Epstein](https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-961965727698) and maybe [a dastardly plot](http://cbsnews.com/news/the-simpsons-kamala-harris-suit-prediction-al-jean/) by the producers of _The Simpsons_ to put her in power. The main ones will be Border Failure and DEI something-or-other. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/84 "2024-07-23T23:46:47Z")
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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/85 "2024-07-23T23:49:00Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m starting to get upset at some of these people, instead of gleefully rebutting them. Thanks to this particular thread, I dropped quite a few clams at [ActBlue.com](http://ActBlue.com) today. I’ll let someone smarter than me do the rebutting. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/86 "2024-07-23T23:51:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Is ‘she’s not really black’, a thing they’re attacking her for? That’s an old one. They used it against Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/87 "2024-07-23T23:56:23Z")
> [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > Yep, seeing a lot of the same myself - gotta hand it to them though, I didn’t think they’d have the audacity to play the “inappropriate sexual behavior should be disqualifying” card, but here we are. Why are you surprised? The Republicans are putting forth Donald Trump as their candidate and yet they’ve made an issue out of mental incapacitation. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/88 "2024-07-24T00:06:28Z")
So far seeing: \*She’s a DEI hire \*She slept her way to the top \*She’s not really black \*She has never had children so something something something \*She hates Black men since she is married to a white (Jewish) man \*She was put in charge of the border crisis and did nothing but make it worse \*She allowed murderers and other scary people (Black or Hispanic) to get away with murder as CA AG and SF District Atty. I’m sure they will come up with plenty of others that are total bullshit. I don’t think any of these will get the traction the Trumpets want. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/89 "2024-07-24T00:07:14Z")
Woo hoo! I made a difference! As a Canadian, I can’t donate, so I’ll claim this a donation by proxy. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/90 "2024-07-24T00:34:19Z")
If you run with that, the _only_ response you will get is “So you admit she is nothing more than a sexual opportunist!”. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/91 "2024-07-24T00:35:11Z")
I think planned for some can even be used to advantage. Several play into the full on embrace of Trump brand as misogynistic. The more the conversation centers on that the better. _Bait_ those attacks as best you can. Own her aggressive record on crime (which she had to soft pedal on in the 2016 primary). Point out that murder rates increased under Trump and have been decreasing under Biden. And use border issues to remind of the dysfunctional GOP House nixing a bipartisan solution for cynical purposes. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/92 "2024-07-24T00:39:22Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > And use border issues to remind of the dysfunctional GOP House nixing a bipartisan solution for cynical purposes. Yep. This is why I say they can’t compete on policies, that’s a loser for them. So it will be all about personality, and I don’t think they have enough time to win on that front, either. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/93 "2024-07-24T00:43:21Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > That’s the sort of thing that might have played after years of banging the drum. But four months isn’t enough time for it to really get established. Particularly when it’s competing with are the other stuff they’ll be throwing at the wall. If you are responding to the sleeping to the top allegations they have literally been banging that drum for years. Since at least when she was a candidate in 2016. Whenever she is brought up on the internet I see it mentioned. The misogyny might not be quite that overt from the campaign yet but the bots are out in full force with memes about knee pads. Going after her on the border or the economy is not vilifying. It’s just what has to happen if you are part of the incumbent administration. If she doesn’t have the talking points ready defending her record then she doesn’t deserve to be there. Trump made the immigration question easy. He put his own interests above the country. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/94 "2024-07-24T00:46:46Z")
Agreed she and the Democrats will be able to swat all of these stupid things down very easily. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/95 "2024-07-24T00:52:14Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > If you are responding to the sleeping to the top allegations they have literally been banging that drum for years But has that drum beat caught on outside their bubble? I personally hadn’t heard anything about this, but I knew all about “Vince Foster” “Benghazai” and “But her emails!” Playing to their base won’t be enough. They need something that breaks out of that bubble. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/96 "2024-07-24T01:06:00Z")
I’m not in their base but I wander far and wide. Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it’s not wide spread and for years. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/97 "2024-07-24T01:10:09Z")
But widespread among which demographics? That’s the key question. If it doesn’t play among the swing voters, it doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/98 "2024-07-24T01:12:10Z")
> **[Fact Check: No, Viral Photo Does Not Show US Vice President Kamala Harris...](https://newschecker.in/fact-check/viral-photo-does-not-show-us-vice-president-kamala-harris-with-her-parents/#google_vignette)** > > Several social media users shared a photograph claiming to show the US Vice President, Kamala Harris with her parents. However, Newschecker found the claim t... _No, Viral Photo Does Not Show US Vice President Kamala Harris With Her Parents_ _As social media attention turned to Kamala Harris, multiple users shared a photograph of the Democrat leader with two individuals claiming them to be her “non-black” parents. Newschecker, however, found the claim to be untrue._ _Multiple X users shared the photograph with the caption, “You ‘ain’t’ black if your parents ‘ain’t’ black.” The same image is going viral on Facebook with the text overlay, “Hello, everyone. I’m Kamala Harris and these are my parents. But why do I pretend to be black Merican?”_ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/99 "2024-07-24T01:13:12Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > But widespread among which demographics? That’s the key question. If it doesn’t play among the swing voters, it doesn’t matter. Anyone young enough to be on social media. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698/100 "2024-07-24T01:21:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Don’t forget: IOKWRDI. Which now means “It’s Okay When Republicans Deny It”. Don’t mind me. I’m still trying to process the assertion Ms. Harris is not Black because her father is Jamaican. WTELF? Do these twerps know anything whatsoever about [Jamaica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica#Demographics)? (The link goes to Wiki.) > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > Is ‘she’s not really black’, a thing they’re attacking her for? > > That’s an old one. They used it against Obama. A couple of years before my mom died, I had this conversation with her. Mom: That Black bastard Obama! Monty: Why are you calling him Black? Mom: His father was Black. Monty: What about his mother? Mom: She was white. Monty: Well, why aren’t you calling him a white bastard? Mom: {Stares because she can’t process that logical query.} Look. Every one of the accusations against Ms. Harris is incredibly easy to debunk. The issue here isn’t debunking those accusations and informing the accusers of the facts. _ **Those accusers are not interested in facts.** _ They are exactly like their idol in that. Facts don’t matter. What matters is the demographics, the distribution really of Democratic voters. Let’s hope that distribution is cromulent enough to overcome the red menace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-republicans-demonize-kamala-harris/1004698.md?page=6)