No, Kamala Harris Isn’t a Marxist
Right-wing commentators are saying Kamala Harris’s endorsement of “equity” is tantamount to Marxism. This is nonsense: Democrats’ narrow advocacy of equity has little to do with the socialist goal of meeting everyone’s basic needs.
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the Sigma Gamma Rho’s Sixtieth International Biennial Boule at the George R. Brown Convention Center on July 31, 2024, in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
A couple of weeks ago, a Republican friend informed me that Vice President Kamala Harris, now the likely Democratic Party presidential candidate, had taken to quoting Karl Marx. Needless to say, I was both confused and pretty excited about this. But my heart sank as soon as I discovered his source:
Kamala Harris proposes a regime of "equity" based on a simple principle: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. This should sound familiar.pic.twitter.com/PO6vUSrJ5m
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 25, 2024
I barely needed to watch the video to know that the infamous liar Christopher Rufo was lying once again. There’s no need to take my word for it — just watch the video for yourself. Harris talks a lot about equity in these clips, but she never even comes close to saying, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” That Rufo added the line that this “should sound familiar” makes it hard not to read it as a deliberate attempt to sucker his audience into thinking those sounds actually came out of her mouth.
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