Four Myths About Kamala Harris’s Loss
In assessing Donald Trump’s victory, pundits have claimed the country turned right, the Harris campaign was too far left and woke, Biden’s presidency was robustly populist, and racism and sexism made the result inevitable. Those claims are all wrong.
Vice President Kamala Harris pauses while speaking on stage as she concedes the election, at Howard University on November 6, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
In the aftermath of any election, as people try to figure out what just happened and why, we are forced to wade through a bog of misleading and flat-out untrue talking points.
Confusion and missing information often prevails in the wake of elections. But some of this confusion is due to the spin and self-interest of powerful and influential people. The 2024 election is no different, with an army of pundits, operatives, and officials wasting no time in trying to ensure all the wrong lessons are learned from the Democratic defeat.
Here are four of the most common talking points about the election and why they are wrong.
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