Kamala Harris has been riding high for more than three weeks as Democrats and their media allies have sought to cover up her radical left-wing record with manufactured enthusiasm.
But her record of left-wing extremism and outright failure is starting to catch up with her.
And now Kamala Harris is pulling her hair out after this Democrat Senator hit her with a brutal rejection.
This is supposed to be the reason Biden stepped aside
Throughout Democrats’ weeks-long quest to force President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid to make way for another candidate, numerous well-sourced reports indicated that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led the charge to oust Biden by making the case that he would be a drag on the Party and cost them down-ballot House and Senate races across the country.
President Biden effectively confirmed those reports recently, telling ABC News that being blamed for Democrat losses in the House and Senate was a primary reason he stepped aside.
Of course, former President Barack Obama reportedly threatening him with the 25th Amendment was likely much more of a factor in his decision making.
Regardless, it’s abundantly clear that the entire reason the Democrat Party coalesced behind Vice President Kamala Harris as Biden’s replacement is because they believed she would – at least – give vulnerable incumbent Democrats in the House and Senate a better chance at re-election.
But that plan doesn’t seem to be having quite the impact Democrats anticipated in some of the most crucial House and Senate races in the country.
Case in point, CNN recently reported that vulnerable incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has decided that Harris could have such a negative impact on his close race against Republican challenger Bernie Moreno that he’s avoiding the Democrat Presidential nominee at all costs.
You see, like every other Democrat running for office, Brown has worked tirelessly – and spent millions upon millions of dollars – to convince working-class Ohioans that he is a “moderate.”
Democrats can’t be seen with Kamala
Brown is one of the only Democrats to not endorse Harris, and he’s even going so far as to skip the Democrat National Convention to avoid being tied to the Democrat Vice President.
“I often skip conventions,” Brown claimed, even though he was at both the 2016 and 2020 DNC.
He told CNN in a recent interview that his campaign is not about “right or left” or even which Presidential candidate you support.
“It’s not Left or Right. It’s not who you vote for, for President,” Brown said. “It’s who stands up for people in the state.”
Obviously, though, Brown’s attempt to thread the needle by convincing Ohio voters that he’s a “moderate” would be upended if voters ever realize that his radical left-wing voting record is close to in lockstep with that of Harris, who was named the most radical left-wing member of the Senate during her time in the chamber.
And as a result, Senator Brown is outright refusing to ever even be seen with Harris between now and Election Day.
“I’ve got my own schedule,” Brown snapped when CNN pressed him on whether he’ll campaign with Harris. “She’s got her own schedule. I will focus on my race. My strategy is perhaps different from hers – talking about the differences on abortion rights and on the minimum wage between Bernie Moreno and me and how I fight every day for the dignity of work.”
“My job is to fight for Ohio workers. You can talk about the Presidential race. That’s your job,” he added. “I know that what will matter is people vote for me because I stand up for workers and will continue to fight for workers.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) almost surely gave Brown his blessing to run as far away from Kamala as he can.
Both Brown and Schumer know that Harris could still cost them their jobs.
No one to blame but Kamala
As for Moreno, he couldn’t be more thrilled to be able to tie Brown to Harris thanks to the fact that they both have virtually identical voting records from their time in the Senate.
“Oh, it helps me tremendously,” Moreno recently told reporters of Harris’ being in the race.
The Republican Senate candidate even went so far as to say that Biden and his “Scranton Joe” persona would have played far better in Ohio than Harris’ fake “moderate” routine.
“So maybe Scranton Joe had a little bit of credibility here in Ohio,” Moreno said. “San Francisco Kamala absolutely does not.”
Despite having a massive statewide name identification advantage that is still months out from Election Day, polls currently show Brown only slightly leading Moreno, 46%-42%, just within the margin of error.
But 11% of voters are still undecided, and with more and more voters getting to know Moreno each day, Sherrod Brown could be in for a rough ride on Election Night if he doesn’t play his cards right.
And Democrats will have no one to blame but Kamala Harris.