Harris vs. The Right Over Who’s More For Freedom
Despite Republican claims on "freedom" as a value, VP Kamala Harris is leaning into the word on the campaign trail. CUNY's Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti talks about the struggle over the use of the word in U.S. politics and what left and right mean when they use it.
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Despite Republican claims on "freedom" as a value, VP Kamala Harris is leaning into the word on the campaign trail.
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Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, professor of political science and executive director of the Moynihan Center at The City College of New York, and author of the forthcoming 20 Years of Rage: How Resentment Took the Place of Politics (Mondadori, 2024), explains the origins of freedom in political rhetoric and how the Harris-Walz ticket is seeking to redefine freedom after the American right carried the mantle as the party of freedom for decades.