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MAGA’s Repulsive New Attacks on “Laughing Kamala” Show Hidden Weakness

MAGA’s Repulsive New Attacks on “Laughing Kamala” Show Hidden Weakness

As Trump and his allies ramp up the vile assaults on Kamala Harris's personality, a progressive strategist explains why Harris's joyful disposition might be perfectly suited to taking on MAGA.

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent · Greg Sargent

July 26, 202422m 19s

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Show Notes

In recent days, Donald Trump and MAGA media figures have ramped up the attacks on Kamala Harris’s laugh, her personality, and her temperament. That’s vile stuff, but MAGA’s strategy also suggests an inability to entertain a remarkable possibility: What if Harris’s laugh and energy are actually well suited to this moment in American politics? Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, co-founder of the progressive strategy group Way to Win, has been advising Democrats to respond aggressively to racist and sexist attacks on Harris. We talked to Ancona about whether Harris’s temperament might prove to be kryptonite to MAGA’s negativity and hate.

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