A few weeks ago, at the much-anticipated Democratic National Convention, we witnessed the coronation of Kamala Harris. It was a star-studded event. We got the Obamas, the Clintons, Mindy Kaling, Kerry Washington, Kenan Thompson—and Oprah! Basically every Democratic A-lister you could think of came out in high fashion. (Kamala came out in a Chloé pantsuit.)
And then there were the Republicans: Mesa, Arizona mayor John Giles, former Trump White House staffer Olivia Troye, former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan, and former U.S. representative from Illinois Adam Kinzinger.
The purpose of their speeches was not only to warn Americans about the dangers of Trump—a message we’ve heard over and over again since 2016—but to give other conservatives permission to do the same. To not just oppose Trump, but to vote for the Democrat.
Two of those conservatives are here with us today: David French and Sarah Longwell.
David is an evangelical, pro-life conservative. He’s a former attorney who has worked on high-profile religious liberty cases. He was a staff writer at National Review, a senior editor at The Dispatch, and now he’s an opinion columnist for The New York Times.
Sarah is a political strategist and founder of Republicans Against Trump (now called the Republican Accountability Project). She’s also the founder and publisher of the Never Trump opinion website, The Bulwark.
The policy positions Sarah and David hold are not in lockstep with Kamala’s, not even close. So I ask them: Why is Kamala worthy of their vote? What do they think about the chasm between their political positions and Kamala’s? And do they support Kamala because she’s not Trump, or do they actually see something in her?
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I don’t think the FP needs to interview Dena for Donald. It’s just a perspective. I didn’t vote for Trump in 16 but did in 20 and will this year. The appeal to morality these make falls on hollow ears to me. I’m not voting for Trump because I like him. I agree with some of their accusations of his character. However to then go and say Harris is better and moral is astonishing to me. I don’t think she has a true belief in her body. She has seemed to do a 180 n almost every position she took since 2020. Finally the argument that the democratic party did the moral thing by getting rid of Biden is hilarious to me. They did everything in their power to push him through but even they (with the help of their media PR teams) could avoid the obvious after the debate. The decision was made out of necessity not out of duty to country like the 2 guests tried to claim.
This is nothing new: these people aren’t pro-Kamala, they are never-Trump. If the FP is honest, someone will interview Dem voters who are voting for Trump. Honestly.