Staff Reports
The political landscape has taken quite the turn as Vice President Kamala Harris finds herself in a sticky situation following her quite questionable decision on a running mate. Choosing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz over Jewish Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania is shaping up to be a blunder of epic proportions, one that may have cost her and the Democratic Party the keys to the Oval Office. Who knew that the Democrats might mishandle their own base so spectacularly?
Early indications show that Harris’s choice has had quite the chilling effect, leaving a splintered Democratic base that’s about as united as a family at Thanksgiving after the turkey mishap. Reports suggest that while Harris and Walz managed to scrape together a win among Jewish voters in Pennsylvania, it was still far from the comfortable majority they’d hoped for. The numbers tell an amusing story: 53 percent of Jewish voters reportedly preferred Shapiro over Walz, underscoring just how out of touch Harris was when it came to selecting a running mate.
VP candidate Tim Walz lost in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, where he lived for 20 years.
Whose idea was it to pick this guy? pic.twitter.com/9HkoTgYxfC
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) November 7, 2024
Even with their attempts to charm voters, Harris and Walz could only muster a weak electoral result in Pennsylvania, with Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance beating them like a drum at 50.4 percent to Harris’s lackluster 48.6 percent. A bitter pill for Harris to swallow, especially when one considers that if Shapiro had been on the ticket—if only, right?—there’s a chance Trump’s support would have plummeted to a mere 38 percent among Jewish voters.
Adding to the comedic irony, 43 percent of Pennsylvania voters indicated that increasing anti-Semitism played a role in their voting decision. It’s almost poetic that Harris overlooked a strong candidate amid rising sentiments of intolerance while she lost ground among a demographic that traditionally took a shine to Democrats. A real strategic misfire, it appears she took her eye off the ball, and now she’s left scrambling while Trump takes a well-deserved victory lap.
Senator Ted Cruz didn’t let the opportunity pass without poking some fun at the Democrats’ expense. He emphasized that the party’s aversion to selecting a Jewish candidate might reveal a deeper issue within their platform, implying that the far-left has taken over and is making some decidedly un-Jewish choices for their electoral strategy. With just one wrong pick, it seems Harris has become the poster child for a party that can’t seem to figure out how to win over its own supporters. The result? A political spectacle ripe for commentary, and a valuable lesson in what happens when a candidate ignores the importance of strategic alliances—especially with potential allies from their own backyard.
