Staff Reports
Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut believes the upcoming 2024 presidential election will clearly showcase the choice that voters have, primarily between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Murphy is all about the contrasts, likely hoping voters will see the light—or at least his version of it—when they head to the polls.
When asked about the curious transformation of Harris’s stance on critical issues, such as her sudden affection for fracking and a newfound love for border security funding, Murphy insisted that the vice president has always been a steadfast supporter of border security. This assertion would be somewhat humorous if it weren’t such a blatant attempt to revise history. Apparently, in Murphy’s world, talking about a secure border and actually doing something about it are two entirely different things that can easily be enjoyed together in a reflexive feat of political gymnastics.
Chris Murphy says 2024 election shows ‘a contrast’ between Harris and Trump https://t.co/0SxOx4cIes
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 5, 2024
Murphy claimed that border crossings are currently lower than they were during the Trump presidency, suggesting that this data is indicative of Harris’s dedication to true border security. However, the question remains: does he genuinely believe that voters have forgotten the chaos of the border crisis under the Biden administration? It seems the Democrats are banking on a major dose of amnesia from the electorate, hoping they won’t remember the crisis of the last few years just when November rolls around.
The senator went further to argue that democracy is about the majority voting for the popular policies, hinting that Harris would be unveiling a bundle of “reforms” to make democracy even more “effective.” This rhetoric sounds a lot like election-year boilerplate, filled with warm and fuzzy promises that are designed to appeal to the masses. Meanwhile, he painted the picture of Trump as a would-be dictator, stirring the pot of fear—though it seems Trump himself waved off his earlier comments about being a dictator as purely tongue-in-cheek.
In a strange twist of fate, with President Joe Biden stepping aside from a 2024 campaign, prominent Democrats have rushed to back Harris as the new face of the party. Democrats like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Biden have all climbed on board, claiming their last-minute solidarity wasn’t pre-planned. That’s a hard sell, considering one has to wonder how they all got the same memo at just the right time.
Interestingly enough, the polling results lately show that Harris and Trump are nearly neck and neck nationally, with Harris having a slim lead of just a single percentage point. This is particularly amusing given that just before Biden bowed out, Trump had enjoyed a solid five-point edge. Perhaps Murphy’s talk of contrasts indicates that the Democrats are in for a rough ride, banking on “Let’s pretend we have always cared about border security” as their winning campaign strategy. Voters, however, have a history of seeing through the fog of political doublespeak—especially when they are given a clear contrast to the status quo.
