When the headlines are about random maga types being quoted calling her "little whore" and n-words - it's clear that yeah, the -isms are indeed out and about, the media is just reporting it.
The reality cannot be denied, they aren't deep faking the clips.
The maga crowd dosnt counter her policies, her voting record, her career, her speech, her age, her cognitive function
They go after what she was born with and what that crowd has been indoctrinated to hate.
People have called her and Biden "Joe and the Hoe", have implied she slept her way to the top, have called her a diversity hire, have invoked the heritage project to oust her. So yes, they've gotten racist and sexist very fast.
Funny how many racist comments come out in media every time people don't like the colour of the candidate but never finished school so can't actually engage with their work.
This is unironically good for Kamala's chances. The average person in the US is racist, but not racist enough to not to feel second hand embarrassment from such overt comments, which may, ironically, make them a little bit less racist and make them think twice before voting Republican in 2024.
I know that bullshit appeals to other trolls... but isn't open racism actually counterproductive at this point? Most voters alive today never knew a world where interracial marriage was illegal - and most of us grew up in public schools being exposed to a wide variety of cultures.
Dems don't lose the next election because the right-wing is racist, they lose when they fail to listen to their base and try to gaslight their constituents. The energy created when young voters, progressives and independents are given a reason to go out and vote smashes any kind of advantage the GOP tries to glean from playing the bigotry cards. Clinton was not that reason.
People need to let go of this idea that Democrats' job is to appeal to the right and be conciliatory. Conservatives don't vote democrat, regardless of how far to the right the Dems go. They only play up the swing voter fantasy to weaken democrats and get neoliberals going off on a wild goose chase for votes they'll never secure while at the same time neglecting and demoralizing their own base.
I'm not saying Americans are t capable. Particularly mags people... (They are sub special needs on just basic human intelligence and awareness to scams...)
I've accepted the racism and sexist thing as a real risk for Kamala. But I think most Democrats have accepted it too and are coalescing around her.
Here we go people. Buckle up and prepare for a ton of racist and sexist attacks. I assume the Lawyer / Prosecutor experience for Harris will come in handy for this and she'll come up with good Rhetoric / political plan for the situation.
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for VP could help insulate Kamala from these attacks. A lot of good VP picks actually could help.
Risk? It's great. Racist and sexist people were not gonna vote Democrat anyway. All this is doing is alienating the black and female Republican voter base.
The women who were on the fence won't be swayed by this. If you are a woman and you were even slightly thinking about voting for Trump then you are already so far to the right that nothing i can think of will get you to change your mind.
She'll probably win anyway, but we're going to have reams of material by the end of it for the next time R's are feigning ignorance about why everyone thinks they are racist bigots.