It Was Democratic Voters, Not The Elites Who Picked Kamala Harris
The corporate media is trying to spin the rise of Kamala Harris as an act of the elites, but it was the quick and overwhelming support from Democrats that got her the nomination.
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The Corporate Media Is Trying To Both Sides The Rise Of Kamala Harris
The corporate media was counting on the storyline of “Democrats in disarray” to carry them through the election. What they wanted most to boost ratings and revenue was a fractured Democratic Party that would hold an open convention with lots of drama and intrigue.
Instead, they got a party that quickly unified around Vice President Kamala Harris as the presumptive nominee.
The corporate media is now trying to both sides Democrats and claim that the elites picked Harris.
Axios has been one of the biggest offenders in running the Trump spin on the Democratic ticket change, and they wrote:
Harris' rollout was as well-choreographed as it was stunning, involving hundreds of phone calls by Harris' team to senators, House members and governors.
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More than 333 million people live in America. But one man controls the Republican Party. And a few dozen top Democrats — backed by polls showing widespread alarm in the party about Biden's chances in November — urgently redirected its nomination process.
Nice try, Trump favoring corporate Axios, but that is not what happened at all.
The opposite was true.
Democratic voters made their preference immediately clear and shut the door on the elite/media fantasies of an open convention.
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