“I’m a gun owner; Tim Walz is a gun owner,” Harris said.

“I did not know that,” Winfrey replied.

“If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot,” Harris added. “Probably should not have said that. But my staff will deal with that later.”

The article has a video clip. I love the bullshit "probably..." It's a 100% certainty she spoke with her staff and workshopped the phrasing and presentation of gun stuff. Plus I bet she practiced her lines. No American politician is going to wing it when talking about guns.

  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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    3 months ago

    The identity politics angle must also be a part of it, I think.

    Actual segregationist Joe Biden couldn't really get away with betting on this kind of rhetoric, but Kamala being both non-white and a woman gets into the gray zone where she has plausible deniability of not just directly appealing to the vivid fantasies of legal murder demographic.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      Biden couldn't really get away with betting on this kind of rhetoric... Kamala being both non-white and a woman gets into the gray zone

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      Edit 1

      I agree. But imagine an alternate universe where Biden's VP was a white guy. After Biden dropped out even that VP could use Death Wish-style messaging and get away with it. The lib Overton window keeps on lurching more and more to the right and the libs are fine with it.

      Edit 2

      My comment turned into total mess so I started all over again.