Halperin to Newsmax: Harris Playing ‘Defense Demographically’

Vice President Kamala Harris is continuing to “play defense demographically” by bringing out former President Barack Obama to call out for Black men to vote for her, but she still has more pressing challenges, political analyst Mark Halperin told Newsmax on Sunday.

“She continues to have some electoral college challenges, and her supporters continue to be counting on abortion being a bigger voting issue than the polls suggest and having a superior ability to turn out their votes,” said Halperin on Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.”

Harris can regain her momentum, but “she’s struggling because she’s playing defense in a micro way, playing defense with young Black men, playing defense with Hispanic voters and Arab-American voters,” said Halperin. “That’s a difficult thing to do because it diverts your attention from the broader messaging.”

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