A Victorious Right Must Remain Committed to Freedom

Most Americans deem Joe Biden’s presidency a failure and held it against his vice president. And most think Washington is more the problem than the solution.

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Vice President Kamala Harris stands next to President Joe Biden as he delivers remarks from the White House in Washington, D.C., July 14, 2024.

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Raleigh, N.C. — Kamala Harris deserved to lose.

A sub-par candidate prone to incoherent babbling when off script, Harris lacked the skills a candidate can hone only by winning repeated, competitive elections in one’s own right. She earned not a single primary vote during her abortive presidential run in 2020 and her hasty coronation in 2024. Her meandering political career — from tough-talking local prosecutor to hothouse California progressive to Bernie Sanders leftist to post-Biden conciliator — didn’t make her look thoughtful or adaptable. It marked her as a conniver, a panderer in an era that, for good or ill, holds raw authenticity in high esteem.

John Hood

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John Hood

John Hood is president of the John William Pope Foundation, a North Carolina-based grantmaker, and co-founder of Freedom Conservatism.

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