Why Republicans need Harris to win: columnist

15 September 2024

In an op-ed published by MSNBC on Sunday, journalist Christian Schneider submits that the Republican Party needs Kamala Harris to win in November, because if she doesn't, "conservatism would continue its descent into whatever [Donald] Trump decides it is based on the last person to whom he spoke."

The Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL podcast host asserts that "lesson" the party would learn is that the quicker it "cuts out the Trump tumor, the quicker they can once again become a healthy political party."

Schneider writes:

[Trump] would continue to insist tariffs are paid by other countries, when in fact economists are nearly unanimous in their belief those costs are borne by American consumers. Trump would continue to fumble the abortion issue, dragging Republicans into becoming the maybe-pro-life-sometimes-when-it’s-politically-convenient party. And he would destroy faith in American elections, but conveniently only in states in which he loses.

Furthermore, the Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL podcast host asserts that if "Trump were to win, the right would have permanently ceded any moral ground to the left."

Schneider emphasizes while "it is rarely beneficial for a political party to occupy the minority in American politics" the Republicans' "best chance at regaining its conservative heritage may be to mold itself in opposition to Harris’ positions."

He adds, "This would allow those truly interested in liberty to oppose taxes, regulations, court-packing and 'green' mandates instead of obsessing over whether Harris is Black or Indian, whether photos of her crowds have been doctored with artificial intelligence or whether America is overrun by single women who enjoy the companionship of felines."

Schneider's full op-ed is available here.

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