The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the start of Kamala Harris’s Presidential campaign and the surge of excitement among Democrats on the Internet and at rallies. Plus, who might be her running mate and how Republicans plan to launch “racist, misogynist” attacks against her.
This week’s reading:
- “Biden’s Exit, Harris’s Moment,” by Susan B. Glasser
- “Why Did Progressive Democrats Support Joe Biden?,” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- “Kamala Harris Should Tell Her Family’s Story,” by Jay Caspian Kang
- “J. D. Vance’s Sad, Strange Politics of Family,” by Jessica Winter
- “Was Biden’s Decision to Withdraw ‘Heroic’?” by Isaac Chotiner
- “Kamala Harris, the Candidate,” by Doreen St. Félix
- “Who Should Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate?” by Amy Davidson Sorkin
- “J. D. Vance’s Radical Religion,” by Paul Elie
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