The media’s drooling over Kamala Harris for making Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz her running mate exposes the big picture: Democrats are offering voters the most far-left ticket a major American party has ever devised.
All the DEI boxes are checked, but there is no ideological or political diversity.
They are two people who are physically different but share a single radical viewpoint.
The contrast with just four years ago is stunning.
Then, Joe Biden was depicted as a centrist who picked Harris because of her biracial status and gender and also because she checked the progressive box with her left-coast policies.
The aim reflected the traditional goal of most veep choices: Broaden the party’s reach with a ticket that appeals to different constituencies.
As such, the progressive ticket for 2024 completes the takeover by what was a relatively minor faction not so long ago.