Conservative writer warns Kamala Harris 'could actually win' despite being a 'tragically flawed candidate'

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A prominent conservative writer warned Republicans that Vice President Kamala Harris could win the presidency despite being a "tragically flawed candidate."

"She’s a tragically flawed candidate, but so is Trump, who doesn’t have the media cheering for him from here to November," National Review's Charles C. W. Cooke wrote in a column published Thursday titled "Kamala Harris could actually win."

Harris has succeeded her boss, President Biden, as the presumptive Democratic Party nominee after Biden withdrew under pressure from the race and endorsed her on Sunday. She has rapidly consolidated support and endorsements, and also brought in huge fundraising hauls, to effectively clinch the nomination ahead of next month's Democratic convention.

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Cooke argued that "small shifts in sentiment" brought on by positive press coverage for Harris can "quickly add up" in a divided country.

"If the question in play here were solely, ‘Is Kamala Harris a good candidate?’ my answer would be an emphatic, unalloyed ‘No[,]’" the columnist said.

"But that’s not the sole question — or even the material question," Cooke continued. "The material question is whether Kamala Harris and her as-yet-unappointed VP aspirant can win an election against Donald Trump and JD Vance. And I absolutely, unquestionably, categorically