Kamala Harris touted as centrist candidate by media after DNC: 'Sounded a little bit more like' Reagan

Once considered one of the most progressive members of Congress, Vice President Kamala Harris was widely depicted as a moderate in the media following her Democratic nomination acceptance speech, according to media pundits and news hosts who compared the Democratic presidential nominee to Ronald Reagan and argued the party "captured the center."

"They talk about her, the Republicans, the Trump Republicans, as a San Francisco liberal, as a radical. They call her comrade Kamala," ABC's Jonathan Karl said Friday. "If you take out the section on abortion rights, much of this speech could have been delivered at a Republican convention, a Republican convention before Trump."

Harris delivered her speech on Thursday and accepted the Democratic nomination, speaking about key issues such as the border, the economy and more. She also spoke about charting a "new way forward" and vowed to be a president for "all Americans."

"Quite a contrast from the way she ran for president the first time when she tried to get the nomination four years ago. This is a Kamala Harris that sounded a little bit more like Maggie Thatcher or Ronald Reagan, especially on national security, than like Bernie Sanders," Karl continued.

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ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who worked for Bill Clinton, said Harris' speech made him think of "moderates, middle class, middle America."

Paul Begala, also a former advisor to Bill Clinton, claimed the Democratic Party "captured the center."

"Elections in this country are won in the middle, the moderate mainstream. And [Jeff] Zeleny talked about Hillary's convention in 2016. I was there. John Allen, a retired four-star general, stood up to