Republicans air mixed feelings about Kamala Harris at the RNC

Are Republicans worried about running against Vice President Kamala Harris?

The short answer: No. They don’t even see it as a possibility.

Wednesday dawned over Milwaukee as delegates returned for day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) — the party’s four-day nominating event — and were met with a badly-needed respite from the muggy heat which had hung over the city for the first half of the week. And as the party prepared to hear the first address from their vice presidential nominee, JD Vance, it was clear that GOP delegates had no expectations of Vance’s upcoming debate opponent being elevated to the top of the ticket. Or anyone else, either.

Major figures in and around Trumpworld who spoke to The Independent laughed off the prospect of Biden stepping aside, which they said he’d never do. And none saw any possibility in the idea that the criticism coming from the president’s party would grow loud enough to force him out.

Larry Elder, a conservative radio host in California who challenged Governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election and lost, was adamant that the Democrats in Washington privately raising concerns about the president’s diminished faculties “are not going to” force Biden out.

“They’re stuck with Biden. If Biden doesn’t want to go, you can’t drag him out. He’s got the delegates to win,” said Elder.

Elder, who himself is Black, added that he believes Black women who make up a key part of the Democrats’ base would stay home if Biden stepped aside but failed to engineer Kamala Harris winning the party’s nomination.

“If the successor is anybody other than Kamala Harris, Black female voters, who are the most loyal part of the Democratic base, will be livid,” he said.

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