Harris Asked Voters to Protect Democracy. Here’s Why It Didn’t Land.

The New York Times ^ | Nov. 6, 2024, 4:28 p.m. ET | Shawn Hubler

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Harris Asked Voters to Protect Democracy Bureaucracy.

Fixed it.

[ifinnegan]

Yes. False premise.

[OldGoatCPO]

Damn NYT, they have to get it right for once. I was happy with Liberals blaming Biden, Harris, Trump, Obama, Musk, et al. Because that means they learned nothing from this election. I prefer my Liberals stupid and clueless.

[BenLurkin]

That’s a whole lot of turd polishing by the NYT.

Loony accusations are “abstract truths”

And by the way, just how ephemeral must NYT think truth to be in order for it to assign an abstract nature to it?

[BipolarBob]

Pretty rich coming from a candidate that didn’t get nominated through a voting process complaining about democracy.

[MNJohnnie]

Because Harris and the Democrat media/political machine ran as if the last 8 years never happened. When everything you say is a lie day after day, Fake News, people stop taking you seriously.

[BEJ]

M”s. Harris’s call to protect the nation’s norms rang hollow for many Americans.”

Well it should. The norm is that of a republic and not an absolute or pure democracy.

[cgbg]

Yup—nothing says “Democracy” like a Politboro booting out one candidate and choosing another.

[AZJeep]

Since they demonstrated in practice, that they do not follow democratic principles at all, why would voters bother?
Trump could not be any worse than them!

[MV=PY]

"Abstract truths mattered less, voters said, than tangible issues, like the ability to pay rent or concerns over border crossings."

This is patently stupid.

If you get the abstract truths right (see "US Consitution"), the rest will follow.

[bigbob]

The people voted and we have a new President. Where’s the undemocratic part?

[SauronOfMordor]

They seem to have a very different definition of “democracy” from the rest of us.

I always thought that democracy meant “accepting the majority vote”.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I always thought that democracy meant “accepting the majority vote”.

Democrats believe in getting their way and calling it "democracy."

Same people who believe in getting their way and calling it "science."

[KarlInOhio]

Which party arrested the former president and likely future candidate like some South American dictatorship? All to protect “our democracy”, as in people’s Marxist-Leninist democratic republic. You may vote for anyone you want just so long as it’s Kamala.

[HIDEK6]

For entertainment purposes only.

[HIDEK6]

… principles on which the country had been founded.

“… a republic, if you can keep it.”

[cowboyusa]

The presents are revolting.

[Billthedrill]

Her campaign pitch was moving, even high-minded.

The author must be thinking of someone else. Shrill gibberish is neither.

[metmom]

Well, to start with, the DNC didn’t even hold a primary and give the people a say in who their candidate was.

So much for democracy......

[atc23]

Biden = the Yuri Andropov of American presidents