How Kamala Wins: Inside the Secret Strategy Causing Trump to Shrink

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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At the Democratic convention in Chicago, many of the speakers—from Barack and Michelle Obama to Tim Walz—have warned Democrats not to get complacent about a Kamala Harris victory. Yet something subtle is also going on here. Democrats are keeping complacency at bay—without letting Donald Trump balloon into a psychologically frightening figure in their minds. Democrats are going into this election with the correct level of guarded confidence. We talked to Brian Beutler, who has a good piece on all this coming out Friday on his Substack, about the careful balance Democrats are striking—and why it may be the key to shrinking Trump into a diminished figure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:22.1	At the Democratic Convention in Chicago, one speaker after another has warned Democrats not to get too complacent
1:29.4	about a Kamala Harris victory over Donald Trump. Barack and Michelle Obama, along with Harris's
1:35.6	running mate, Tim Wals, all issued such a warning. So did other Democrats. Clearly, Dems remember the
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1:47.2	got blamed for complacency about Trump. Dems are clearly determined to avoid this pitfall.
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