Kamala Harris’s Fair-Weather Filibuster

She once wanted to preserve it to check Republican power. Now that she might become president, she wants to toss it to gain more for herself.

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Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Atlanta, Ga., September 20, 2024.

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Sometimes, one is obliged to read between the lines. Literally construed, yesterday’s news alerts relayed some variation of “Kamala Harris supports ending the filibuster.” Properly fathomed, however, they conveyed something else: that Harris believes in nothing except her own power and hopes that the public is too nescient to comprehend the ruse.

If there is a better example of Harris’s fundamental ghastliness than her evolving approach to the filibuster, I have yet to see it. Harris is dishonest, she is hypocritical, she is weak, and she is self-serving, and one can perceive all of these unlovely characteristics by tracking her attitude toward the Senate’s rules since she entered the body in 2017.

Charles C. W. Cooke

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Charles C. W. Cooke

Charles C. W. Cooke is a senior editor at National Review and the host of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast.

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