Kamala Harris avoided like the plague as Dems openly bash her: No thanks

Kamala Harris is finding the Midwest a little chilly, with one exception.The former vice president is being welcomed to Detroit on Tuesday by Democratic U.S.

Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, but other vulnerable Dems have made it clear they would prefer the losing 2024 presidential candidate stay away.“No thanks,” Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand told Politico when asked whether he wanted Harris’ help.

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Never miss a story Senate candidates in Iowa and Kansas have publicly distanced themselves from Harris, according to The New York Times.Meanwhile, Democratic nominees in Texas and Arizona also told the newspaper they had no plans to campaign with her.Kansas Senate nominee Adam Hamilton told Politico that he needs to appeal to Republican voters whose “worldview may be a bit different than Kamala Harris.”Those blunt rejections come as new polling by Politico found that support for a third Harris presidential campaign is fading even in her home state, with just 28% of California voters excited about a 2028 run, according to a UC Berkeley Citrin Center-POLITICO poll.

That was down 13 points since March.Harris also faces resistance within her own party as 55% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters said they would not be excited about her running again, while only 10% believed she had a better chance than Gov.Gavin Newsom.In perhaps a bit of political gamesmanship, Newsom told CNN in an interview aired last week that he doesn’t think Harris will run again, but he would bow down if she decided to jump into the 2028 race.Democrats interviewed by the Times and the Associated Press said Harris, the first woman and first Black person to serve as vice president, offers a powerfu...