Inside Kamala Harris’ Border Pivot

Playbook: “The Phoenix trip coincided with Harris’ first real attempts to sketch out a message on immigration and border issues after four years where she and Biden mostly tried to change the subject as record numbers of migrants streamed across the southern border.”

“Harris’ task isn’t necessarily to persuade border-focused voters that she would be tougher than Trump. But there were signs yesterday that her campaign is trying to harness the flywheel effect of the campaign reset and her polling surge to at least defuse the issue and reassure voters who might have doubts that she is engaged on the issue…”

“It’s worth reflecting on the transformation that Harris (and much of the rest of the Democratic Party) has undergone since 2019, when she joined several other presidential hopefuls on a debate stage in agreeing that migrants crossing the U.S. border should not be subject to criminal penalties.”