Kamala Harris is Hillary 2.0

Six ways Harris 2020 mirrors Clinton 2016

The smart money seems to be on Kamala Harris winning the 2020 Democratic nomination for president¹. And yet the inevitability of her candidacy and the overwhelming odds of her victory are giving me deja vu. In Harris we have a woman made for the times. Smart, photogenic and firmly supported by powerful elites, it seems foolish to bet against her. After all isn’t a progressive biracial woman the perfect antidote to Donald Trump in 2020?

But doesn’t her campaign feel like that of another failed Democratic candidate whose time had come? In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the nomination from her party but failed to deliver the presidency. Here are a few reasons to think the same may happen to Harris in 2020.

Reason 1 — She has a Mixed Record

My favorite take on Harris’ run for office comes from satirical news site the Onion². In one image they shoot down the idea that her nomination will be a walk in the park.

Sure this news is fake, but California’s use of prison labor is very real. As Attorney General of the state, one of Harris’ top lawyers…