Democratic strategist Aisha Mills explained why she thinks the energy around Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign won’t slow down after former Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Va.) declared that her “momentum will come to a screeching halt” before November.
Taylor, who appeared on Wednesday’s edition of CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront,” recalled leading in the polls prior to his 2020 election loss before reflecting on seeing Harris’ speech at the NAACP National Convention in 2018.
“She didn’t connect with that audience, it fell very flat,” said Taylor, who claimed Harris was rumored to be the “next female Obama” at the time and thought she’d go nowhere as a presidential candidate after a “horrible” performance.
He continued, “And why I say that is, I believe, in my opinion, the more the American people and certainly the independents which are crucial, as you said, the more they see her in her own words, in her own videos, the more I think that they will dislike her.”
Mills, in response, couldn’t help but laugh at Taylor’s “comical” prediction on the Democratic nominee.
“Here’s the reality, right, the numbers don’t lie, we just saw them,” said Mills, who added that the “momentum is absolutely” on the Democrats’ side.
She continued, “All Democrats may not even agree on the policy agenda of this administration and certainly Republicans might not. The big idea here, though, is that we share the same values of who we want to be as a nation, even if we don’t agree on every single detail and that is not divisive.”
There’s been a rise in enthusiasm among Democrats toward the 2024 race since Harris began her campaign last month, according to the findings of a new poll of registered voters released Wednesday.
A separate poll shows the Democratic nominee either leading — or tied — with former President Donald Trump in six of seven battleground states, according to a survey from the Cook Political Report Swing State Project.
Mills said Democrats who may be torn on policy won’t “suddenly” cause Harris to lose support, rather, it will remind party members that they are “bigger than the sum of our parts.”