Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau has rejected the trend of the mainstream media describing sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., As a “moderate.”
On his podcast Vote Saves America on Thursday, Favreau spoke with other Obama employees about presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s selection of Harris as his running mate. At one point, he took a moment to chide the media coverage about the California senator.
“It was hilarious to me that she’s called a ‘moderate’ in all this coverage. Like, ‘Joe Biden has found another moderate as a centrist,’ ‘Favreau began.” She supports something extremely close to Medicare-for-all, which one [Sen.] Bernie Sanders acknowledged in his statement to support her. She’s for the Green New Deal. She has one of the most liberal records in the U.S. Senate! “
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“If you want to call Kamala Harris’ plate in the House of Representatives and the policy she now supports’ centrist ‘as’ moderate,’ great!” Favreau went on. “If that’s where the Overton window is moved, then I congratulate all the progressive activists, because you have moved the s — out of that window f — in! That supports the Green New Deal and in Principle Medicare-for-all is now moderate and central! Fantastic! “
Several mainstream media outlets have described Harris as more moderate than she actually is. The New York Times this week raised eyebrows by labeling them a ‘pragmatic moderate’, while an op-ed from The Washington Post called them a ‘small-c conservative’.
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ABC News anchor George Stephanopolous described the California senator as coming from the “middle of the road, moderate wing” of the Democratic Party. In addition, host “The Late Show” Stephen Colbert compared the political idealology of her and Biden with “Rockefeller Republicans.”
However, Vox founder and editor-in-chief Ezra Klein claimed that Harris, who participated in the Democratic ticket, shows that Biden is “moving to the left” instead of toward the center.
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During her own presidency, Harris expressed her support for the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-all, the discrimination of illegal border crossings, and mandatory purchases of guns.
According to GovTrack analysis, Harris was ranked in 2019 as the ‘most liberal’ senator in 2019, representing both Sanders, I-Vt., And sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, outranked.
