RIGHT SIDE
21st Century Aaron Burr
Trajan Phil
“If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for?” - Hamilton.
The issue with Kamala Harris is that nobody knows what she stands for. Her record on messaging has been nothing but inconsistent. As vice president, she time and time again avoided taking clear positions on prominent and defining issues. From what started out as iffy stances on immigration and now all the way to the Gaza situation, it’s hard to know if she even has a stance off-stage. While voters might not always expect perfection, they at least have a right to authenticity. Her speeches frequently recycle slogans without offering substance — a problem that has only deepened public skepticism about her leadership style.
Second, her tenure as “border czar” revealed huge management weaknesses. Despite promises to address the “root causes” of mass immigration, the Biden administration’s policy direction was winding. The crisis at the border only got worse when she was VP, and Harris’s limited engagement — combined with infrequent media appearances — made it even more difficult to assess whether she really did anything.
Her record as California’s attorney general also raises questions about judgment. Critics point out her contradictory stances on criminal justice reform — touting progressive values while defending particular instances of very harsh sentencing and questionable convictions. That lack of ideological coherence continues to haunt her, especially among younger and more progressive voters seeking genuine reform rather than political convenience.
She can’t pick a side. She’s not Zohran. And she’s definitely not Trump, which leaves voters who seek this authenticity empty-handed, and she needs them... desperately. She has an inability to connect beyond the mindless Democratic base.
Harris has the credentials, but the presidency demands more than a resume: evidently, as Trump, with zero political background, has been elected twice now. It requires a steady, transparent leader capable of rallying a divided nation.
For many Americans, Kamala Harris has yet to prove she can do that.
