Liberal Media Scrambles to Do Damage Control for Harris

(ConservativeInsider.org) – Liberal media outlets are downplaying potentially damaging news stories against Kamala Harris in the wake of her possible rise to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket.

GovTrack, a government transparency platform that allows people to view the partisan leanings and voting records of U.S. lawmakers, pulled down its own page that labeled Harris as the “most liberal” U.S. Senator in 2019. The website gives these ratings to lawmakers based on the bills they sponsor or co-sponsor in Congress.

Now, the website claims that they decided to remove Harris’ ratings as only one year of voting records is not a “reliable portrait” to judge any lawmaker.

Pro-Democratic media is also attempting not to blame Harris for the severe U.S. Southern border crisis, which is her biggest burden entering the 2024 presidential race.

Axios referred to Harris as Biden’s “border czar” as early as April 2021 but recently came to defend the vice president, stating that former president Donald Trump was responsible for giving her this title.

Other legacy media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, and CBS, are also promoting the narrative now that Harris was never a “border czar” of Joe Biden, despite embracing the term in the past.

This defense came at a time when an increasing number of voters were planning to vote based on the immigration issue.

A recent Morning Consult poll revealed that almost 58% of voters view immigration as “very important” while 28% see it as a “somewhat important” issue in influencing their voting decision later this year.

Fact checker PolitiFact marked RNC’s claim that Biden appointed Kamala Harris to curb illegal immigration as “mostly false.” Instead, the fact checker claimed that Harris was mandated to deal with foreign governments to address the root causes of illegal immigration.

Time Magazine, The New York Times, and NPR are also furthering the narrative that Harris was never appointed as “border czar,” with the New York Times even blaming Republicans for imposing the title on the vice president.