Harris' VP contenders built careers fighting Trump. Now they could face him.
The top contenders to be Kamala Harris’ running mate got to this point, in part, by battling Donald Trump.
The top contenders to be Kamala Harris’ running mate got to this point, in part, by battling Donald Trump.
Five of the six vice presidential prospects who have met with Harris’ team in recent days cultivated their state and national profiles by being prominent figures in the MAGA “resistance” — whether it was clashing with Trump as governor or state prosecutor, defeating his protégés in important races or pitching a new kind of politics in response to his rise.
Presidents don’t usually end up in direct confrontation with the politicians who rise as their counterweights during a first term. But Trump has now been on the scene long enough that those who rose in backlash against his first term are rising still further into national politics.
Now, one of them is likely to become the vice presidential nominee on the Democratic ticket aiming to thwart his comeback bid.
Some Democrats say their familiarity with Trump will be an asset to Harris.
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