The ‘Sad Missed Opportunity’ of the Democratic Convention

民主党大会“令人遗憾地错失良机”

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2024-08-27

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Editorial Board member Farah Stockman says Kamala Harris needs to do more to assure voters on Gaza.
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  • My name is Farah Stockman.

  • I am an editorial board member with the New York Times and I write a lot about foreign policy and also politics.

  • So since Joe Biden stepped aside last month, it seems like the leaders of the Democratic Party have really been feeling that they could avoid Gaza, which is the issue that had caused so much turmoil earlier this year.

  • I think they just wanted to kind of sweep it under the rug.

  • And there was this feeling that Kamala Harris stepping in meant there was this new fresh face at the top of the ticket.

  • And I think there was a hope that that would just be enough.

  • My argument is that she actually needs to do more and that she can do more to ass people, that she is going to have a more evenhanded approach when she becomes president.

  • So on Thursday night, Kamala Harris took the stage.

  • Thank you, everyone.

  • Thank you.

  • And gave a major speech that was really her reintroduction to the American people.

  • She didn't duck Gaza.