The vice president, like other Democrats, is feeling some heat from her base.
Vice President Kamala Harris was on a weeks-long tour of college campuses designed to generate support for the Biden-Harris ticket when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. | Meg Kinnard/APFormer aides to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign are collecting signatures for a letter urging the vice president to “seek an immediate ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas, and calling Israel’s Gaza campaign a “genocide.
The letter’s existence, even in draft form, illustrates the degree to which the conflict in Gaza has become a political tinderbox, pitting traditional Democratic constituencies against facets of the party’s elected leadership. It’s a dynamic that could impact future plans Harris has as she, as part of the Biden reelect, tries to reach disaffected younger voters. It’s already affected current operations.
Ultimately, Harris’ college tour skirted any type of major disruption that aides felt the need to prepare for. The closest they came occurred during her last stop at Northern Arizona University, where students at her event demanded she address the issue of rising civilian casualty counts.
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