Harris finally forced to address her unprecedented nomination route at Univision town hall

LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris finally confronted the question of her candidacy’s primary-free path after 10 weeks as the presumptive and then actual Democratic presidential nominee.And it wasn’t a reporter who asked — it was an undecided voter at Univision’s Thursday town hall.“You earned your candidacy without going through the normal process, that is primary elections or through a caucus,” said property manager Mario Sigbaum, a Uruguay native who became a US citizen 28 years ago.

“That really caught my attention.I’m also concerned about the way I feel President Biden was pushed aside.

How can you clarify this?”Harris acknowledged the “unprecedented” way she secured the nod.“President Biden made a decision that I think history will show is probably one of the most courageous that a president could make, which is he decided to put country above his personal interest.And he made that decision he very within that same period of time, supported my candidacy and urged me to run,” Harris said in one of her signature word salads.

“And I am honored to have earned the Democratic nomination.”But former President Donald Trump — who, unlike Harris, bested a field of rivals in two presidential primary cycles — represents the actual anti-democratic threat, she said in a quick pivot.“Donald Trump said he would, and I’m using a quotation, ‘terminate the Constitution of the United States,’” Harris said.“Imagine the Constitution of the United States would guarantee the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search and seizure by a government on you, the Fifth Amendment, the Sixth Amendment.”The Democrat did not mention the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, or the Second Amendment, codifying citizens’ right to bear arms.“Noticias Univision Presents: Latinos Ask, Kamala Harris Responds,” sponsored by the Spanish-language network, will air Thursday at 10 p.m.

The one-hour program, recorded on the...