Opinion | Kamala Harris Has an Unexpected Ally

Bret Stephens: Please don’t tell me you’re going to ask how I’m going to vote.Gail Collins: Well, Bret, why would you imagine such a thing? Just because I keep getting stopped by people on the street, demanding to know whether you’re going to support Kamala Harris.I am not making this up.Come on.

Give us a hint.Bret: You really want to know?Gail: Um, yeah.Bret: Kicking and screaming, I’ll cast my ballot for Harris.I really would rather have just sat out Election Day.But Jan.

6 and election denialism are unforgivable.And as my friend Richard North Patterson likes to say, “Donald Trump is literally bleeping crazy.” And what crazy brings in its wake is JD Vance, whom I find worse than Trump, because he’s just as cynical but twice as bright.

And what it also brings in its wake is Tucker Carlson and the Hitler defenders he likes to platform.Gail: OK, gonna take a little time to run up to the roof and toot a horn.Be right back.Bret: Well …Gail: Hear that, don’t-like-anyone people? Really, if Bret can bring himself to vote for Kamala, you can.Bret: It’s a 99.999 percent vote against Trump and a 0.001 percent vote for Harris.Gail: And to bolster the argument, how about a short list of the things that bother you most about your new choice for president of the United States?Bret: If the G.O.P.

had nominated Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis or Doug Burgum, I’d be voting Republican.Probably even Tim Scott: That’s how reluctant I was to vote for her.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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