Gay voters are smitten with Kamala Harris
Republicans are uninterested in, or hostile to, a growing voter bloc
In the days after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the election, a short clip from 2013 went viral on Twitter. It showed the then attorney-general of California speaking to the County Clerk of Los Angeles on the phone: “This is Kamala Harris—you must start marriages immediately.” The Supreme Court had just dismissed a case brought by opponents of same-sex marriage and Ms Harris was instructing the clerk to get to work.
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