The canary in the coal mine that indicated that Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrat party lost the culture war? Sports.
In an interview with Semafor, Kamala Harris’ campaign’s deputy manager, Rob Flaherty, reveals that the campaign’s struggle to book Harris on sports culture television shows and podcasts served as a menacing forecast of larger media and cultural trends. Ultimately, Harris would lose the culture war, the election, and the popular vote, driven by President-elect Donald Trump’s galvanization of sports culture and new media.
As Flaherty explains, sports, once seen as a neutral space that could bridge political divides, had become increasingly associated with the conservative values reflected in Trump’s platform.
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Soon after Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, deputy campaign manager Rob…
