Kamala Harris takes the stage to make her acceptance speech. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
It was not a political address for the ages. It was not even the best of the convention (no one can compete with the Obamas). But Kamala Harris did enough in her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday to put an exclamation mark on one of the most dramatic turnarounds in modern political history.
And she made you reflect that you would not want to be Donald Trump facing her in next month’s televised debate. A speech that was short on policy and poetry was nevertheless devastating in skewering the menace from Mar-a-Lago. Trump can expect the same kind of interrogation when the two go head to head that would make most mortals tremble.
Expert commentary on The Menace from Mar-a-Lago:
Short on policy, Kamala Harris would make most mortals tremble. 🤔 But I see Kamala Harris as a fool. Am I then not like „most mortals“? What might it mean to possibly be both unserious and not like most mortals? Are most mortals serious? Should this be a cause for concern?