There’s something oddly amusing, yet simultaneously pathetic, about watching party loyalists twist themselves into knots to justify political moves that contradict their stated values.

Exhibit A: Evangelicals and other social conservatives embracing sexual assaulter-in-chief, Donald Trump.

Exhibit B: Democrats who claim to be the party champions of women and racial minorities, trying desperately to sideline the first Black and female vice president, and potential president.

Here are the facts:

President Joe Biden’s debate performance proved he is not an ideal candidate for what will be a grueling campaign in which every vote will count and every moment on the campaign trail will matter.

Vice President Kamala Harris is younger, more energetic—and also extremely polarizing.

Some of the reasons she is considered polarizing are well-earned. Her flippant answers in certain interviews, combined with her inappropriate laughter during others, handed ammo to her already lengthy list of critics, many of whom never liked her to begin........

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