I'm With Kamala

Why I’ve changed my mind about Joe Biden—and Kamala Harris.

by Ben Cohen

How fast a year goes by. Which is odd given that a week in Trumpworld feels like an eternity. But as the parent of any toddler will tell you, the days are long but the years are fast.

I remember November 5th 2024 clearly. I woke up feeling confident that MAGAworld was going to collapse. Kamala had the money, I believed the polls were overcorrecting in favor of Trump, and the word was that his campaign had basically imploded in the final weeks of the contest.

I was horribly wrong, and utterly gutted as the results trickled in and it became clear Trump was headed for a resounding victory. In the hours after the election, a wrote an article for The Banter title “The Bad Guy Won”. It was a heartbreaking piece to write and like most normal people, I was pretty glum in the days and weeks after.

I didn’t think it was useful to tear Joe Biden and Kamala Harris down for losing to Trump. The US had been subjected to one of the most far reaching, truly evil propaganda campaigns by E…