David Urban: Obama’s damage control for Harris won’t work
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In the same week Kamala Harris claimed on “The View” she wouldn’t change a single action taken by the Biden-Harris administration in the past four years, Democrats scrambled and sent Barack Obama — a man who once called Pennsylvanians “bitter” and “xenophobic” — to do damage control. Unfortunately for the Harris campaign, not even millionaire Obama, flown in from Martha’s Vineyard, could deny the hardships of the past four years, even admitting the party chose a failing candidate.
“There are a lot of Americans who are still struggling out there,” Obama said. “So I get it, why people are looking to shake things up. I understand people feeling frustrated, feeling we can do better.”
Thursday night, he openly admitted Harris’ campaign lacks energy, then blamed voters for her weak candidacy, claiming we’re making “excuses” not to support her because she’s a woman. This false accusation, coming from a party that won’t even define what a woman is, only highlights how failed of a candidate Harris truly is.
Perhaps most revealing about Obama’s stump speech is that he couldn’t point to a single Biden-Harris administration policy that has made hardworking Pennsylvanians’ lives better. He failed to highlight any policy proposals or point to a single way Harris has delivered for the American people in the past four years. Instead, he remained fixated on the fact that Harris is not Donald Trump — the tired “boogeyman tactic” we’ve watched for almost a decade.
In a desperate move, Obama defended his 2015 economy, a clear sign that Harris has had no economic success over the past four years and no plans to change course. This says it all — and to make matters worse, Harris has repeatedly told Pennsylvanians her values have not changed, and there’s not a single thing she would do differently in a second term.
For too long, Democrats have taken Pennsylvanians for granted, demanding blind loyalty based on identity alone. They have used and abused identity politics and empty promises, failing to prioritize hardworking Americans and our families. However, Pennsylvanians see through this, and we realize that under Trump, communities were safer, paychecks stretched further and savings were robust.
Pennsylvanians know that Trump will fight for their families, and they know it because they’ve seen it. They have had the chance to evaluate both records — and the contrast cannot be clearer: Harris is driving America and all of our families off a financial cliff, she’s starting wars through weakness, and she is playing fast and loose with our national security, allowing terrorists to cross our border and live among us. That’s what we will think about at the ballot box, not that she’s from a middle-class family, her latest episode on a sex podcast for relatability or whether she’s a woman.
Under Harris, inflation has reached historic heights, making life more expensive for Americans, with prices rising worse than expected in September, marking the 43rd consecutive month inflation has exceeded the Federal Reserve’s target rate. When Trump left office, inflation was at 1.4%, but it has averaged 5.2% under Harris.
Wages also have fallen, with earnings down 3.4% since Harris took office, compared with wage increases of 8.2% under Trump. As a result, many Americans are struggling to keep up with rising costs — and want the Trump economy back in the White House, an economy they know works for their family.
It doesn’t matter which liberal millionaire politician they bring in next — Pennsylvanians already know Harris’ “plan” because we’ve lived through its consequences for nearly four years. Her campaign is on life support, and a cameo by Obama won’t save it.
Pennsylvanians deserve better than empty promises from out-of-touch elites. On Nov. 5, we will “turn the page” from the Biden-Harris failed agenda and elect a leader who will fight for us. That’s Donald J. Trump.
David Urban, a Beaver County native, is a Republican strategist who served as a senior adviser on President Trump’s 2016 campaign and as an informal adviser on the 2020 and 2024 Trump campaigns.