Kamala’s Sister Largely Absent From Campaign Trail Amid Claims She Tanked 2020 Campaign

There has been a lot of debate on both sides of the aisle regarding Kamala Harris’ unorthodox path to the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, which did not involve earning any votes in the party primary.

She previously sought the nomination ahead of the 2020 election, but that campaign fizzled out before the first primary votes were cast. And now, Team Harris insiders are reportedly sidelining the nominee’s sister, Maya, whom they hold responsible for sealing Harris’ fate four years ago.

According to the Daily Mail:

Perhaps, Maya’s absence is no mere precaution.

After all, as a former policy advisor to Hillary Clinton, Maya served as campaign chairperson on Kamala’s disastrous 2020 presidential bid.

That campaign infamously face-planted in December 2019, two months before voters could even deliver their verdict in the first Iowa caucuses. And the blame was placed squarely on Maya’s shoulders.

Democrat sources have confirmed to the Mail that they still hold Maya responsible, accusing her of pushing her big sister’s political positions even further left than those of proudly socialist senator Bernie Sanders.

Socialized medicine, taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants, a ban on fracking, decriminalizing prostitution, decriminalizing illegal border crossings and endorsing the ‘Green New Deal’… nothing was apparently too radical for Maya to suggest, or for Harris to consider when it came to earning support from the progressive left in 2019.

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As a Politico article about the doomed presidential run concluded at the time, Maya had been ‘involved in virtually every facet of the race’. Or, to put it another way, it was a train wreck of a campaign and Maya was one of the conductors driving it off the rails.

Nonetheless, Kamala’s official campaign manager Juan Rodriguez ended up taking most of the heat, even though it was well reported that he frequently deferred to Maya.

A New York Times report went so far as to say that Maya went ‘unchallenged’, while Kamala seemed unable or unwilling to take control.

Of course, Maya Harris hasn’t been completely missing in action:

Doug Emhoff and @mayaharris_ visited Savannah yesterday.

“We can do anything for 19 more days,” Emhoff said. @theatlantavoice #gapolhttps://t.co/slMLtnaA1Y pic.twitter.com/8r5LLTFCTR

— Donnell Suggs (@suggswriter) October 18, 2024

Honored to join @mayaharris_ to rally South Asians in AZ to get out the vote for @KamalaHarris @KamalaForAZ

"There are so many South Asian voters in particular that we need to reach who may not realize the opportunity that we have in this state."https://t.co/Vvh9DLGMDJ

— AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan (@priya4az) October 26, 2024

.@mayaharris_ and @YNB felt right at home at Cheyney University’s homecoming last weekend! 🥰

They shared how Kamala Harris will help strengthen HBCUs all across the nation.

Donald Trump neglected HBCUs, but VP Harris has delivered historic investments to these institutions. pic.twitter.com/Whj1PKlZGj

— Kamala for PA (@KamalaforPA) October 20, 2024

As the Nebraska Examiner recently reported:

Maya Harris, sister of Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris, is among a lineup of Democrats headlining a Saturday rally in North Omaha to ignite early voter turnout for the Nov. 5 election.

Scheduled to appear along with Maya Harris at the 1 p.m. rally at the Nebraska Democratic Party’s North Omaha office, 2820 N. 24th St., are U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan.

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Here’s a clip of her remarks at this year’s Democratic National Convention: