Editorial: Courier strongly endorses Kamala Harris for President

THE NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024. When Barack Obama went up against John McCain for the U.S. Presidency in the 2008 election following Republican George W. Bush’s two-term bid, at least Obama’s opponent had some dignity, some respect about himself. COURIER EDITORIAL John McCain was a war hero, who survived being a prisoner of war in Vietnam; a longtime senator from Arizona who had many supporters and admirers. Still, African Americans across the country went to the polls and overwhelmingly voted for Obama, making him the first Black U.S. President in history. Fast forward to now. Another Black person, this time, a woman, Kamala Harris, who is the vice president, is running for the presidency against a man who, unlike McCain, has no decorated past or present, seemingly no respect for women, will talk trash on someone in a hot second, and wants to create policies that would disproportionately hurt Black people and other minorities. You would think that there’s no way Kamala Harris could lose, right? Think again. The New Pittsburgh Courier—as a newspaper, we’re realists. We’ve seen the polls. Donald Trump, Harris’ Republican contender,...