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June 9, 2026

Did Support for Israel Cost Kamala Harris the Presidency? Not According to the DNC

The words missing from the autopsy.

Since the 2024 election, Sara Yael Hirschhorn notes, numerous “progressive activists and Democratic-adjacent commentators leaned into the explanation” that the Biden-Harris administration had alienated potential voters by supporting Israel when it was attacked by Hamas and other members of the Iran-backed “axis of resistance.” A few non-professional moderates, by contrast, may have wondered if the Democratic brand was tarnished by association with left-wing protesters trashing campus buildings and waving Hamas and Hizballah flags.

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