The agony for Democrats wasn’t just that the vice president lost. It was also, to many women, that for the second time in a decade a Democratic woman had lost to Donald Trump.

Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton faced off against Trump under dramatically different circumstances, and with different strategies. But the result was the same for both candidates. They lost to a former president who has been found liable for sexual abuse, insulted his opponents with sexist and racist language and assured the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Elena Schneider November 07, 2024

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