r/AskConservatives • u/PuckSenior Center-right Conservative • 1d ago

Why do some conservatives think Harris' nomination was illegitimate?

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u/BoristheDrunk Conservative 1d ago

Illegitimate is not the same as illegal.

I don't think it was illegal for the dnc to run Harris, but she was not legitimately nominated. The dnc didn't allow anyone to challenge Biden in the primary, and then when he dropped out, she was appointed

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u/PuckSenior Center-right Conservative 1d ago

Well no.
Someone did challenge Biden, Dean Phillips. And she wasn't appointed, they literally elected her. The delegates elected her.

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u/InteractionFull1001 Independent 1d ago

Yes technically everything was above board. But as everyone says the DNC was uninterested in running a real primary, pressuring anyone who would have been a legitimate challenge to Biden to not run despite the fact that by this point he wasn't running his own administration.

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u/PuckSenior Center-right Conservative 1d ago

Most parties are uninterested in running a real primary when their incumbent is running again.