WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris will have an opportunity to try out the administration’s midterm messaging strategy and demonstrate her political clout on Wednesday at an event to show support for Gov. Gavin Newsom in the California recall election.
The recall has primarily been about the COVID-19 pandemic and dissatisfaction, mainly from Republicans, of restrictions that Newsom introduced at the height of virus transmission. It has drawn intense national attention and involvement from former presidential contenders, including Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
“It is in very many senses, I think, a preview of the midterms,” said Brian Brokaw, a longtime Harris political adviser and current Newsom adviser.
