A little bit of racism has a whole lot of stink on it — enough to rub off on everybody around you, fairly or unfairly. The GOP has some stink on it, and Senator Harris’s purpose on the 2020 ticket is not to convince more black voters to support Democrats but to convince more white voters that they should not support Republicans.

Kevin D. Williamson, Kamala Harris Vice-Presidential Selection: Her Role on the Democrat Ticket (National Review)