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Pamela Paul

Kamala Harris took women for granted

Do not blame women for Kamala Harris’ loss. Blame Kamala Harris and her campaign strategists.

Pamela PaulUS columnist

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This was supposed to be the big gender gap election. The data showed women leaning heavily Democratic, with abortion rights a primary driver. Women were expected to line up in droves, ready to reel in the vote for their designated glass-ceiling-shattering heroine.

That, at least, seemed to be the Harris campaign’s assumption.

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Pamela Paul is an opinion columnist at the New York Times and a former editor of the New York Times Review of Books.

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