Patricia Lopez, Columnist

For Once, It’s Democrats Who Fall in Line

The notoriously fractious party now faces the challenge of sustaining its unified front until November.

July 24, 2024 at 11:30 AM UTC

Patricia Lopez is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics and policy. She is a former member of the editorial board at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where she also worked as a senior political editor and reporter.

Democrats and donors are rushing to support Vice President Kamala Harris, the party’s presumptive nominee.
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Democrats are coming together with a swift, unified show of force that seemed unfathomable just days ago. It has made a mockery of a still-new Republican talking point — that President Joe Biden’s departure would leave Democrats divided and in disarray.

To Republicans’ dismay, Democrats are instead falling into line like, well, the GOP used to back in the day.