Justin Tate's Reviews > The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

If you're an undecided voter hesitant about the guy who gleefully watched TV while his cult tried to murder the Vice President, but are also not yet sold on Harris because you want more policy from her -- good news! She wrote a 300+ page book that is filled with her stance on all the hot issues, including a significant amount of policy proposal.

The book came out in January, 2019, just days before she launched her campaign for the 2020 presidential election. Allegedly this was the time when she was wildly liberal but, as we see here, she has always been level-headed, able to relate to differing perspectives, willing to praise thoughtful Republicans, and all while standing firm in her mission to create a better world.

She gets surprisingly forthright about her vision for a better economy that supports lower and middle-class families, foreign relations, cybersecurity, climate change, abortion, and so much more. In some ways it's better that the book is 5+ years old because there's no dwelling on Covid which, thanks to the Biden/Harris administration, we've largely beaten. This was also pre-insurrection, but the book seems to eerily anticipate the kind of dire atmosphere that was already building in our politics which allowed this to happen.

We also see variations of "We're not going back" and other 2024 campaign catchphrases, showing that the challenges we face today have been on her mind for a long time.

The downside of having so much policy is that the book isn't as riveting as other political memoirs. She has some great anecdotes, and juicy behind-the-scenes perspective during some major events in American politics, but mostly this is all policy all the time. Again, good news for the few people who feel they need more of that from her. If you're in that camp, grab a copy from the library!

If you're STILL on the fence after that, it might be time to recognize that internalized sexism is a real thing. It's not your fault! Women didn't even have the right to vote for 150 years of American existence. It's now been 250 years without a woman president. If you see Kamala Harris and think "she doesn't look presidential" it's because 250 years of sexism has created a world where it's hard to picture a woman as president because we've never seen one before. Not because there's any actual logic to avoiding women leaders.

By the way, it's not just an American thing, or a conservative/liberal thing or even a man/woman thing. The ultra-progressive state of California has NEVER had a woman governor. We may think we're beyond sexism, but we all have to deal with this reality because of the history we exist in.

Don't vote for Harris just because she's a woman, but also don't NOT vote for her just because she's a woman.

Bigger picture, please vote for the candidate who will not declare themselves king and imprison women for seeking healthcare.