'If Trump and Republicans choose to go after Harris instead of Biden, there is plenty of substance to go after. ... Stick to that, and stay far away from the 'birther,' 9/11 truther and other conspiracy nonsense,' Douglas Heye writes for CNNOpinion
Douglas Heye is the ex-deputy chief of staff to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a GOP strategist and a CNN political commentator. Follow him on Twitter @dougheye. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.As news of Kamala Harris' selection to be the Democratic vice president broke, Democrats were warning that racist and sexist attacks on Harris would be coming.
Instead of pushing back on the story, I decided at least one Republican needed to come clean on this nonsense, so I made the following statement:"The RNC has never spoken about the President's Christianity because it is both crystal clear and a non-issue," the statement read. I still remember typing that statement out, typing the word"religion," then replacing it with"Christianity" to make the point finer.
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