NEW YORK — Kamala Harris has made freedom a central theme of her campaign. Under the heading "Safeguard our fundamental freedoms," her website explains that "Vice President Harris' fight for our future is also a fight for freedom. In this election, many fundamental freedoms are at stake: the freedom to make your own decisions about your own body without government interference, the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride, and the freedom that unlocks all the others: the freedom to vote."
This messaging is welcome. It is high time that American progressives reclaim the freedom agenda from libertarians and the right, especially now that the right represents the exact opposite. While many on the right drape themselves in the flag, progressives are actually advancing an all-American freedom agenda.
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