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The ‘Uncommitted’ Movement Isn’t Committing to Kamala Harris Just Yet

Voters who lost faith in Joe Biden over Israel’s war in Gaza say Vice President Kamala Harris has a chance at getting their support.

Eric Suter-Bull holds a Vote Uncommitted sign
More than half a million Americans cast “uncommitted” protest votes in Democratic primaries. Paul Sancya/AP

The “uncommitted” movement isn’t yet sharing in the widespread excitement for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid. But they’re giving Harris an opening as long as she stakes out a clear position against the war in Gaza.

That Harris even has a chance to win over the leaders of a movement that actively campaigned against voting for Joe Biden in the primaries is a shift in the group’s posture.

Movement leaders say they are paying close attention to Harris as she lays out her agenda. An early test will be how the vice president navigates Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the U.S. Harris declined to preside over Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday, but she is scheduled to meet with him privately later this week.