Steve Chapman: Kamala Harris claims the cause of freedom

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : With her price-gouging ban, harsh record as a prosecutor and general affinity for Washington-led solutions, Harris is hardly a champion of limited government and maximal liberty.
31% : Her affordable housing plan would strengthen property rights by easing "restrictive and costly land use and zoning rules" -- a contrast with Trump, who thinks such barriers are critical to preserving the suburbs as privileged enclaves.
28% : The Republican Party doesn't cherish freedom of the press: Trump vowed to strip ABC of its right to broadcast because he didn't like its debate moderators.
28% : Trump is an unabashed authoritarian, and authoritarianism is anathema to liberty.
25% : Rolling Stone reported that Trump has told aides he wants to punish late-night comedians for making fun of him -- something other presidents bore stoically.
21% : More fundamental is that Harris, unlike Trump, is not obsessed with using presidential power to persecute critics, overturn elections, stamp out peaceful dissent, replace legions of civil servants with rabid loyalists or act as a dictator on Day One.
17% : But for anyone who cherishes freedom, Trump is a full-on nightmare.

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