From the moment Vice President Kamala Harris ascended to be the odds-on favorite for the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, Republican lawmakers and conservatives have rushed to attack her on the cable networks — and it’s led Republican party stalwarts to cringe at damage being done to their party. In the few days since President Joe Biden shocked the country by stepping aside and paving the way for his VP to take his place at the top of the ticket, she has been smeared as a DEI hire — a less than subtle racist attack — and been shamed over her sexual past by a multitude of conserva…