The coverup of Biden’s health has largely been an excuse by Democrats to avoid dealing with why he was nominated, why they lied about him and why they stopped lying about him. (1. He was a puppet, 2. to win, 3. because they realized he couldn’t win.) But it’s now playing a role in an actual race and crossing a red line.

The campaign books and the accusations that Biden’s health was covered up by some covert inner circle gingerly tiptoes around the obvious question. What did Kamala know and when did she know it? Since she is, at least paper, the Dem frontrunner in 2028 and possibly a shoo-in as the next Dem governor of California, it’s an obvious question that can’t really be asked.

But one of her prospective opponents, if she runs for governor, is asking that dangerous question.

California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa (D) accused former Vice President Harris and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra of engaging in a “cover-up” of former President Biden’s cognitive decline while in office.

Antonio Villaraigosa was the Democrat Assembly leader, the Speaker, and a former mayor of Los Angeles. He was a player in national and local politics and had tried for the governorship before. So he’s not a lightweight or a fringe candidate, and he’s opening up this line of attack early.

“What did Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra know, when did they know it, and most importantly, why didn’t either of them speak out?” the former mayor said. “This cover-up directly led to a second Donald Trump term — and as a result, all Californians are paying the price.”

Becerra mumbled a non-response and Kamala is just not responding because she really can’t. If she claims that she knew nothing, her only defenses are to argue that Biden was ‘well’ when she saw him or that she was not around him much, which tanks her whole claim of executive experience. Eventually, the question will be asked,d and the response won’t be pretty because Kamala speaks in circuitous word salads.