Kamala Harris might need to rethink her campaign strategy after an awkward discovery regarding her newly released policy platform.

It seems a little too familiar – because it’s apparently been copied directly from Joe Biden’s campaign. As soon as the platform was unveiled Sunday evening, sharp-eyed internet sleuths on X (formerly Twitter) noticed something strange in the metadata of her campaign site. And it’s not the kind of attention Harris wants as she tries to gain momentum, as reported by The New Republic.

Vice President Kamala Harris is joined by Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at a rally on Tuesday August 20, 2024 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis.

Corinne Green, an X user, highlighted that when links to Harris’s site were shared, they included wording encouraging voters to “re-elect Joe Biden.”

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Not exactly what you expect from a fresh, independent campaign, right? Even worse, Google searches of her policy page showed the same blunder – a direct reference to Biden’s 2020 campaign. While this might seem like a small technical hiccup, the implications go much deeper.

By late Sunday or early Monday, Harris’s team scrambled to fix the issue, quickly scrubbing the Biden re-election language from the website’s metadata. But the damage was already done.

The slip-up gives the impression that her policies are nothing more than recycled Biden material, and that’s a tough look for a campaign that was supposed to represent a “new chapter” for Democrats.

Aug 29, 2024; Savannah, Georgia; USA; Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is greeted by Mashama Bailey, co-owner of The Grey, during a visit on Thursday. Mandatory Credit: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News-USA TODAY Network

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In the middle of an election cycle, when the Democratic Party is already struggling to rally excitement, Harris’s blunder might be the last thing they need.

Her platform was meant to demonstrate that she’s the right leader to bring bold change, not someone simply repackaging Biden’s agenda. But with the Israel-Palestine section of her platform eerily similar to Biden’s stance, critics have even more reason to question her originality.

Kamala Harris’s campaign will have to do some serious damage control to prove to voters that this isn’t just Joe Biden 2.0 with a new face. Voters want fresh ideas, not more of the same. Harris needs to give them a reason to believe that her administration will be different – and not just a carbon copy of the past.