Trump campaign launches conflicting attacks on Kamala Harris
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Washington — The Trump campaign is painting Kamala Harris as both a radical leftist and as insufficiently liberal to unite the progressive wing of her party behind Joe Biden.
In the 24 hours since Biden announced she would be his running mate, Harris was attacked for being “the most liberal US senator”, who would push the Democratic presidential ticket far to the left, and was also portrayed as a centrist whose moderate positions would prompt progressives led by Bernie Sanders to rebel.
Shortly after Biden announced his choice of Harris, a senator from California, on Tuesday, Brad Parscale, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign and former campaign manager, tweeted “Bernie Bros get burnt!”
But on Wednesday, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement that Biden and Harris “together make up the most extreme, leftist ticket in American major party history” — a designation that, at least on the surface, would please Sanders’s followers.
On Tuesday, Republican Party chair Ronna McDaniel called out Harris’s “extreme positions” on taxes and health insurance. A short while later, the Republican national committee sent out a media release titled “Liberals revolt against Biden, Harris ticket”, saying “it’s highly unlikely the left’s reception of Kamala” would be positive. “Talk about embarrassment,” the statement added.
Harris, the first black and Indian-American woman on a major party presidential ticket, embraced liberal policies such as the Green New Deal and Medicare For All, in her own presidential campaign. She ultimately backed away from universal health care after cosigning a bill with Sanders. During the Democratic primaries, she was considered an establishment candidate and found little support in the left wing of the party.
Her record as a prosecutor has also come under attack from the Trump camp. White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters during an informal briefing on Wednesday that Harris has been “very soft on crime”.
That statement appeared to contradict comments a day earlier from Trump campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson who said: “Clearly, Phony Kamala will abandon her own morals, as well as try to bury her record as a prosecutor, in order to appease the anti-police extremists controlling the Democrat Party.”
The Trump campaign said on Wednesday it’s message has been consistent.
“The campaign has been clear: Kamala Harris is a California liberal who completes the radical takeover of Joe Biden,” said Ali Pardo, deputy communications director for the ...
In the 24 hours since Biden announced she would be his running mate, Harris was attacked for being “the most liberal US senator”, who would push the Democratic presidential ticket far to the left, and was also portrayed as a centrist whose moderate positions would prompt progressives led by Bernie Sanders to rebel.
Shortly after Biden announced his choice of Harris, a senator from California, on Tuesday, Brad Parscale, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign and former campaign manager, tweeted “Bernie Bros get burnt!”
But on Wednesday, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement that Biden and Harris “together make up the most extreme, leftist ticket in American major party history” — a designation that, at least on the surface, would please Sanders’s followers.
On Tuesday, Republican Party chair Ronna McDaniel called out Harris’s “extreme positions” on taxes and health insurance. A short while later, the Republican national committee sent out a media release titled “Liberals revolt against Biden, Harris ticket”, saying “it’s highly unlikely the left’s reception of Kamala” would be positive. “Talk about embarrassment,” the statement added.
Harris, the first black and Indian-American woman on a major party presidential ticket, embraced liberal policies such as the Green New Deal and Medicare For All, in her own presidential campaign. She ultimately backed away from universal health care after cosigning a bill with Sanders. During the Democratic primaries, she was considered an establishment candidate and found little support in the left wing of the party.
Her record as a prosecutor has also come under attack from the Trump camp. White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters during an informal briefing on Wednesday that Harris has been “very soft on crime”.
That statement appeared to contradict comments a day earlier from Trump campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson who said: “Clearly, Phony Kamala will abandon her own morals, as well as try to bury her record as a prosecutor, in order to appease the anti-police extremists controlling the Democrat Party.”
The Trump campaign said on Wednesday it’s message has been consistent.
“The campaign has been clear: Kamala Harris is a California liberal who completes the radical takeover of Joe Biden,” said Ali Pardo, deputy communications director for the ...
