Harris derides Trump on border security at Georgia rally as GOP presses the issue

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris, facing a new barrage of GOP attack ads seeking to define her early in her campaign, attacked back on immigration and border security before a fired-up crowd of thousands in an over-capacity arena Tuesday night.

Through chants of “Kamala” aimed at her and “lock him up” aimed at Trump, Harris began her line of attack by citing her experience as state attorney general of America’s largest border state, California.

“In that job, I walked underground tunnels between the United States and Mexico on that border with law enforcement officers," Harris said. "I went after transnational gangs, drug cartels and human traffickers that came into our country illegally. I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.”

“Donald Trump, on the other hand, has been talking a big game on securing the border, but he does not walk the walk. Or as my friend Quavo says, he does not 'walk it like I talk it,'" Harris said, referencing lyrics from the Atlanta rapper who endorsed her moments earlier.

The remarks by Harris marked her sharpest effort yet to rebut Republican assertions that she lacks the will and experience to secure the border, that she failed to do so during her first term and that she would again be ineffective on the issue if re-elected.

“This is America’s border czar and she’s failed us. Under Harris, over 10 million illegally here,” the new Trump ad says of Harris. The narrator finishes saying: “Kamala Harris. Failed, weak, dangerously liberal.”

Immigration and the border has been one of Trump's strongest issues throughout the 2024 election so far. Harris, holding her second rally as a presidential candidate after taking over from President Joe Biden earlier this month, went on offense on