‘Ripping off working people’ vs ‘dangerously liberal’: Harris and Trump roll out ads attacking each other in strong terms

Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has launched a $50 million ad buy in hopes of introducing her to voters by highlighting her background as a hard-charging California prosecutor who rose to be the Golden State’s top law enforcement official.

The Harris campaign on Tuesday rolled out its first major television advertisement, called “Fearless,” and featuring footage taken from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin rally she held last week.

The 30-second spot opens with a narrator stating that “fearless” is “the one thing Kamala Harris has always been.”

The voiceover continues by relating how she “put murders and abusers behind bars” as a prosecutor and “went after the big banks and won $20 billion for homeowners” as California’s Attorney General.

“And as vice president, she took on the big drug companies to cap the cost of insulin for seniors. Because Kamala Harris has always known who she represents,” the narrator says, just before Harris herself is heard stating: “This campaign is about who we fight for.”

“We believe in a future where every person has the opportunity not just to get by, but to get ahead; where every senior can retire with dignity. But Donald Trump wants to take our country backward, to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations and end the Affordable Care Act. But we are not going back,” she says.

A press release from her campaign announcing the television spot says the ad is meant to “remind voters of who she is” and calls Harris “a fighter who has never been afraid to take on the powerful and special interests on behalf of the American people.”

Jen O’Malley Dillon, the vice president’s campaign chair, said in a statement that Harris “has always stood up to bullies, criminals and special