Trump campaign slams Harris as 'still a San Francisco radical' after CNN interview
The Trump-Vance campaign released a statement Thursday night following Vice President Kamala Harris' first media interview since becoming the Democratic nominee for president, calling her a "San Francisco radical" and highlighting aspects of her record that were not discussed in the interview.
"[Harris] said her values ‘have not changed’ three separate times. She's still a San Francisco radical," the campaign said.
Among other things, the Trump-Vance campaign said that CNN's Dana Bash did not bring up Harris' history of supporting "ending cash bail for violent criminals, fundraising for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which freed rioters," her "vote for tie-breaking vote for American Rescue Plan, which economists say fueled inflation," and her "support for closing immigration detention centers and freeing thousands of criminals into American neighborhoods."
"[Harris] spoke for just over 16 minutes and didn't even address the crime crisis in this nation. She spent a mere 3 minutes and 25 seconds talking about the economy and 2 minutes and 36 seconds talking about immigration," the statement said.
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During her interview, Harris said she believes Americans are ready to "turn the page" on former President Donald Trump.
She also defended her work as the appointed border czar for the Biden administration and that her work "resulted in a number of benefits."
"The root causes work that I did as vice president that I was asked to do by the president has actually resulted in a number of benefits, including historic investments by American businesses in that region, the number of immigrants coming from that region has actually reduced since we began