As Democrats scramble to "reintroduce" Kamala Harris to the American people, Republicans are eager to remind voters that she had a direct hand in the Biden administration's unpopular agenda.
Donald Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance, said Harris is "much more liberal" than Joe Biden and she will "double down" on the same policies of the last four years.
The presidential race remains a choice between the Biden-Harris administration's "failed record" and Trump's promise of renewed prosperity, Vance told Charlie Kirk.
"The contrast couldn’t be clearer, and that hasn’t changed. The issues couldn’t be clearer, and that hasn’t changed,” Vance said.
Since Biden ended his re-election bid, Republicans have moved to define Harris as dangerously radical and incompetent, pointing to her role overseeing the border crisis, as well as her support of a bail fund that benefited murderers and rapists.
"She’s going to double down on it. In fact…she’s much more liberal than even Joe Biden was,” Vance said.
In a matter of days, Harris has received a blast of positive news coverage, some of it outright misleading.
While the media will try to sanitize her record, Republicans have a compelling argument to make, Vance said. They just have to remind voters who Harris really is.
"And we have to constantly remind people that she failed as vice president. Her administration led to higher prices on everything, from groceries to housing, a wide open southern border, a drug crisis, and we need new leadership," Vance said.
Republicans see immigration as a critical vulnerability for Harris, given voter dissatisfaction with the massive influx of illegal immigrants since Biden and Harris took office.
“The idea of letting in thousands, millions of illegal migrants, a lot of them who have committed crimes in their own country, and then giving them taxpayer-funded benefits — it completely turns people off,” Vance answered.
Since Biden dropped out of the presidential race, some pundits have argued Trump miscalculated by choosing Vance, a Trump-y populist, for a running mate. Many saw Trump's choice as a confident pick and a signal that Trump would focus on energizing his base.
But Trump told Fox News he has no regrets.
“He’s fantastic,” Trump said of Vance. “No it wouldn’t have mattered. And I thought she was probably going to happen anyway."
