Senator JD Vance (R-OH) took a swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris while campaigning on Tuesday, ridiculing what he called her sudden shift from being the most liberal sitting U.S. senator to backing Trump-like policies, such as no taxes on tips and advocating for a secure border.
Vance, who is running for vice president alongside former President Donald Trump, made light of Harris’s seeming habit of waiting to see how a Trump policy is received before introducing her own “new” policy that closely resembles it, joking with the audience in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about this pattern.
.@JDVance: "Kamala's advisers are considering adopting all of Donald Trump's policies… I've heard that for her debate in a few weeks, she's going to put on a navy suit, a long red tie and adopt the slogan Make America Great Again." pic.twitter.com/fFMcOybiLR
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 27, 2024
“I read a story this morning that her advisers are considering just copying all of Donald Trump’s policies,” Vance joked, prompting laughs from the crowd. “They’re more popular. In fact, I’ve heard that for her debate in just a couple of weeks, she’s going to put on a navy suit, a long red tie, and adopt the slogan,’ Make America Great Again.’”
The former president hinted at Vice President Harris’s habit of mimicking him during a speech on the economy in mid-August.
“Kamala Harris won’t end the economic crisis, she will only make it worse,” Trump told voters in North Carolina. “And why hasn’t she done it? She talks about it, she’s doing a plan, you know, she’s going to announce it this week maybe. She’s waiting for me to announce it so she can copy it.”
Trump 'DESTROYED' Harris when he expressed his concerns about her approach to addressing the economic crisis.
Trump says: "She is waiting for me to announce my plan so she can copy it"
He has a point; she does like the copy his great ideas cause she has none of her own! pic.twitter.com/LGk76rrch8
— 🇺🇸 Larry 🇺🇸 (@LarryDJonesJr) August 15, 2024
Harris’s latest presidential campaign ad includes footage of the border wall along the United States-Mexico border, which was constructed during former President Donald Trump’s administration. The ad shows open sections of the wall that were temporarily halted during the tenure of Harris and President Joe Biden.
The Kamala Harris campaign is up on TV with multiple new ads this a.m. —
This spot is focused on border security
Male voiceover:
"As president, she will hire thousands more border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking. Fixing the border is tough. So is… pic.twitter.com/qb2wS5CLml
— Medium Buying (@MediumBuying) August 9, 2024
The ad aims to present Harris as a protector of the nation’s border, featuring specific footage of the wall in Sasabe, Arizona. This footage appears to have been taken from a Voice of America news clip that was published in May of this year.
