Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated her claim during a CNN town hall Wednesday night that her Republican rival, Donald Trump, is “unstable” and “unfit for office.”
The Democratic candidates’ message in the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election is squarely focused on warning Americans, especially undecided independents and moderate Republicans, that President Trump poses a threat to the nation’s core principles. focused.
Here are some important points:
Yes, Harris considers Trump a fascist. Harris was asked Wednesday night whether she thought Trump was a fascist.
“Yes, I am,” she said. But she added that she didn’t want voters to take her word for it.
Harris served in the Trump administration, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Trump’s former chief of staff, retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, who worked in the Trump administration and called the former president a fascist. He pointed out the military leaders who made the remarks.
Harris promises ‘a new generation of leadership’: Harris has repeatedly faced questions about how and to what extent she will break away from President Joe Biden on policy. Most of the time she ignored them.
But on Wednesday night, Harris seemed more comfortable with the proposal, insisting that changes would happen if she were elected.
“My administration is not a continuation of the Biden administration,” Harris said. “I bring my own ideas and experience to this role. I represent a new generation of leadership on many issues, and I believe we really need to take new approaches.”
After implementing several major policy plans, including making Medicare cover home health care for seniors, Harris returned to what she called a “new approach.”
Border security and immigration are touchy areas: The vice president was pressed about border security by both CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and the audience.
She was asked about the record number of illegal border crossings that have occurred under the Biden administration, despite multiple executive orders. Cooper pointed out that the flow had only just begun to taper off after major executive actions were taken earlier this year, and asked why Biden and Harris didn’t take action sooner. Ta.
Harris maintained that the Biden administration and she personally believe that executive action is only a short-term solution and that long-term solutions can only be achieved through bipartisan agreement in Congress. He emphasized the need for major bipartisan legislation on border security.
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