The Trump campaign said Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris was “still a San Francisco radical” after she claimed multiple times in a CNN interview that her values “have not changed” when asked about her shifting stances on issues from fracking to illegal immigration.
Harris’s comments came during a pre-recorded interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, which was conducted alongside vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, that aired Thursday evening. It was Harris’s first sit-down interview since she became the de facto Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race.
“It’s been well over a month since Kamala Harris became the Democrat nominee and she finally decided to give an interview,” the Trump campaign said. “Kamala said her values ‘have not changed’ three separate times. She’s still a San Francisco radical.”
Trump’s campaign ripped into Harris for spending little time on crime, the economy, and immigration, three of the top issues that have been a focus of former President Donald Trump.
“Kamala 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,” Trump’s campaign said.
During the interview, Harris was asked about her rhetorical shifts in the last month since becoming the Democratic nominee.
“Generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you have made, that you have explained some of here in your policy?” Bash asked. “And should they feel comfortable and confident that what you’re saying now is going to be your policy moving forward?”
In response, Harris said, “I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed.”
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Trump responded to Harris’s comments directly in a Truth Social post, saying he agreed with her.
“I just saw Comrade Kamala Harris’ answer to a very weakly-phrased question, a question that was put in more as a matter of defense than curiosity, but her answer rambled incoherently, and declared her ‘values haven’t changed,’” he posted. “On that I agree, her values haven’t changed – The Border is going to remain open, not closed, there will be Free Healthcare for Illegal Aliens, Sanctuary Cities, No Cash Bail, Gun Confiscation, Zero Fracking, a Ban on Gasoline-Powered Cars, Private Healthcare will be abolished, a 70-80% tax rate will be put in place, and she will Defund the Police. America will become a WASTELAND!”
