Trump campaign launches conflicting attacks on Kamala Harris

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Picture: REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA

In the 24 hours since Biden announced she would be his running mate, Harris was attacked for being “the most liberal US senator”, who would push the Democratic presidential ticket far to the left, and was also portrayed as a centrist whose moderate positions would prompt progressives led by Bernie Sanders to rebel.

But on Wednesday, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement that Biden and Harris “together make up the most extreme, leftist ticket in American major party history” — a designation that, at least on the surface, would please Sanders’s followers. Harris, the first black and Indian-American woman on a major party presidential ticket, embraced liberal policies such as the Green New Deal and Medicare For All, in her own presidential campaign. She ultimately backed away from universal health care after cosigning a bill with Sanders. During the Democratic primaries, she was considered an establishment candidate and found little support in the left wing of the party.

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