{"id":2322270,"date":"2024-08-10T07:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T11:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-does-kamala-harris-stand-for-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T07:09:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T11:09:30","slug":"what-does-kamala-harris-stand-for-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-does-kamala-harris-stand-for-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Kamala Harris stand for? &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-does-kamala-harris-stand-for-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article highlights the political \u2062positioning of Vice President\u200b Kamala Harris during her presidential\u200d campaign, described \u2062as\u200b a &#8220;joyful warrior.&#8221; Although she emphasizes her commitment\u200b to the people and having \u2064a clear stance on various issues, her campaign lacks specific \u2062policy details on her\u2062 website, unlike those of \u200dPresident Joe Biden\u200b and former President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>While Harris has made \u200dstatements regarding some key issues, such as reinstating abortion protections and not raising taxes for those earning \u200cunder \u2063$400,000, she has also distanced herself from previous\u2064 positions she held in her earlier campaign, including supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-real-cause-of-inflation-is-insane-government-spending\/\" title=\"The Real Cause Of Inflation Is Insane Government Spending\">federal jobs guarantee<\/a>, banning fracking, \u200band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/by-the-way-kamala-harris-is-a-dangerous-authoritarian\/\" title=\"By The Way, Kamala Harris Is A Dangerous Authoritarian\">abolishing private health insurance<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Concerns have arisen among critics about her limited engagement with the \u2064media, as she has\u200b refrained from conducting extensive interviews or\u2062 press conferences since\u2062 Biden exited the race. This has\u2063 led opponents, including Trump\u200b and \u2064his\u200b running mate, to criticize her for avoiding the press, and conservative groups have accused her team of trying to \u200ccontrol her public image. The article\u2063 concludes that Harris&#8217;s campaign has yet to provide\u2064 a\u200c comprehensive policy\u2062 platform.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">What does Kamala Harris stand for?<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> is surging in the polls and drawing enormous crowds with her &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114385\/harris-promises-joyful-warrior-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"joyful warrior\">joyful warrior<\/a>&rdquo; presidential campaign, but where she really stands on matters remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The thing that we love about hard work is we have fun doing hard work because we know what we stand for,&rdquo; Harris said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3115806\/harris-makes-union-pitch-uaw-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Thursday in Detroit\">Thursday in Detroit<\/a>. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a big part of this campaign. When you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. We know what we stand for &mdash; we stand for the people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite that assertion, Harris&rsquo;s website does <a href=\"https:\/\/kamalaharris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"not\">not<\/a> include a policy tab laying out what she plans to do if she wins in November. In contrast, the policy tab on President Joe Biden&rsquo;s campaign website remains <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"up\">up<\/a> as of Aug. 9, featuring six subsections with labels such as &ldquo;building a fairer tax system that works for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-smart-gop-lawmakers-should-handle-2025s-fiscal-cliff\/\" title=\"How Smart GOP Lawmakers Should Handle 2025&#039;s &#039;Fiscal Cliff&#039;\">middle class&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and &ldquo;fighting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-team-telegraphs-three-moves-it-is-making-to-win-hard-fought-contest-with-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris team telegraphs three moves it is making to win \u2018hard-fought\u2019 contest with Trump - Washington Examiner\">restore reproductive freedom<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s, the GOP nominee, campaign site includes a section labeled &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"platform\">platform<\/a>,&rdquo; with 20 bullet points his team has dubbed Agenda 47.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has made her stance clear on a few key matters, saying she would restore the abortion access protections that existed under <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and retaining Biden&rsquo;s promise not to raise taxes on anyone earning under $400,000 while letting portions of the Trump tax cuts expire.<\/p>\n<p>Her campaign has distanced Harris from several policy stances she took during her 2019 run for president. She no longer supports a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3106367\/harris-reverses-support-federal-job-guarantee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"federal jobs guarantee\">federal jobs guarantee<\/a>, no longer wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3101853\/kamala-says-she-doesnt-support-ban-on-fracking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ban fracking\">ban fracking<\/a>, no longer entertains the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3093259\/kamalacare-harris-backed-medicare-for-all-abolishing-private-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ban fracking\">abolishing<\/a> private health insurance, and no longer backs a mandatory assault weapons <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news\/kamala-harris-once-backed-mandatory-100415532.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"buyback program\">buyback program<\/a>. These changes have all been announced by staffers rather than Harris herself.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign did not respond to questions from the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>about when it will reveal more robust policy platform details. <\/p>\n<p>A related concern, at least to Harris&rsquo;s critics, is that she has largely avoided speaking to the press since Biden left the race on July 20. She has done no wide-ranging interviews or press conferences and took questions from reporters for just 71 seconds on a Detroit tarmac Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), are trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114621\/harris-trump-campaigns-high-gear-walz-vp-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"draw attention\">draw attention<\/a> to Harris&rsquo;s media silence, with both Trump and Vance holding solo press conferences of their own last week. Vance went so far as to approach Harris&rsquo;s plane, telling reporters he thought they might get lonely since she won&rsquo;t answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative groups are calling her out as well. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;VP Harris&rsquo; staff is working tirelessly to avoid the press and make their candidate remotely palatable to people outside San Francisco,&rdquo; Win It Back PAC President David McIntosh said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But even with the help of the press, her campaign won&rsquo;t be able to cover up her horrible instincts and support for radical policies like raising taxes by ending Trump&rsquo;s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, crippling American energy production, and making our communities less safe,&rdquo; McIntosh continued.<\/p>\n<p>The big question for both Harris and Trump is whether voters will care enough about policy platforms or press appearances to abandon her. Harris has overtaken Trump&rsquo;s lead in the <em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>national polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"average\">average<\/a> and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114929\/three-battleground-states-shift-harris-cook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"erased\">erased<\/a> his edge in several battleground states. <\/p>\n<p>Some voters may feel as if they already know enough about Harris to cast their votes, and others might simply want to keep Trump out of the White House.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the past couple of weeks, I&rsquo;ve been circling around this question,&rdquo; The<em> New Yorker<\/em>&lsquo;s Jay Caspian King wrote last week. &ldquo;Does it actually matter if Kamala Harris stands for something?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris staffers recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/west-wing-playbook\/2024\/08\/07\/why-harris-isnt-taking-questions-00173115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Politico <\/em>they feel there&rsquo;s no need for her to do big interviews before Labor Day. She told reporters in Detroit she&rsquo;d like to schedule one before the end of August.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does Kamala Harris represent? Vice President Kamala Harris is gaining momentum in the polls and attracting large audiences with her &#8220;joyful warrior&#8221; presidential campaign, yet her specific positions on various issues remain unclear. &#8220;What we appreciate about hard work is that we enjoy it because we understand our values,&#8221; Harris stated on Thursday in Detroit. &#8220;This is a significant aspect of this campaign. When you know your principles, you know what to advocate for. We are clear about our stance \u2014 we stand for the people.&#8221; However, despite this claim, there is no policy section on Harris&#8217;s website outlining her plans if she wins in November. In contrast, President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign site still features a policy section as of August 9, detailing six subsections like \u201cbuilding a fairer tax system that works for the middle class\u201d and \u201cfighting to restore reproductive freedom.\u201d Former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign site includes a \u201cplatform\u201d section with 20 bullet points labeled Agenda 47.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has clarified her position on some key issues, stating she would reinstate abortion access protections from Roe v. Wade and maintain Biden&#8217;s commitment not to raise taxes on anyone earning under $400,000 while allowing parts of Trump&#8217;s tax cuts to expire. Her current campaign has distanced itself from several positions she held during her 2019 presidential run; she no longer supports a federal jobs guarantee or banning fracking and has abandoned ideas like abolishing private health insurance and implementing mandatory assault weapons buybacks. These shifts have been communicated by staff rather than by Harris herself.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign did not respond to inquiries from the Washington Examiner regarding when they would provide more detailed policy information. Critics have noted that since Biden exited the race on July 20, she has largely avoided engaging with the media\u2014conducting no extensive interviews or press conferences\u2014and only took questions from reporters for about 71 seconds at an event in Detroit last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) are highlighting Harris&#8217;s lack of media engagement; both held their own press conferences last week while Vance even approached her plane to suggest reporters might feel neglected due to her silence.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative groups are also calling attention to this issue: &#8220;VP Harris\u2019s team is working diligently to evade the press and make their candidate appealing beyond San Francisco,&#8221; remarked Win It Back PAC President David McIntosh. He added that despite media assistance, her campaign cannot hide what he describes as poor instincts or support for extreme policies such as raising taxes by ending Trump\u2019s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act or undermining American energy production.<\/p>\n<p>The crucial question remains whether voters will prioritize policy platforms or media presence enough to sway their opinions against her candidacy. Notably, Harris has surpassed Trump in national polling averages according to RealClearPolitics and closed gaps in several key battleground states.<\/p>\n<p>Some voters may feel sufficiently informed about Harris already while others might simply wish to prevent Trump from returning to power: &#8220;For weeks now I&#8217;ve been pondering whether it truly matters if Kamala Harris stands for something,&#8221; wrote Jay Caspian King of The New Yorker recently.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s staff indicated they believe there\u2019s no urgency for major interviews before Labor Day; however, she expressed interest in scheduling one before August concludes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2322271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala-Harries-policies.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32438,36469,35343,32518,32076],"class_list":["post-2322270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-stance","tag-u-s-politics","tag-vice-president","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala-Harries-policies.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}