{"id":2322437,"date":"2024-08-10T15:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-harris-will-try-to-flip-the-script-on-border-concerns-on-the-campaign-trail-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:10:38","slug":"how-harris-will-try-to-flip-the-script-on-border-concerns-on-the-campaign-trail-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-harris-will-try-to-flip-the-script-on-border-concerns-on-the-campaign-trail-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"How Harris will try to flip the script on border concerns on the campaign trail &#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\">36<\/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%2Fhow-harris-will-try-to-flip-the-script-on-border-concerns-on-the-campaign-trail-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=2322437&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 \u2064article discusses Vice\u200d President Kamala Harris&#8217;s \u200befforts to counteract criticisms regarding her management of the U.S.-Mexico border as\u2063 she campaigns for re-election. Harris addresses a rally in Glendale, Arizona, \u200dwhere she highlights her experience as a former attorney general of a border\u200d state, emphasizing her record of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-aligned-group-targets-harris-over-the-border-in-ad-blitz-across-battleground-states-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump-aligned group targets Harris over the border in ad blitz across battleground states - Washington Examiner\">prosecuting transnational gangs<\/a> and trafficking offenses. She accuses \u200cformer President Donald Trump of making empty\u200b promises about border security and links his failure to implement effective\u2063 border legislation to the current issues. The\u2062 article notes the shift in\u200c Harris&#8217;s stance on immigration from her 2020 presidential campaign, where\u2064 she opposed prosecuting illegal border\u200d crossings, to her current support for comprehensive\u2064 immigration reform that includes strong border\u2064 security. Additionally, she releases a campaign \u200bad showcasing her commitment to border control and plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-budd-introduces-bill-to-force-biden-to-build-the-border-wall\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Budd Introduces Bill To Force Biden To Build The Border Wall\">enhance border security<\/a> and address \u2062drug trafficking \u2062if elected\u2062 president.  <\/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\">How Harris will try to flip the script on border concerns on the campaign trail<\/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<div id=\"Brid_1727391\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>One of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s strongest arguments against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> is her management of the country&rsquo;s southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a>. But lately, she&rsquo;s tried strategies to blunt his attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a crowd of thousands in Glendale, Arizona, Harris reminded the audience of her experience close to a border.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was attorney general of a border state. I went after the transnational gangs, the drug cartels, and the human traffickers,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won, so I know what I&rsquo;m talking about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She then said, &ldquo;[Trump] talks a big game about border security, but he does not walk the walk,&rdquo; blaming Trump for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a>&lsquo;s failure to pass border legislation earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The attack is a newer one for Harris, who has been criticized by Republicans for her shifting stance on the southern border. As a presidential candidate in 2020, she said that illegal border crossings shouldn&rsquo;t be prosecuted. This year, a Harris campaign advisor told <em>Politico<\/em> that her stance is &ldquo;the same as the administration&rsquo;s &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-weighs-flying-migrants-who-crossed-southern-border-to-northern-states-to-be-processed-report\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Weighs Flying Migrants Who Crossed Southern Border To Northern States To Be Processed: Report\">unauthorized border crossings<\/a> are illegal.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have generally shied away from tackling immigration as a campaign and legislative issue as much as Republicans have in recent years. But Harris shifted that narrative slightly Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a> system is broken, and we know what it takes to fix it: comprehensive reform,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;That includes strong border security and an earned pathway to citizenship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A new campaign ad also sought to reinforce Harris&rsquo;s record on the border. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, she backed the toughest border control bill in decades. And as president, she will hire thousands more border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking. Fixing the border is tough. So is Kamala Harris,&rdquo; a voice read over videos of Harris&rsquo; political career.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has criticized Harris for her alleged role as President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s &ldquo;border czar&rdquo; while millions of undocumented immigrants have come into the United States. Many don&rsquo;t face legal consequences for crossing the border illegally.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As border czar, Kamala threw open our borders that allowed 20 million illegal aliens to stampede into our country from all over the world,&rdquo; Trump said at a rally less than a week after Biden dropped out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will terminate every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pledges-to-arizona-crowd-ill-rescind-bidens-weak-border-executive-order-on-day-1\/\" title=\"Trump vows to revoke Biden&#039;s border order on Day 1 for Arizona crowd\">single open border policy<\/a> of the Biden-Harris administration, and we will seal the border, and we will stop Kamala Harris invasion without delay,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arizona is a critical swing state where issues like the southern border crisis resonate with voters there, and time will tell if Harris can make a compelling border argument.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/us\/elections\/polls-president-arizona.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>led<\/a> Harris by five points in the state in a pair of late-July polls from Emerson College and Public Opinion Strategies, two non-partisan pollsters.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1727391\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1727391\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/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>**How Harris Plans to Address Border Issues on the Campaign Trail**<\/p>\n<p>One of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s key criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris revolves around her handling of the southern border. Recently, she has implemented tactics to counter his claims. While addressing a large audience in Glendale, Arizona, Harris highlighted her background in border-related issues: \u201cI served as attorney general in a border state where I took action against transnational gangs, drug cartels, and human traffickers,\u201d she stated. \u201cI prosecuted them successfully time and again, so I understand this issue well.\u201d She further asserted that \u201c[Trump] makes grand statements about border security but fails to take real action,\u201d attributing Congress&#8217;s inability to pass border legislation earlier this year to him.<\/p>\n<p>This approach marks a new direction for Harris, who has faced Republican criticism for her evolving views on the southern border. During her 2020 presidential campaign, she suggested that illegal crossings should not be prosecuted. However, an advisor from her campaign recently told Politico that her current position aligns with the administration\u2019s stance\u2014that unauthorized crossings are indeed illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, Democrats have been hesitant to engage with immigration as a significant campaign or legislative topic compared to Republicans. Nonetheless, Harris attempted to shift this narrative during her speech: \u201cWe recognize our immigration system is flawed and know what it takes for reform: comprehensive changes that include robust border security and pathways to citizenship.\u201d Additionally, a new campaign advertisement aimed at reinforcing Harris&#8217;s record on border issues claimed she supported one of the toughest border control bills in decades while promising more resources for enforcement if elected president.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has criticized Harris for what he perceives as failures during her tenure as President Biden\u2019s &#8220;border czar,&#8221; pointing out the influx of undocumented immigrants into the U.S., many of whom do not face legal repercussions for their actions. At a rally shortly after Biden withdrew from the race last year, Trump remarked that under Harris&#8217;s leadership at the borders allowed millions of undocumented individuals into America unchecked. He vowed to reverse all open-border policies enacted by the Biden-Harris administration if he were elected again.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona is considered an essential swing state where concerns about southern border issues resonate strongly with voters; it remains uncertain whether Harris can effectively make her case regarding these matters there. Recent polls from Emerson College and Public Opinion Strategies indicated Trump leading over Harris by five points in Arizona as of late July<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2322438,"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-Harris-arizona.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[37781,33933,4021,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2322437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-border-concerns","tag-campaign-trail","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala-Harris-arizona.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322437","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}