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Then it was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/09\/regime-approved-fact-checkers-rush-to-downplay-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">downplaying<\/a> her running mate&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-veterans-call-out-democratic-candidate-over-stolen-valor-at-memorial-event-demand-apology\/\" title=\"Veterans slam Democratic candidate for &#039;Stolen Valor&#039; at memorial event, seek apology\">stolen valor controversy<\/a>. Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-strategically-timed-political-arrest-to-coincide-with-press-conference-detailing-evidence-of-biden-corruption\/\" title=\"DOJ timed political arrest to coincide with Biden corruption evidence press conference.\">regime-approved media<\/a> want you to believe that Vice President Kamala Harris wants to finish wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Democrats&rsquo; favorite propaganda outlet Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/27\/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> an article in which authors Alex Thompson and Hans Nichols claimed that Harris &ldquo;pledges to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the wall along the southern border&rdquo; if elected this November. The two &ldquo;reporters&rdquo; asserted it&rsquo;s &ldquo;the latest example of Harris flip-flopping on her past liberal positions&rdquo; since becoming Democrats&rsquo; 2024 presidential nominee. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-737193a79e7985948e0cfe88a245d4a2 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-737193a79e7985948e0cfe88a245d4a2\"><\/div>\n<p>But there&rsquo;s just one small problem with Thompson and Nichols&rsquo; claims: Harris never said she would build the border ball if elected.<\/p>\n<p>What the authors cite as &ldquo;evidence&rdquo; for their claim is Harris&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/23\/14-lies-kamala-harris-told-during-her-dnc-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speech<\/a> at last week&rsquo;s Democratic National Convention, in which she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/23\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-speech-transcript.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">committed<\/a> to signing a disastrous border bill proposed earlier this year that would have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/06\/nothing-about-the-rigged-senate-border-bill-is-in-the-national-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enshrined<\/a> the ongoing Biden-Harris border invasion into federal law. <\/p>\n<p>The authors also reference comments from bill sponsor Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., who claimed the boondoggle &ldquo;requires the Trump border wall&rdquo; and &ldquo;sets the standards that were set during the Trump administration.&rdquo; The senator&rsquo;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/27\/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated<\/a> the legislation would direct $650 million toward the wall, a fraction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/06\/top-mcconnell-ally-mike-lee-only-cares-about-protecting-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$60 billion<\/a> allocated for Ukraine and the $18 billion Trump requested for the wall in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo; advisers reportedly disputed the charge the bill included new funding for the wall. According to the outlet, they claimed the measure &ldquo;just extended the timeline to spend funds that had been appropriated during Trump&rsquo;s last year as president.&rdquo; The authors noted, &ldquo;the legislation has new restrictions to ensure the money is spent on barriers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-348d8f36020c2085d3c762ed1dfa911b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-348d8f36020c2085d3c762ed1dfa911b\"><\/div>\n<p>Contrary to Thompson and Nichols&rsquo; dishonest portrayal, Harris has not stated her position on the border wall since replacing Biden at the top of the 2024 ticket. In fact, the California Democrat has only ever discussed the subject to voice her opposition to it. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after becoming a senator in 2017, she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kamalaharris\/status\/855559494637674496?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is a &ldquo;stupid use of money&rdquo; and pledged to &ldquo;block any funding for it.&rdquo; In 2019, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/world\/kamala-harris-launches-white-house-bid-hits-trumps-medieval-wall-idUSKCN1PL0J4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referred<\/a> to Trump&rsquo;s wall proposal as a &ldquo;medieval vanity project&rdquo; and predicted it wouldn&rsquo;t stop &ldquo;transnational gangs&rdquo; from crossing the border. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php\/?story_fbid=10158505397627923&amp;id=100044293396335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook post<\/a> published the following year, she reiterated her belief that the wall &ldquo;is a complete waste of taxpayer money and won&rsquo;t make us any safer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to never professing support for the border wall, Harris has not disavowed her prior support for open border policies. In recent years, she&rsquo;s openly supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/kasie-dc\/watch\/sen-harris-we-must-reexamine-ice-and-its-role-1263049283634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abolishing<\/a> ICE and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/12\/us-news\/kamala-harris-once-pledged-to-close-private-migrant-detention-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detention centers<\/a> housing illegal immigrants, advocated <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1749797705797583124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">providing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/30\/opinion\/dems-arent-hiding-it-kamala-harris-promises-mass-amnesty-and-more-illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mass amnesty<\/a> to illegal aliens, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris-ice-kkk-senate-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared<\/a> ICE to the Ku Klux Klan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[[<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/21\/report-biden-harris-administration-has-lost-track-of-up-to-300000-illegal-alien-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report: Biden-Harris Administration Has Lost Track Of Up To 300,000 Illegal Alien Kids<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c608e450ead373cedb71e5bb00214c70 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c608e450ead373cedb71e5bb00214c70\"><\/div>\n<p>Since becoming vice president, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/24\/after-years-of-regaling-vp-as-border-czar-media-claim-harris-was-never-in-charge-of-the-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America&rsquo;s &ldquo;border czar,&rdquo;<\/a> has allowed millions of illegal aliens to cross the U.S-Mexico border. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-kamala-isnt-interested-in-stopping-the-border-invasion\/\" title=\"Trump: Kamala Isn&#039;t Interested In Stopping The Border Invasion\">estimated 10 million foreign nationals<\/a> have unlawfully entered the United States since Biden took office in January 2021, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2455010\/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like many legacy media outlets, Axios is misleading its readers. Harris hasn&rsquo;t &ldquo;flip-flopped&rdquo; on the border wall, just like she hasn&rsquo;t changed her views on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/harris-does-about-face-several-far-left-policies-distances-herself-from-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supporting<\/a> the abolishment of private health insurance, a ban on fracking, or a government-mandated gun-buyback program.<\/p>\n<p>She&rsquo;s just as much in favor of those policies today as when she first expressed support for them. There&rsquo;s no amount of statements from anonymous campaign aides or dishonest legacy media reports that will change that. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c5d8df3803ba1e065e2ea36b95beb020 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c5d8df3803ba1e065e2ea36b95beb020\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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Then came efforts to minimize the controversy surrounding her running mate&#8217;s alleged stolen valor. Now, media outlets aligned with the administration are suggesting that Vice President Kamala Harris is in favor of completing the construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Axios, a favored outlet among Democrats, published an article by Alex Thompson and Hans Nichols claiming that Harris &#8220;pledges to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the wall along the southern border&#8221; if she is elected this November. The authors argued that this represents a shift in Harris&#8217;s previously liberal stance since she became the Democratic nominee for president in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s a significant issue with Thompson and Nichols&#8217; assertions: Harris never stated she would support building a border wall if elected. Their so-called &#8220;evidence&#8221; comes from her speech at last week&#8217;s Democratic National Convention where she committed to signing a controversial border bill proposed earlier this year that would have solidified ongoing Biden-Harris immigration policies into federal law.<\/p>\n<p>The authors also referenced comments from Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who claimed that this legislation &#8220;requires the Trump border wall&#8221; and adheres to standards set during Trump&#8217;s presidency. His office estimated that $650 million would be allocated for wall construction\u2014minuscule compared to $60 billion designated for Ukraine or Trump&#8217;s 2018 request for $18 billion for his proposed wall.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s advisors reportedly contested claims about new funding for the wall within this bill, asserting it merely extended timelines on funds appropriated during Trump\u2019s final year in office while introducing new restrictions ensuring money is spent on barriers.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to Thompson and Nichols&#8217; misleading narrative, Harris has not publicly changed her stance on the border wall since taking over as Biden&#8217;s running mate in 2024; rather, she has consistently opposed it. After becoming senator in 2017, she labeled a U.S.-Mexico border wall as a \u201cwasteful expenditure\u201d and vowed to block any funding for it. In 2019, she dismissed Trump&#8217;s proposal as a \u201cmedieval vanity project,\u201d predicting it wouldn\u2019t deter transnational gangs from crossing borders. A Facebook post from 2020 reiterated her belief that constructing such walls was an inefficient use of taxpayer dollars and wouldn\u2019t enhance safety.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, while never endorsing support for building more walls at borders, Harris has not renounced her previous advocacy for open-border policies either; she&#8217;s supported abolishing ICE and detention centers housing undocumented immigrants while advocating mass amnesty measures and likening ICE operations to those of hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan.<\/p>\n<p>Since assuming office as vice president\u2014and effectively serving as America\u2019s \u201cborder czar\u201d\u2014millions have crossed illegally into America; estimates suggest around ten million foreign nationals entered unlawfully since Biden took office in January 2021 according to reports by Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Like many mainstream media outlets today\u2014including Axios\u2014are misrepresenting facts regarding Harris\u2019 position on immigration policy matters; contrary claims about any supposed shifts reflect neither reality nor truthfulness regarding longstanding views held by Kamala Harris concerning these issues which remain unchanged despite anonymous campaign aides\u2019 statements or misleading reports circulating through legacy media channels.<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood serves as staff writer at The Federalist after graduating from University of Mary Washington; he previously worked with Convention States Action producing state content featured across various platforms including RealClearPolitics &amp; Conservative Review among others\u2014follow him @ShawnFleetwood on Twitter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2331761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Medicare_Drug_Pricing_Announcement_-_53925659307.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3712,4021,36382,39424,39425],"class_list":["post-2331760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amnesty","tag-harris","tag-immigration-policy","tag-open-borders","tag-secure-border"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Medicare_Drug_Pricing_Announcement_-_53925659307.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331760","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}