{"id":2338891,"date":"2024-09-09T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-says-democrats-know-harris-is-pretending-to-reverse-course-on-policies-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T18:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T22:06:47","slug":"ted-cruz-says-democrats-know-harris-is-pretending-to-reverse-course-on-policies-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-says-democrats-know-harris-is-pretending-to-reverse-course-on-policies-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz says Democrats know Harris is \u2018pretending\u2019 to reverse course on policies &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fted-cruz-says-democrats-know-harris-is-pretending-to-reverse-course-on-policies-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=2338891&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>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) criticized Vice President\u200d Kamala Harris for her perceived shift in \u2063political stance, suggesting \u2063she is only\u200d pretending \u2062to\u200c embrace more centrist views to appeal to voters. In a recent interview, Harris claimed her values have not changed, a statement Cruz argues contradicts her history of progressive policies, which he believes have been even further left\u200c than those of Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Cruz stated that the Democratic \u200dParty isn&#8217;t upset with Harris because\u200b they \u200drecognize her insincerity in moving away from her leftist positions, asserting that if elected, she would revert to her previous policies. He also questioned why Harris&#8217;s campaign resembles that of a challenger rather than a \u2062continuation of \u200bthe Biden administration, claiming that current policies have been unsuccessful. Looking towards\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-group-calls-on-rnc-to-abandon-nbc-debate-plans\/\" title=\"Conservative group urges RNC to drop NBC debate.\">upcoming presidential debates<\/a>, Cruz hopes\u200c that former President Donald Trump will\u200c highlight the differences between Harris&#8217;s and his own record, noting a more favorable climate during Trump&#8217;s \u2064presidency.  <\/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\">Ted Cruz says Democrats know Harris is &lsquo;pretending&rsquo; to reverse course on policies<\/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_1757047\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) argued the Democratic Party is not angry at Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> for changing her position on multiple policies because she is &ldquo;pretending&rdquo; to be more centrist in order to get elected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Cruz referenced a comment Harris made in an interview last month when she said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3138351\/harris-defends-policy-flip-flops-first-interview-values-not-changed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>her values &ldquo;have not changed&rdquo;<\/a> and argued she was being honest with this statement. He also stated that Harris has been &ldquo;a hard-left vote&rdquo; throughout her political career, noting her record has been &ldquo;to the left&rdquo; of Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elizabeth-warren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elizabeth Warren<\/a> (D-MA).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a reason that the Left is not mad at Kamala for pretending to run away from all of her left-wing positions &mdash; &rsquo;cause they know she&rsquo;s pretending,&rdquo; Cruz said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>. &ldquo;They know it&rsquo;s all about &lsquo;we just got to get to Election Day,&rsquo; and if God forbid she gets to the White House, she&rsquo;s going to go back to what she&rsquo;s done her entire life, which is hard, hard left.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2585660&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=e66675150ad9647879059e0082c4b298\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cruz was also puzzled as to why Harris is running her campaign as if her opponent, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, is the incumbent candidate and that she is running as &ldquo;the change candidate.&rdquo; He argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">vice presidents<\/a> who run for president typically run on the platform of continuing the current administration&rsquo;s work, but Harris is unable to do this because the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s policies have been &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-da-cut-plea-deals-with-violent-criminals-represented-by-campaign-donors\/\" title=\"Soros-Backed DA Cut Plea Deals With Violent Criminals Represented by Campaign Donors\">complete train wreck<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the next presidential debate, Cruz expressed hope that Trump will compare and contrast Harris&rsquo;s record with his own, as people were living &ldquo;much better&rdquo; during the Trump presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Polling data released over the weekend found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3146898\/trump-receives-pre-debate-polling-boost-in-battleground-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump gaining ground in key battleground states<\/a>, with the two candidates tied in Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada. Harris is slightly ahead by 1%-2% in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Both Harris and Trump will have the opportunity to lay out their visions for the country at Tuesday&rsquo;s debate, which is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3146292\/what-know-second-presidential-debate-hosted-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hosted by ABC News<\/a> and moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3146441\/trump-harris-abc-debate-what-know-moderators-david-muir-linsey-davis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>network anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis<\/a>. Like the last debate between Trump and President Joe Biden, candidates will have their microphones muted when it is not their turn to talk. There will only be two commercial breaks throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-harris-and-trump-are-preparing-for-debate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How Harris and Trump are preparing for debate - Washington Examiner\">entire 90-minute debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1757047\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1757047\"}});<\/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>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) contended that the Democratic Party is not upset with Vice President Kamala Harris for altering her stance on various policies, as they recognize she is merely &#8220;pretending&#8221; to adopt a more centrist approach to secure votes. He cited a statement from Harris in a recent interview where she claimed her values &#8220;have not changed,&#8221; asserting that she was being truthful. Cruz pointed out that throughout her political career, Harris has consistently voted far left, even more so than Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). On Fox News&#8217;s America\u2019s Newsroom, Cruz remarked, \u201cThe Left isn\u2019t angry at Kamala for pretending to distance herself from her leftist positions because they know it\u2019s an act.\u201d He suggested that if she were to win the presidency, she would revert back to her historically liberal policies. Additionally, Cruz expressed confusion over why Harris is campaigning as if former President Donald Trump were the incumbent and she were the candidate of change. He noted that vice presidents typically run on continuing their administration&#8217;s agenda; however, this is challenging for Harris due to what he described as the Biden-Harris administration&#8217;s disastrous policies. With an upcoming presidential debate approaching, Cruz hoped Trump would highlight how much better life was during his presidency compared to now. Recent polling indicates Trump gaining traction in critical battleground states where he and Harris are nearly tied in Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada; meanwhile, Harris holds a slight lead of 1%-2% in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Both candidates will present their visions during Tuesday\u2019s debate hosted by ABC News with anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis moderating. Similar to the previous debate between Trump and President Joe Biden, candidates&#8217; microphones will be muted when it isn&#8217;t their turn to speak and there will only be two commercial breaks throughout the 90-minute event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2338892,"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\/09\/Ted-Cruz-Senate-FAA-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,32438,32090],"class_list":["post-2338891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-kamala-harris","tag-ted-cruz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ted-Cruz-Senate-FAA-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338891","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}