{"id":2339614,"date":"2024-09-11T07:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T11:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debate-spotlights-how-disingenuous-kamala-harris-really-is\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T07:59:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T11:59:02","slug":"debate-spotlights-how-disingenuous-kamala-harris-really-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debate-spotlights-how-disingenuous-kamala-harris-really-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate Spotlights How Disingenuous Kamala Harris Really Is"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdebate-spotlights-how-disingenuous-kamala-harris-really-is%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=2339614&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>In a recent debate, Vice President Kamala Harris showed a marked contrast to President Joe\u200c Biden&#8217;s earlier performance, avoiding incoherence and seeming senility. However, critics argue that her \u200dperformance was still \u200dfilled with vague platitudes\u200c and a failure to \u200daddress her political record effectively. Harris attempted to present a centrist persona \u200dwhile simultaneously shifting from her previous more leftist views, notably on issues\u2063 like fracking, which\u200d she now claims to support \u2062after having previously campaigned \u2064against\u200b it.<\/p>\n<p>During \u200bthe debate, she emphasized a &#8220;vision for the future&#8221; while downplaying the negative impacts of the past few years, including rising inflation and \u2062border security issues. Donald Trump countered her claims \u2064by stating that Harris \u200dwould govern in\u2062 alignment with Biden&#8217;s\u200c problematic policies. \u2064The debate highlighted the &#8220;two very different visions&#8221; \u2062for \u200cAmerica&#8217;s future: one \u2062focusing on progress and another\u2062 rooted\u2062 in past successes.<\/p>\n<p>Harris proposed ambitious government spending plans, including \u200dsubstantial \u200ctax credits and deductions,\u200c but\u2063 critics pointed out these\u200c would likely lead to higher taxes and inflation. Additionally, her \u2064administration \u2062has been\u2062 criticized for \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-we-should-worry-that-kamala-harris-is-already-taking-foreign-calls-on-bidens-behalf\/\" title=\"Why We Should Worry That Kamala Harris Is Already Taking Foreign Calls On Biden\u2019s Behalf\">foreign policy failures<\/a>, \u200bparticularly the chaotic withdrawal from \u200bAfghanistan, which resulted in significant loss and damage and has tarnished America&#8217;s\u2063 global reputation. Ultimately, while Harris has a carefully crafted\u200b message about unity and opportunity, many remain \u200bskeptical about its feasibility and her genuine commitment to\u200c addressing the issues facing the American\u200b public.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris didn&rsquo;t mumble incoherently or slip into long stretches of senility on the debate stage Tuesday evening with former President Donald Trump. That alone was a definitive victory for a Democrat Party that less than two months ago was forced to install Harris as its presidential candidate after octogenarian-in-chief Joe Biden&rsquo;s mental batteries died during a disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But despite getting by with a lot of help from her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/abc-debate-moderators-spark-fury-aggressive-fact-checking-trump-easy-treatment-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debate moderator friends at ABC(DNC) News,<\/a> Harris proved to be the same empty vessel she&rsquo;s always been. While she managed to stick to the more centrist-sounding talking points her political handlers have programmed into her, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s debate performance was a feast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actblue-draws-accusations-of-potentially-illegal-schemes\/\" title=\"ActBlue Draws Accusations Of &#039;Potentially Illegal&#039; Schemes\">word salad sentences<\/a>, inane political platitudes, and a refusal to answer basic questions about her abysmal political record. Harris&rsquo; recent quick-change from Marxist to moderate was on full display, but the political schtick was as unbelievable as ever. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Webster&rsquo;s Dictionary should have a photo of Harris under the word &ldquo;disingenuous.&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript\/story?id=113560542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closing statement<\/a> said it all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;She is Biden&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>While she spent much of the evening lying, spinning and evading, Harris was absolutely right about one thing: America is voting on &ldquo;two very different visions for our country.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One that is focused on the future and the other that is focused on the past,&rdquo; she said in her <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript\/story?id=113560542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closing arguments<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris is staking her claim on the future. She has to. The last 3 1\/2-plus years have been absolutely miserable for a lot of Americans. Income-devouring inflation. An unprecedented invasion of the border thanks to Biden and the border czar&rsquo;s borderless immigration policies. Instability around the world, with devastating wars in Europe and the Middle East. A spate of violence and renewed fears of terrorism at home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris desperately wants voters to forget about the past, as in the Trump presidency when inflation was under control, fentanyl and a flood of illegal immigrants wasn&rsquo;t inundating communities across the county, and the U.S. and its military were respected around the world. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump summed it up when he said Harris would govern just like her boss, President Joe Biden, did. A stooge for the far left&rsquo;s agenda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She is Biden,&rdquo; the Republican said. &ldquo;The worst inflation we&rsquo;ve ever had. A horrible economy because inflation has made it so bad and she can&rsquo;t get away from that.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Leading By Spending <\/h2>\n<p>Oh, but the Democrat sure is trying to escape the Kamala Harris she&rsquo;s has always been &mdash; at least until Biden bowed out of the race. Harris has previously campaigned on killing fracking, a losing issue in energy sector-dependent Pennsylvania, where Tuesday&rsquo;s debate was held. The climate change cult high priestess claimed again during the debate that she is suddenly a defender of fracking because she cast the &ldquo;tie-breaking vote&rdquo; on the Democrats&rsquo; ludicrously named Inflation Reduction Act. Surprisingly, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/21\/politics\/government-funding-bill-explained\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1.2 trillion spending boondoggle<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/posts\/one-year-later-even-president-biden-admits-the-inflation-reduction-act-failed-to-lower-costs-for-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not cut the high cost of living.<\/a> Uncontrollable government money printing and spending, curiously, has an upward tilting influence on inflation. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Harris insists she has a &ldquo;vision,&rdquo; including a &ldquo;plan.&rdquo; Harris and her far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-saying-it-out-loud-dems-want-harris-to-hide-her-policies-until-after-the-election\/\" title=\"They&#039;re Saying It Out Loud: Dems Want Harris to Hide Her Policies Until After the Election\">left running mate<\/a>, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, finally released the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/10\/kamala-harris-is-the-border-czar-who-broke-the-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plan<\/a> right before the debate. It&rsquo;s more of a Big Government mission statement. It speaks to the &ldquo;aspirations, dreams, the hopes, the ambition of the American people,&rdquo; a phrase Harris used so many times during the debate that had it been part of a drinking game the unfortunate players imbibing to the phrase would have been hospitalized with alcohol poisoning.<\/p>\n<p>Harris pledges to &ldquo;create an opportunity economy,&rdquo; whatever the hell that means. If it&rsquo;s the same kind of &ldquo;opportunities&rdquo; Biden-Harris have presided over since 2021, Americans will be in a lot more trouble. Spoiler alert: it is. Harris is pitching a good vibes-style spending bender filled with a buffet of government handouts. A massive $6,000 child tax credit (quite a concession from a woman who is making the core of her campaign about unlimited abortions). A $50,000 tax deduction for start-up businesses. A $25,000 down payment for first-time homebuyers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who&rsquo;s going to pay for all of this generosity? Why, you are, of course. Multiple times. In higher inflation and higher taxes. And your grandchildren and their&rsquo;s will pay for it, too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Strength Through Weakness (Incompetence)<\/h2>\n<p>Harris<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript\/story?id=113560542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> says<\/a> she believes in &ldquo;what we can do together that is about sustaining America&rsquo;s standing in the world and ensuring we have the respect that we so rightly deserve, including respecting our military and ensuring we have the most lethal fighting force in the world.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The great superpower has become the laughing stock of the world. That happens when you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/defense\/commentary\/dei-distracting-our-military-its-primary-task\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">infuse leftist identity politics into your military<\/a> and place Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies over discipline, morale and security. Of course, the United States Armed Forces <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2023\/07\/05\/taliban-afghanistan-arms-dealers-weapons-sales-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">left behind billions of dollars of arms<\/a> amid the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago, weapons that are being used by the Taliban. Also unforgivably left behind were thousands of Americans and Afghan allies, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/military\/congress-honor-troops-killed-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13 service members dead<\/a> at the hands of am ISIS-K terrorist. Biden-Harris can&rsquo;t even stand with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/07\/18\/families-of-us-troops-killed-in-kabul-airport-bombing-criticize-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mothers and fathers and families of those brave troops killed in action<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Are You Okay?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>In her closing remarks, Harris noted that she began her career as a prosecutor (Yes, I thought I heard a similar sounding word, too). She rose to California attorney general, U.S. senator and, four years ago, the DEI vice presidential pick of another older man in her life who offered her the allure of power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I&rsquo;ll tell you, as a prosecutor I never asked a victim or a witness &lsquo;Are you a Republican or a Democrat?&rsquo; The only thing I ever asked them, &lsquo;Are you okay?&rsquo;&rdquo; Harris said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And that really is the question, isn&rsquo;t it? Are you okay? Are you better or worse off after the Biden-Harris governing experiment?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, are campaigning on that question &mdash; and another.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, she just started by saying she&rsquo;s going to do this, she&rsquo;s going to do that, she&rsquo;s going to do all these wonderful things. Why hasn&rsquo;t she done it?&rdquo; Trump said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript\/story?id=113560542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closing arguments.<\/a>&nbsp; &ldquo;She&rsquo;s been there for 3 1\/2 years. They&rsquo;ve had 3 1\/2 years to fix the border. They&rsquo;ve had 3 1\/2 years to create jobs and all the things we talked about. Why hasn&rsquo;t she done it?&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris managed to articulate her thoughts clearly during the debate with former President Donald Trump, which was a significant win for the Democratic Party. This comes after they had to appoint her as their presidential candidate due to Joe Biden&#8217;s poor performance in a previous debate. However, despite this improvement, Harris still came across as lacking substance. She adhered to centrist talking points but filled her responses with vague statements and avoided addressing critical questions about her record.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s recent shift from a far-left stance to a more moderate position was evident but unconvincing. Her closing remarks highlighted that America is facing &#8220;two very different visions for our country,&#8221; one looking forward and the other backward. She is attempting to distance herself from the challenges of the past few years under Biden\u2019s administration, including rising inflation and border issues.<\/p>\n<p>Trump pointed out that Harris would govern similarly to Biden, emphasizing that she represents failed policies leading to high inflation and economic struggles. Although she claims she has a vision for an &#8220;opportunity economy,&#8221; many of her proposals seem like government spending sprees funded by taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Harris also spoke about maintaining America&#8217;s global standing and military respect but failed to address past failures such as the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. In closing, she reflected on her career in law enforcement while raising questions about whether Americans are better off now than before Biden-Harris took office.<\/p>\n<p>Trump challenged Harris on why she hasn&#8217;t implemented any of her promised changes during her time in office, highlighting their three-and-a-half years of governance without significant progress on key issues like border security or job creation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2339615,"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\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-1.32.52-AM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3896,32438,5894],"class_list":["post-2339614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-debate","tag-kamala-harris","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-1.32.52-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339614","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}