Rather, the Democratic presidential nominee has decided she supports one of former President Donald Trump’s signature ideas − and one despised by progressives.
Here's how left-leaning Axios described Harris' newfound desire to build the wall: "It's the latest example of Harris flip-flopping on her past liberal positions such as supporting Medicare for All and banning fracking – proposals that aides say she now is against."
We haven’t gotten any explanations, either, as Harris hasn’t done a single interview or press conference since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race last month.
Finally, the campaign has agreed to an interview with CNN on Thursday , but it won't just be Harris. Her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will be there, too. That makes it seem like Harris can't handle an interview on her own and feels like a cop-out.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, celebrate after she accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
From 'un-American' to full steam ahead
Let’s take a quick trip down memory lane. In 2019, when Harris was running in the Democratic presidential primary, the U.S. senator of California had some thoughts on the border wall.
So she knows she’s weak on this issue, and now her campaign is trying to make Harris look like a tough border enforcer.
But that’s all hard to believe when one looks at her record the past four years and at what she has said.
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The border wall is just the latest example of Harris backtracking on former stances. Her convictions seem about as deep as what the polls tell her to support.
And the wall isn’t the only talking point Harris has stolen from Trump. Earlier this month, she pledged no taxes on tipped wages . Problem is, Trump already had proposed that idea weeks earlier.
That means, of Harris’ limited proposals, one isn’t likely to go anywhere and two are copied from Trump, whom Democrats portray as the archenemy of democracy.
The general vagueness over what Harris actually believes and supports has led to confusion in the campaign over how to best leverage her running mate, Walz.
As Politico reports , the “danger in sending him out to do big solo interviews is that he might not have a full command of where Harris is on every issue.”
Boy, I wonder why.
I have one question for Harris: “Who are you?”
I’d honestly like to know.
Ingrid Jacques is a columnist at USA TODAY. Contact her at ijacques@usatoday.com or on X, formerly Twitter: @ Ingrid_Jacques
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