Tom Cotton Claims Harris Has Avoided The Media, Ignoring Trump’s Own Debate Dodge | EUROtoday

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) stated Sunday assist for Vice President Kamala Harris would plummet as quickly as voters “get a better look at her,” claiming the Democratic nominee had up to now did not reply questions on her “radical positions.”

Cotton, a robust backer of former President Donald Trump, was a prime contender to be his vice presidential choose earlier than he was handed over for Ohio Sen. JD Vance. During an look on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, the senator issued a slate of false claims about Harris’ coverage positions earlier than alleging she hadn’t answered “one single question” from the media since President Joe Biden ended his personal reelection bid.

“What we all agree on is what a disaster Kamala Harris would be as president,” Cotton instructed host Ed O’Keefe. “She is a dangerous San Francisco liberal, who wants to do things like take your health insurance away on the job and give it to illegal aliens, because she wants to decriminalize illegal immigration into this country.”

Those claims are both exaggerated or patently false. Harris has pushed for common background checks and bans on assault weapons, and she or he helps local weather insurance policies to transition the nation away from fossil fuels. And Cotton’s remarks about migration echo Republican dogwhistles attempting to hyperlink her restricted position on border safety to claims she was the Biden administration’s “border czar.”

The senator additionally refused to disavow Trump’s assaults on Harris’ racial identification at a convention for Black journalists, saying he didn’t query if she had been Black herself.

“He wasn’t saying that what matters is how she identifies as her race,” Cotton claimed, regardless of Trump saying precisely that. “He explicitly said he didn’t care. One was fine. The other was fine. Both was fine. She identifies as a dangerous San Francisco liberal. That’s the danger to the American people.”

Cotton went on to say Harris had averted press scrutiny for 2 weeks — regardless of her hefty rally and marketing campaign schedule — including she couldn’t proceed to take action till the November election. He didn’t point out Trump’s personal refusal to reply questions on the subsequent scheduled presidential debate, which is about to be hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10, and as an alternative maintain one on his personal phrases.

“When she has to encounter the media, and I’m sure you’re going to insist that she does, she’s going to have to answer for things like why she wants to eliminate oil and gas production in this country, why she wants to ban gas-powered cars, why she wants to confiscate private firearms,” he went on.

Harris has maintained she is going to seem on the subsequent debate, even when she’s the one candidate on stage.

“Donald Trump is running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and running straight to Fox News to bail him out,” her marketing campaign stated after Trump’s remarks. “He needs to stop playing games and show up to the debate he already committed to on Sept. 10.”