Donald Trump's presidential campaign slammed Kamala Harris for all of the issues she didn't address during her first interview since announcing she was running to be the Democrat nominee 40 days ago.
Harris did a pre-taped interview that aired Thursday night on CNN, the theme of which was that while some of her policy positions have changed, her values have not.
The Trump campaign pounced with an email blast calling out Harris for still being a "San Francisco radical."
"Kamala spoke for just over 16 minutes and didn't even address the crime crisis in this nation," the email read. "She spent a mere 3 minutes and 25 seconds talking about the economy and 2 minutes and 36 seconds talking about immigration.
"Kamala said her values 'have not changed' three separate times. She's still a San Francisco radical," the campaign said, before listing all the issues that Harris avoided:
- "Kamala's support for ending cash bail for violent criminals.
- "Kamala's fundraising for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which freed rioters.
- "Kamala's tiebreaking vote for American Rescue Plan, which economists say fueled inflation.
- "Kamala's support for defunding the police.
- "Kamala's comments comparing policing to slavery.
- "Kamala's repeated praise of Bidenomics.
- "Kamala's support for Medicare-for-All, a socialist takeover of our healthcare system.
- "Kamala's support for closing immigration detention centers and freeing thousands of criminals into American neighborhoods.
- "Kamala saying we need to start 'from scratch' with ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and comparing ICE officers to the KKK.
- "Kamala's support for reparations.
- "Kamala's support or decriminalizing prostitution."
Many of the topics the Trump campaign assailed Harris for avoiding were questions it put out ahead of time, saying they should be asked of the vice president.
"Last night, CNN announced that Kamala has mustered up the courage to sit for a *joint* interview — after 39 days of hiding out from reporters. Here are 10 questions @DanaBashCNN MUST ask Kamala Harris," Trump's campaign said in an email blast Wednesday.
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