Staff Reports
CNN’s own Andy Kaczynski has done what he does best and exposed Vice President Kamala Harris for her remarkable gymnastics routine on the issue of the border wall, a feat that would leave Olympic athletes shaking their heads in disbelief. This shift in Harris’s stance is not just flipping a script; it’s a full-on backflip from her past condemnations of the wall to her current attempts to embrace it as part of a campaign strategy. One could only wonder if her next act will involve balancing on a tightrope strung across the southern border.
In her youth—well, at least the youthful days of 2019—Harris was fervently opposed to former President Trump’s border wall, calling it an affront to American values and a “medieval vanity project.” Fast forward to today, where the same Kamala Harris is featuring images of that very wall in her campaign ads to illustrate her newfound dedication to border security. The irony is richer than a five-course meal at a Napa Valley vineyard, with Harris now attempting to portray herself as the tough-on-border candidate despite her previous rhetoric.
NEW: Harris called Trump’s border wall “a monument standing in opposition to not just everything I value, but to the fundamental values upon which this country was built” in 2019.
Now, she’s using Trump’s wall in an ad to say she’s tough on the border.https://t.co/TKwfcrCysQ
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) September 4, 2024
Her current campaign advertisement shows her touting her record as a former prosecutor in California while strategically showcasing the wall as a cornerstone of her commitment to securing the border. This shift brings up an important question: Does she think voters have forgotten her passionate outcry against the wall? It seems that as the 2024 election approaches, Harris is trying to rebrand herself as a centrist defense of immigration policies, hoping voters will overlook her previous radical views.
Even her own party seems to be caught off guard by her drastic change of tone. Critics from both sides of the aisle have been quick to point out that Harris has not only supported the wall, but also policies that would curtail asylum applications for those crossing illegally, a notion that clashes with the liberal values she once claimed to champion. It paints a clear picture of a politician willing to bend her principles in search of electoral success. The woman’s ability to tweak her platform like a game of Tetris has raised eyebrows and perhaps more than a few chuckles among skeptical constituents.
While Harris insists her core values remain intact, her evolving positions suggest otherwise. She and her team argue that her current path is an embodiment of balanced immigration policy. However, that’s easier said than demonstrated when one’s past suggests otherwise. As immigration ranks high on voters’ list of concerns, it will be interesting to see if Harris’s attempts to polish her image and appeal to centrists will succeed, or if it will just end up as an amusing footnote in the ongoing saga of her political career.
All in all, it’s clear that Kamala Harris is now setting up camp on the road to the 2024 elections, aiming to convince everyone that her views on immigration are like fine wine—they get better with age. Whether or not this latest act of political sleight of hand will fool the voters remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: her flips and tricks have made for some entertaining theater in the political arena.
