Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has issued a response following a statement from the White House that there is no “daylight” between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, meaning the two of them share the same policy goals and objectives.
The Trump campaign directed its social media comment to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, adding that her remark proves that “Kamala owns the border crisis,” among other policies that have made it more difficult for Americans to get ahead while the world has become more unstable.
“Thank you @PressSec for confirming: there is ‘no daylight’ between Kamala and Joe! Kamala owns the border crisis. Kamala owns inflation. Kamala owns the wars, chaos, and crime over the past 4 years,” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to X on Monday afternoon, showing a clip of Jean-Pierre.
The press secretary said on Monday during the White House press briefing that Biden and Harris have been “aligned” throughout the administration and that there’s no “daylight” between them.
“[Harris is] going to lay out her vision. But again, they’ve been aligned, you know, they’ve been aligned for the last three and a half years. There’s not been any daylight,” Jean Pierre said.
Thank you @PressSec for confirming: there is “no daylight” between Kamala and Joe!
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) August 12, 2024
Kamala owns the border crisis.
Kamala owns inflation.
Kamala owns the wars, chaos, and crime over the past 4 years. pic.twitter.com/RIx4hotNuH
The White House spokeswoman was responding to a media inquiry about a possible policy review process between Biden and Harris as the president enters his final months in office and Harris continues to rally support for her presidential campaign in November.
Leavitt added in a comment to Fox News Digital on Monday that “Kamala created this mess” and that she, therefore, “cannot be trusted” to address such issues under a potential Harris administration.
“Today, the Biden White House confirmed what the Kamala Harris refuses to admit: there is NO daylight between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. Kamala owns the illegal immigration crisis that continues to rage on our southern border; and Kamala owns the inflation crisis that has made food, rent, and gas unaffordable. Electing Kamala would be like hiring the thief who robbed your house to put new locks on the door. Kamala created this mess – she cannot be trusted to clean it up,” Leavitt said.
Fox News added:
Harris, who has not held a press conference since she emerged as the Democratic Party’s frontrunner for the presidential ticket last month, has worked to distance herself from issues such as spiraling immigration and ongoing inflation woes that have throttled the country under the Biden administration.
Former President Trump has repeatedly slammed the Harris campaign as a continuation of the Biden administration, saying Harris has been the “driving force” behind Biden’s policies.
Harris “has been the ultra-liberal driving force behind every single Biden catastrophe. She is a radical left lunatic who will destroy our country if she ever gets the chance to get into office,” the former president said during a campaign rally late last month in North Carolina.
Harris’s entry into the presidential race after Biden ended his reelection campaign appeared to reenergize the Democratic Party voter base, but the enthusiasm may have already peaked.
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Two national polls released last week reveal that the former president is regaining momentum, a shift from last week’s polls that showed the race as essentially deadlocked. Surveys from CNBC and Rasmussen show Trump with leads of 2% and 5%, respectively.
CNBC’s All-America Economic Survey indicates Trump leading Harris 48% to 46%, with a significant boost in approval for his handling of the economy, where voters favor him by more than a 2-to-1 margin. Additionally, the results remain largely consistent with CNBC’s July poll, which showed Trump leading Biden 45% to 43%, suggesting that Harris’s new challenge has not diminished his support among swing voters.
The Rasmussen survey also indicates that Trump is maintaining steady support in a direct matchup. However, when independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is included on the ballot, Trump’s support rises by 3% since July to 49%, while Harris and RFK each see a decline of 1% and 2%, respectively. With a margin of error of +/- 2%, President Trump holds a substantial lead in the large survey.
